Biological Activity of Piper aduncum extracts on Anticarsia gemmatalis (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) and Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).

abstract：:Drought is a natural and recurrent phenomenon. It is considered 'a natural disaster' whenever it occurs in an intensive manner in highly populated regions, resulting in significant damage (material and human) and loss (socioeconomic). This paper presents the efforts developed to monitor the impact of drought in the se...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Alvalá RCS,Cunha APMA,Brito SSB,Seluchi ME,Marengo JA,Moraes OLL,Carvalho MA

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-five adult Dicrocoelium rileyi Macy, 1931 parasitizing Tadarida brasiliensis (Geoffroy, 1824) from Durango, Nuevo Leon, Puebla, Zacatecas and Mexico State were morphologically described and morphometrically analyzed. To evaluate the degree of variation among populations from the five localities, 27 morphometric ...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Falcón-Ordaz J,Octavio-Aguilar P,Estrella-Cruz I

更新日期：2019-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:A new species of the reticulatus species group, C. castelloni Santarém and Felippe-Bauer, is described and illustrated based on female specimens from the state of Amazonas, Brazil. A systematic key, wing photographs and table with numerical characters of females and a synopsis of 24 species of the Culicoides reticulat...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Santarém MC,Farias ES,Felippe-Bauer ML

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genera Hemigrammus and Moenkhausia have been traditionally diagnosed mainly by the former having lateral line completely pored whereas the latter having a lateral line with a few pored scales. Those features have been used to diagnose species of both genera in the upper Paraná River floodplain. Specimens with the ...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Mota TFM,Fabrin TMC,Deprá GC,Gasques LS,Oliveira AV,Pavanelli CS,Prioli SMAP,Prioli AJ

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the production performance of Nile tilapia post-larvae and fingerlings fed with increasing levels of alcoholic extract of propolis into diets. In Experiment 1, 1800 post-larvae were distributed in 30 tanks, in a completely randomized design with five treatments composed by the inc...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Santos LDD,Zadinelo IV,Silva LCRD,Zilli RL,Barreiros MAB,Mauerwerk MT,Meurer F

更新日期：2019-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro metabolism of a widespread natural product, trachyloban-19-oic acid (1), by the fungal species Mucor plumbeus was studied in a sucrose-yeast liquid medium. Two products were isolated, and their structures were determined by spectroscopic means as 7β-hydroxytrachyloban-19-oic acid (5) and trachyloban-19-O-...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Santos GFD,Takahashi JA

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acceleration of the anthropogenic activity has increased the atmospheric carbon concentration, which causes changes in regional climate. The Gross Primary Production (GPP) is an important variable in the global carbon cycle studies, since it defines the atmospheric carbon extraction rate from terrestrial ecosystem...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Danelichen VH,Biudes MS,Velasque MC,Machado NG,Gomes RS,Vourlitis GL,Nogueira JS

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigation of hyperferritinemia in metabolic syndrome patients represents a diagnostic challenge, but it is essential for the identification of individuals with iron overload. Hepcidin negatively regulates iron absorption and release. An increase in hepcidin occurs when iron levels are sufficient or in inflammatory...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Rauber MR,Pilger DA,Cecconello DK,Falcetta FS,Marcondes NA,Faulhaber GAM

更新日期：2019-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Four soybean meal-based diets containing increasing levels of an enzyme complex (E50, E100, E150 and E200 at 50, 100, 150 and 200 g ton-1, respectively) and one soybean meal-based diet without the enzyme complex (E0) were fed in triplicate to M. liza juveniles in a semi-static flow system with 20 fish per tank for 75 ...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Ramos LRV,Pedrosa VF,Mori A,Andrade CFF,Romano LA,Abreu PC,Tesser MB

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The degradation kinetics of vitamin C in different citrus juice types (tangerine, grapefruit, orange and lime) were investigated during four hours storage at temperatures of 4 and 25°C under different storage conditions in terms of light and oxygen presence. The loss of vitamin C at each sample followed the first-orde...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： NakilcioĞlu-TaŞ E,ÖtleŞ S

更新日期：2020-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 30 animals of the genus Dasyprocta were cytogenetically studied. They belong to the following species: D. prymnolopha (N=20), D. leporina (N=6), D. fuliginosa (N=1) and Dasyprocta sp. (N=3) (Dasyproctidae, Hystricognathi). Cell suspensions were obtained by peripheral blood culture, besides bone marrow and s...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Ramos RS,Vale WG,Assis FL

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mangiferin, present in Mangifera indica bark, was reported to produce hypoglycemic and antidiabetic activity in an animal model of genetic type 2 diabetes and in streptozotocin diabetic rats. Its effect on diabetic insulin-resistant animals has not been investigated. The current work aimed to explore the effect of man...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Saleh S,El-Maraghy N,Reda E,Barakat W

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The altered expression of the SOX2 transcription factor is associated with oncogenic or tumor suppressor functions in human cancers. This factor regulates the migration and invasion of different cancer cells. In this study we investigated the effect of constitutive SOX2 overexpression on the migration and adhesion cap...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Drakulic D,Vicentic JM,Schwirtlich M,Tosic J,Krstic A,Klajn A,Stevanovic M

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new discrete distribution is introduced. The distribution involves the negative binomial and size biased negative binomial distributions as sub-models among others and it is a weighted version of the two parameter discrete Lindley distribution. The distribution has various interesting properties, such as bathtub sha...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Bakouch HS

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fruits are rich in minerals, which are essential for a wide variety of metabolic and physiologic processes in the human body. The use of frozen fruits has greatly spread in the last years not only in the preparation of juices, but also as raw material for yogurts, candies, cookies, cakes, ice creams, and children's fo...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Spada PD,Bortolin GV,Prá D,Santos CE,Dias JF,Henriques JA,Salvador M

