Acta Amazonica (Mar 2003)

Screening of plants found in Amazonas State for lethality towards brine shrimp

  • Etienne Louis Jacques QUIGNARD,
  • Adrian Martin POHLIT,
  • Sergio Massayoshi NUNOMURA,
  • Ana Cristina da Silva PINTO,
  • Elba Vieira Mustafa dos SANTOS,
  • Sabrina Kelly Reis de MORAIS,
  • Alexandre Mascarenhas ALECRIM,
  • Andreza Cristiana da Silva PEDROSO,
  • Barbara Rachel Brito CYRINO,
  • Christiane Santana de MELO,
  • Ellen Kathryn FINNEY,
  • Erika de Oliveira GOMES,
  • Katiuscia dos Santos de SOUZA,
  • Laura Cristina Pereira de OLIVEIRA,
  • Luciana de Castro DON,
  • Luiz Francisco Rocha e SILVA,
  • Maria Mireide Andrade QUEIROZ,
  • Marycleuma Campos HENRIQUE,
  • Mirian dos SANTOS,
  • Patrícia de Souza PINTO,
  • Suniá Gomes SILVA

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392200331104
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 33, no. 1
pp. 93 – 104

Abstract

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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.

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