Atividade antifúngica de óleos fixos e essenciais no crescimento micelial de Pencillium digitatum e Fusarium oxysporum.

2009

Atividade antimalárica de plantas medicinais da biorregião do Araripe-CE em modelo murino - Plasmodium berghei

Malaria, also popularly known as maleita , intermittent fever, paludism, impaludism, third fever or fourth fever, is an acute infectious febrile disease, which, in human beings, is caused by four species: Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax, P. malariae and P. ovale. Malaria, one of the main infectious diseases in the world, is the most important parasitoses, with 250 million annual cases and more than 1 million deaths per year, mainly in children younger than live years of age. The prophylactic and therapeutic arsenal against malaria is quite restricted, since all the antimalarials currently in use have some limitation. Many plant species belonging to several families have been tested in vivo, using the murine experimental model Plasmodium berghei or in vitro against P. falciparum, and this search has been directed toward plants with antithermal, antimalarial or antiinflammatory properties used in popular Brazilian bolk medicine. Studies assessing the biological activity of medicinal plant essential oils have revealed activities of interest, such as insecticidal, spasmolytic and antiplasmodic action. It has also been scientifically established that around 60% of essential oils have antifungal properties and that 35% exhibit antibacterial properties. In our investigation, essential oils were obtained from the species Vanillosmopsis arborea, Lippia sidoides and Croton zethneri which are found in the bioregion of Araripe-Ceará. The chemical composition of these essential oils was partially characterized and the presence of monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes. The acute toxicity of these oils was assessed in healthy mice at different doses applied on a single day and on four consecutive days, and in vitro cytotoxicity in HeLa and Raw cell lines was determined at different concentrations. The in vivo tests obtained lethal dose values of 7,1 mg/Kg (doses administered on a single day) and 1,8 mg/Kg (doses administered over four days) for 50% of the animals. In the in vitro tests, the inhibitory concentration for 50% of cell growth in Hela cell lines was 588 μg/mL (essential oil from C. zethneri after 48 h), from 340-555 μg/mL (essential oil from L. sidoides, after 24 and 48 h). The essential oil from V. arborea showed no cytotoxicity and none of the essential oils were cytotoxic in Raw cell lines. These data suggest a moderate toxicity in the essential XVIII oils under study, a finding that does not impede their testing in in vivo antimalarial assays. Was shown the antimalarial activity of the essential oils in mice infected with P. berghei was assessed. The three species showed antimalarial activity from 36%-57% for the essential oil from the stem of V. arborea; from 32%-82% for the essential oil from the leaves of L. sidoides and from 40%-70% of reduction for the essential oil from the leaves of C. zethneri. This is the first study showing evidence of antimalarial activity with these species from northeast Brazil. Further studies to isolate the active ingredients of these oils are needed to determine if a single active ingredient accounts for the antimalarial activity or if a complex integration of all the compounds present occurs, a situation reflected in their biological activity

Superação de dormência de sementes de Piper marginatum Jacq.

Piper marginatum é uma espécie medicinal, com importância na produção de óleo essencial. Essa espécie possui baixo percentual germinativo, fator pelo qual ocorre a necessidade de técnicas que promovam a quebra de dormência das sementes. O objetivo foi avaliar o uso do ácido giberélico (GA3) e diferentes temperaturas sobre a germinação de sementes.

Atividade antfúngica de óleos essenciais em sementes de feijão cv carioquinha.

2008

Efeitos in vitro da Mentha piperita (Lamiaceae) em Dawestrema spp. (Monogenoidea) e toxicidade aguda em Arapaima gigas (Arapaimidae).

Este estudo avaliou o efeito in vitro do óleo essencial de Mentha piperita L. sobre monogenoideas e sua ação tóxica para Arapaima gigas.

Antimicrobial activity of essential oil from some Verbenaceae and Asteraceae from Brazilian Cerrado.

2016

Thermal tool for evaluation of essential oils of Eucalyptus spp susceptible and resistant to Glycaspis brimblecombei attack.

Eucalyptus spp genus is economically important to different industry fields. There are pests that damage the development of eucalypts and Glycaspis brimblecombei, a sap-sucking insect, is one of them. Studies about this insect attack to the eucalypts showed preferences. This work aim was to compare the preferences of the insect with thermoanalytical characteristics of different eucalypts (susceptible, less susceptible and resistant to Glycaspis brimblecombei) essential oils. The leaves of six species of Eucalyptus were crushed and the essential oil was extracted using Clevenger apparatus. The Shimadzu DTG-60H was used to analyze the samples. The results showed that the samples from more susceptible eucalypts had total mass loss at about 124ºC to 156ºC, lower than samples from more resistant eucalypts (from 168ºC to 175ºC). Furthermore, the study suggests that the susceptibility or the resistance of eucalypts to the pest may be related to their essential oil composition and concentration of monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes.

