20 articles in this issue
Luiz Liberato Costa Corrêa, Darliane Evangelho Silva, Phamela Katharina Müller, Maria Virginia Petry (Autor)
Specific techniques for the efficient capture of forest tinamous in a short sampling time are yet poorly described in the literature. Here, we report the efficiency of the bell-trap in the capture of Brown Tinamou (Crypturellus obsoletus) and Tataupa Tina... see more
Marcos Antônio Pereira dos Santos, Maria do Carmo de Carvalho e Martins, Raquel Suelen Brito da Silva, Carolina Farias de Arruda Lopes, Alexandre Sérgio Silva (Autor)
We compared the effect of the treatment with strength training (ST) and raloxifene (RALOX) on bone weight, blood glucose, lipid, and antioxidant profile in ovariectomized rats. Twenty-four Wistar rats were distributed into four groups: ovariectomy + VEHIC... see more
Luana Silva Cerqueira, Aldo Vilar Trindade, Luciano Ricardo Braga Pinheiro, Carla da Silva Sousa (Autor)
Soil microbiota has a key role in the dynamics of natural and agro-ecosystems and is sensitive to changes in these environments. This study evaluated changes in the microbiological properties of soils under an organic production system of banana ‘BRS Prin... see more
Damaris Batistão Martim, Fabiane Cristina dos Santos, Ione Parra Barbosa-Tessmann (Autor)
Starch processing industries use amylases, accounting for approximately 30% of the world’s enzyme market. Previously, an amylase-producing strain of Epicoccum nigrum was isolated from maize grains. Although E. nigrum amylase production is already reported... see more
Jacqueline Nelisis Zanoni, Fabiana Galvão da Motta Lima, Cynthia Priscila do Nascimento Bonato Panizzon, Aline Rosa Trevizan, Marcílo Hubner de Miranda Neto (Autor)
Erectile dysfunction is caused due to neuropathy, resulting from a high oxidative stress, in this way treatment with antioxidants may be promising. Aim of this work was to investigate the effects of the administration of 2% L-glutamine and 1% L-glutathion... see more
Gabriela Xavier Giacomini, Glaucia de Figueiredo Nachtigal, Carlos Roberto Martins, Ricardo Alexandre Valgas, Aline Joana Rolina Wohlmuth Alves dos Santos (Autor)
Industrial processing of pecan nuts results in edible oil – with fractions of fatty acids, polyphenols and phytosterols - that may be used for managing phytopathogens. Besides, chitosan may interfere with pathogen development directly and/or activate mech... see more
Tanim Jabid Hossain (Autor)
Limosilactobacillus fermentum is a promising probiotic with several documented health benefits. LAB1 is an antagonistic L. fermentum strain isolated from borhani, a traditional South Asian beverage prepared from dairy and plant ingredients. Here, I presen... see more
Emanoelli Aparecida Rodrigues dos Santos, Leonardo Ereno Tadielo, Thiago Henrique Belle, Jhennifer Arruda Schmiedt, Victor Hugo Cortez Dias, Paulo Henrique Silva Orisio, Camila Koutsodontis Cerqueira-Cézar, Juliano Gonçalves Pereira, Vinicius Cunha Barcellos, Luciano dos Santos Bersot (Autor)
The objective of this study was to evaluate the activity of Rosmarinus officinalis essential oil (EO) compared to peracetic acid (PA) regarding formation and elimination of Listeria monocytogenes biofilms on polystyrene surface. The minimum inhibitory con... see more
Jorge Henrique Burghausen, Gabriela Zimmermann Prado Rodrigues, Luciane Beatris Mentges Staudt, Juliana Machado Kayser, Mateus Santos de Souza, Diulliane de Jesus Borba, Arthur Postai, Ana Júlia Stumm, Anelise Schneider, Rafael Linden, Günther Gehlen (Autor)
The use of fish as bioindicators of the effect of contaminants in the aquatic environment is usual. However, detritivorous species are less used for environmental monitoring. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the use of Ancistrus brevipinnis as ... see more
Maíra Gnoatto Afonso, André Pereira Cattani, Renato Luiz Bot Neto, Olímpio Rafael Cardoso, Henry Louis Spach, Paulo Ricardo Schwingel (Autor)
Transitional waters are characterized by large variations in salinity, temperature, turbidity, among other factors, such as tidal cycle, wind action and rainfall, that are constantly changing over time. The distribution of biota in these environments is r... see more
