| Title: |
Screening of plants found in Amazonas State for lethality towards brine shrimp |
| Authors: |
QUIGNARD, Etienne Louis Jacques, POHLIT, Adrian Martin, NUNOMURA, Sergio Massayoshi, PINTO, Ana Cristina da Silva, SANTOS, Elba Vieira Mustafa dos, MORAIS, Sabrina Kelly Reis de, ALECRIM, Alexandre Mascarenhas, PEDROSO, Andreza Cristiana da Silva, CYRINO, Barbara Rachel Brito, MELO, Christiane Santana de, FINNEY, Ellen Kathryn, GOMES, Erika de Oliveira, SOUZA, Katiuscia dos Santos de, OLIVEIRA, Laura Cristina Pereira de, DON, Luciana de Castro, SILVA, Luiz Francisco Rocha e, QUEIROZ, Maria Mireide Andrade, HENRIQUE, Marycleuma Campos, SANTOS, Mirian dos, PINTO, Patrícia de Souza, SILVA, Suniá Gomes |
| Source: |
Acta Amazonica. March 2003 33(1) |
| Publisher Information: |
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, 2003. |
| Publication Year: |
2003 |
| Subject Terms: |
Artemia franciscana, cytotoxicity, amazonian plants |
| More Details: |
226 methanol and water extracts representing 74 mainly native plant species found in Amazonas State, Brazil, were tested at a standard concentration of 500 μg/mL for lethality towards larvae of the brine shrimp species Artemia franciscana. Several cytotoxic plant species were identified in this work: Aspidosperma marcgravianum, A. nitidum, Croton cajucara, Citrus limetta, Geissospermum argenteum, Minquartia guianensis, Piper aduncum, P. amapense, P. capitarianum, P. tuberculatum and Protium aracouchini. The results were analyzed within the context of the available traditional knowledge and uses for these plants. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
text/html |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
0044-5967 |
| DOI: |
10.1590/1809-4392200331104 |
| Access URL: |
http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672003000100093 |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edssci.S0044.59672003000100093 |
| Database: |
SciELO |