Sinérgico alternativo para o manejo da resistência da lagarta-do-cartucho do milho a piretróides.

A importância da utilização de sinergistas está relacionada à minimização da quantidade de inseticida químico necessária para o controle de insetos, podendo contribuir com a diminuição da contaminação ambiental e com a preservação de insetos benéficos. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a sinergia e a homogeneidade de resposta de lagartas de Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith, 1797) a subdose do óleo essencial de Piper aduncum L. (OPA) em combinações com formulações de piretróides comparadas ao butóxido de piperonila (PBO). Foram obtidos fatores de sinergismo (FS) para comparação dos tratamentos entre si. Por contato residual, evidenciou-se significativa potencialização dos inseticidas formulados com lambda-Cialotrina (FS= 87,7), Deltametrina (FS= 1,7 -35,9) e beta-Ciflutrina (FS= 45,0 -58,0). Já por contato tópico, ocorreu significativa potencialização dos inseticidas lambda-Cialotrina (FS= 5,7 ? 5,8), Deltametrina (FS= 6,0) e beta-Ciflutrina (FS= 5,3) quando em combinação com o óleo essencial. Com exceção de lambda-Cialotrina ½ e ¼ PA contato tópico e de beta-Ciflutrina ½ e ¼ OPA contato residual, as demais combinações sinérgicas apresentaram homogeneidade de resposta tanto por contato tópico como residual para pelo menos uma das combinações sinérgicas com o OPA. As combinações do OPA com os piretróides avaliados podem indicar ser este óleo essencial uma opção ao PBO.

Efeito de óleos essenciais na germinação e sanidade de sementes de soja.

2008

Otimização da síntese de nanopartículas para encapsulamento de princípios ativos aplicados em revestimento pós-colheita.

Polissacarídeos, como quitosana, são muito empregados para a obtenção de nanopartículas (NP), mas, a concentração e o tipo de ácido para solubilizar a quitosana pode influenciar na qualidade. Isto também influenciará na eficiência de encapsulação de princípios ativos, e.g., óleo essencial e polifenóis. Assim, para otimizar os parâmetros de síntese de NP, foram feitas análises de condutividade, tamanho de partículas e morfologia em diferentes concentrações de ácido acético e clorídrico (1,0%; 0,5% e 0,1%). Com as análises de condutividade, observou-se que há excesso de ácido na concentração de 1% e isto demanda mais adição de tripolifosfato de sódio (TPP). NP, com tamanho desejável em torno de 200 nm, podem ser obtida empregando menos ácido (0,1%) e também menor quantidade de TPP.

Antifungal activity of 7-hydroxycalamenene-rich essential oil nanoemulsion.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the inhibitory activity of 7-hydroxycalamenene-rich essential oil nanoemulsion against filamentous fungi and yeasts.

Caracterização do óleo de carnaúba para uso como biolubrificante

Lubricant is responsible for reducing the wear on the friction protect the metal against oxidation, corrosion and dissipates excess heat, making it essential for the balance of a mechanical system, consequently prolonging the useful life of such a system. The origin of lubricating oils is usually mineral being extracted from the petroleum. But the search for a new source of production of lubricants and fuels it is necessary to meet future demands and reduce the possible environmental damage. For this reason, looking alternative means to produce certain products derived from petroleum, such as biodiesel, for example. Returning to the realm of lubricants, also one realizes this need for new raw materials for their production. Vegetable oil is a renewable resource and biodegradable, and its use entails advantages in environmental, social and economic. The development of this project aims to characterize the carnauba oil as a lubricant plant, or biolubricant. To analyze the oil carnauba tests as checking density, flash point, fire point, viscosity, viscosity, acid number, pH, copper corrosion, thermal conductivity and thermal resistivity were developed. In addition, for conducting the wear on the friction and the gradient of the system temperature, the analysis equipment is designed for wear on the friction. Based on these results, it is observed that the oil carnauba show good correlation to its application as biolubricant

Preparação e caracterização de blendas de poliuretano derivado do óleo de mamona e poli (o-metoxianilina) e sua avaliação como sensor

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Mapeamento de sensibilidade ao derrame de óleo dos ambientes costeiros dos municípios de São Vicente, Santos e Guarujá - SP

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Uso da técnica de análise de óleo lubrificante em motores diesel estacionários, utilizando-se misturas de biodiesel e diferentes níveis de contaminação do lubrificante

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)