Matheus Pena Campos, José Carlos Moraes Rufini, Bruno Montoani Silva, Mayara Neves Santos Guedes, Yesenia Mendoza García, Janaina Canaan Rezende de Souza, Raphael Passaglia Azevedo, Miriã Cristina Pereira Fagundes (Autor)
Water stress can affect all aspects of plant growth and development, compromising its productive potential. The cultivation of fruit species native to the Cerrado and the study of their behavior under conditions of low water availability are necessary act... see more
Ivan Becari-Viana, Pedro Bond Schwartsburd , Aristéa Alves Azevedo (Autor)
Intercellular protuberances (IPs) are projections on the cell surface and have been reported for families of ferns, Gymnosperms, and Angiosperms. Data on the type, chemical composition, and distribution of these structures among vascular plants are still ... see more
Ouahiba Benhamada, Essaid Laib, Nabila Benhamada, Sarah Charef, Madjeda Chennah, Sara Chennouf, Hanane Derbak, Essaid Leghouchi (Autor)
The assessment of the air quality is a major concern to the current time. The monitoring and maintenance of air quality necessarily pass by detecting and estimating the overall air pollution. The use of lichens must be an assessmenttool to be studied. In ... see more
Walquíria Vieira Monteiro Paiva, Sérgio de Sá Leitão Paiva Júnior, Edvaldo da Nóbrega Gaião , Plínio Pereira Gomes Júnior (Autor)
Aedes aegypti is a holometabolous insect, vector of medical importance for arboviral transmission, and has shown the ability to develop chemical larvicides resistance, which are the worldwide used to control mosquitoes’ population because of their low cos... see more
Carlos Henrique Figueiredo Lacerda, Claudemir Martins Soares, Carmino Hayashi (Autor)
The increasing losses of original features of many riverine environments and the consequent decline of native aquatic species are now a widely recognized problem. The main river basins of South America have been undergoing constant changes in their commun... see more
Taiguara Pereira de Gouvêa, Gláucia Stefani-Santos, Diogo Silva Vilela, Walter Francisco de Ávila Júnior, Marcos Magalhães de Souza (Autor)
Faunal inventories are essential for biota management and conservation, especially in areas with potential for the creation of conservation units. Inventories of insect taxa such as dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata), which perform several environmenta... see more
Stefhani Cristina Chan Jacik, Julia Bastos de Aquino, Luana Felix de Melo, Rosângela Felipe Rodrigues, Alan Peres Feraz de Melo, Maria Angélica Miglino, Rose Eli Grassi Rici (Autor)
The family Potamotrygonidae are the only species of stingrays restricted to fresh water and located exclusively in South America. The objective of this research was to analyze the morphological aspects and germ cells of the male reproductive tract of Pota... see more
Bruna DalPizol Novello, Marcela Maria Zanatta (Autor); Felipe Pompolim Mendes; Alfredo Paiola Albrecht , Arthur Arrobas Martins Barroso (Autor)
The objective of this review is to bring information about innovations and technologies that, through genetic improvement, are being used to improve the sustainability and productivity of agricultural crops, improve human nutrition, as well as conservatio... see more
Katia Aparecida da Silva Viegas, Jessica Leite Fogaça, Adriane Lauro Nunes, Rodrigo Leal, Ellen Satilio da Silva , Vania Maria de Vasconcelos Machado , André Luis Filadelpho (Autor)
The sartorius muscle is located in the pelvic limb of the dog and is divided into a cranial and caudal part. There is no report describing of the three parts of the sartorius muscle. The aim of the present report was to describe the presence of a third pa... see more
Albertina Mariina Ndinelao Shatri (Autor)
Hypersecretion of gastric acid damages the stomach lining, causing the formation of peptic ulcers. Mucilage from medicinal plants offers a relaxing and soothing effect to the endodermal lining of the gut and has antacid properties, which can protect the m... see more