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

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

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...

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Main Authors: 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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia 2003-03-01
Series:Acta Amazonica
Subjects:
Artemia franciscana
cytotoxicity
amazonian plants
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