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the most prominent fields of environmental chemistry is the study and the removal of micro-pollutants from aqueous matrices. Analytical techniques for their identification and quantification are becoming more sensitive and comprehensive and, as a result, an increasing number of drugs have been detected in envir...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Morais RL,Santiago MF,Zang JW,Fonseca-Zang WA,Schimidt F

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Jequiezinho River is a temporary river. In the urban stretch it is impacted, with perennial flow coming from domestic sewage and rainwater. This study evaluated the geochemical distribution and potential mobility of some metals (Pb, Co, Ca, Cr, Mg, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni and Zn) in sediments of the Jequiezinho River. Sedi...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Silva DS,Cerqueira UMFM,Aguiar RM,Carneiro PLS,Bezerra MA

更新日期：2020-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A soil isolate, Penicillium janthinellum sw09 has been found to produce significant amounts of an extracellular pectinase subsequently characterized as exo-polygalacturonase (exo-PG). By optimizing growth conditions, P. janthinellum sw09 produced high amount of exo-PG (16.54 units/mL). The crude enzyme was purified by...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Ma Y,Sun S,Hao H,Xu C

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to assess the accuracy of linear measurements performed with two software packages in multislice (MSCT) and cone beam (CBCT) computed tomography (CT) images. The sample consisted of 10 human mandibles marked standardly 8 times with metallic orthodontic wires. The mandibles underwent both MSCT a...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Silva AALS,Franco A,Fernandes Â,Costa C,Barbosa JS,Westphalen FH

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro and in vivo activity of the Lippia alba essential oil (EO) against Aeromonas sp. was evaluated. In the in vitro assay the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and a minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) of EO for Aeromonas cells were determined using the microdilution method. Twenty five strains of Aerom...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Sutili FJ,Cunha MA,Ziech RE,Krewer CC,Zeppenfeld CC,Heldwein CG,Gressler LT,Heinzmann BM,Vargas AC,Baldisserotto B

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present work, we report the synthesis and characterization of five (4-alkylalmino-4'-fluoro)-diphenyl sulphones, four of which have not been described before. In a preliminary evaluation of their biological activity, these products showed no effect on several Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and yeasts....

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： de Sousa Júnior PT,Miller J,Giesbrecht AM

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several parasitoids attacking the same host may lead to competition. Adult parasitoids' abilities to find, parasitize and defend hosts determine resource's retention potential. In soybean, two egg parasitoid species, Telenomus podisi and Trissolcus urichi (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae), compete on the egg masses of Pie...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Cingolani MF,Barakat MC,Liljesthröm GG,Colazza S

更新日期：2019-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to map scientists' views on media channels and explore their experiences interacting with journalists, the authors conducted a survey of about 1,000 Brazilian scientists. Results indicate that scientists have clear and high expectations about how journalists should act in reporting scientific information in t...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Massarani L,Peters HP

更新日期：2016-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-year trials (20062007) suggested that the use of calcium oxide (CaO) on acid soils increased soil pH and yields in strawberry cultivars Marmolada, Selena and Senga Sengana, under the environmental conditions of Cacak (Western Serbia). The highest yield was obtained when CaO was applied at 750 kg ha-1 rate. Further...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Milosevic TM,Milosevic NT,Glisic IP

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The leprosis disease shows a viral etiology and the citrus leprosis virus is considered its etiologic agent. The disease may show two types of cytopatologic symptom caused by two virus: nuclear (CiLV-N) and cytoplasmic (CiLV-C) types. The aim of this study was to compare the morpho-anatomical differences in the lesion...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Marques JP,Kitajima EW,Freitas-Astúa J,Appezzato-da-Glória B

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Caatinga's black snake Boiruna sertaneja is a Pseudoboini species, endemic of the Caatinga biome. It is rare and fits in five traits that suggest it deserve more attention in reproduction research and conservation policies. Here we provide information on reproductive biology of B. sertaneja by adding new data abou...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Guedes T,Guedes A

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) is related to lifestyle (e.g. diet, physical activity and smoking) as well as to genetic factors. This study aimed at evaluating the association between CVD risk factors and DNA damage levels in children and adolescents. Anthropometry, diet and serum CVD risk factors...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Kliemann M,Prá D,Müller LL,Hermes L,Horta JA,Reckziegel MB,Burgos MS,Maluf SW,Franke SI,Silva Jd

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of phosphorus (P) on the toxicity of zinc (Zn) for the alga Raphidocelis subcapitata. P was provided in three concentrations: 2.3 x 10-4 mol L-1, 2.3 x 10-6 mol L-1 and 1.0 x 10-6 mol L-1. Algal cells were acclimated to the specific P concentrations before the start of ...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Rodgher S,Contador TM,Rocha GS,Espindola ELG

更新日期：2020-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper records the first report of Megastigmus transvaalensis Hussey (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) in Brazilian peppertree, Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi (Anacardiaceae) drupes in Sorocaba, state of São Paulo, Brazil. This wasp is an invasive species and was found damaging S. terebinthifolius drupes in urban areas (35...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Ferreira-Filho PJ,Piña-Rodrigues FC,Silva JM,Guerreiro JC,Ghiotto TC,Piotrowski I,Dias LP,Wilcken CF,Zanuncio JC

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Japanese Islands are covered with weathered volcanic rocks and soils. Terraced rice field are located in green-tuff areas which are very fertile but where landslides occur associated to strong earthquakes. The Xray diffraction and X-ray fluorescence analyses of the soils in landslide area identified predominant smecti...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Tazaki K

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00