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Treating tropical grass with fibrolytic enzymes from the fungus Trichoderma reesei: Effects on animal performance, digestibility and enteric methane emissions of growing lambs
; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Campioni, Tania Sila
et al. (Animal Feed Science and Technology, 2022) [Artigo]
Food security and climate change concerns are pressing livestock production industry to seek sustainable practices to increase productivity while reducing the intensity of enteric methane (CH4) emissions. In this scenario, ... -
Woody plant encroachment constrains regeneration of ground-layer species in a neotropical savanna from seeds
Pinheiro, Luiz Felipe Souza; Kansbock, Leticia ; Rossatto, Davi Rodrigo ; Kolb, Rosana Marta (Austral Ecology, 2022) [Artigo]
Woody plants have been encroaching into savannas on a global scale. Global climatic changes, along with changes to disturbance regimes, are considered to be the main drivers of this process. Particularly, many formerly ... -
Effect of glyphosate-based herbicides on the photosynthetic responses of the macrophyte Egeria densa Planch. from topical lotic ecosystems
Diagonel, Guilherme; Carriel, Orlando Aparecido ; Oliveira, Régis de Campos ; Boas, Lucas Kortz Vilas ; Branco, Ciro Cesar Zanini (Limnetica, 2022) [Artigo]
The effects of pesticide pollution on eco-physiological responses in primary producers are understudied. To partly over-come this gap, this study evaluated the effects of a glyphosate-based herbicide, Roundup® (three nominal ... -
Exploratory analysis of bioactive compounds and antioxidant potential of grape (Vitis vinifera) pomace
; ; ; ; Branco, Ivanise Guilherme; ; (Acta Scientiarum - Technology, 2022) [Artigo]
The aim of this study was to explore the profile of bioactive compounds of Merlot grape pomace by different methodologies including phenolic composition by spectrophotometry, chromatography and spectroscopy and its ... -
Natural latex serum: characterization and biocompatibility assessment using Galleria mellonella as an alternative in vivo model
Pegorin Brasil, Giovana Sant’Ana; de Barros, Patrícia Pimentel ; ; ; Junqueira, Juliana Campos ; ; Herculano, Rondinelli Donizetti ; (Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition, 2022) [Artigo]
Natural latex serum (NLS) is one of the natural rubber latex fractions from Hevea brasiliensis tree, which is formed by centrifuged serum and is composed of proteins, acids, nucleotides, salts and carbohydrates. The proteins ... -
Local spatial distribution of stream macroalgae – does gastropod activity matters?
Tonetto, Aurélio Fajar; Branco, Ciro Cesar Zanini (Fundamental and Applied Limnology, 2021) [Artigo]
The effects of gastropod Biomphalaria sp. on the benthic algae community (micro and macroalgae) were experimentally studied in an unshaded artificial stream. Using artificial substrates, two treatments were tested: with ... -
In vitro inhibition of acetylcholinesterase and monoamine oxidase by Syzygium cumini leaves extract and preliminary assessment in animal models
Borba, Laryssa Alves; ; ; Ibe, Mariana Bittencourt ; Santos, Lucinéia dos ; (South African Journal of Botany, 2022) [Artigo]
Syzygium cumini (Myrtaceae) is a tropical tree used in traditional medicines to treat several diseases. All parts of S. cumini are used for medicinal purposes and present antioxidant potential. In this study, we evaluated ... -
Residual Starch Packaging Derived from Potato Washing Slurries to Preserve Fruits
Romeira, Karoline Mansano; Abdalla, Gabriela ; Gonçalves, Rogério Penna ; Pegorin, Giovana Sant’Ana ; ; Mussagy, Cassamo Ussemane ; Herculano, Rondinelli Donizetti (Food and Bioprocess Technology, 2021) [Artigo]
Non-biodegradable petroleum-based plastics are still widely used by the food industry for packaging applications and, due to that bio-based raw materials such as starch, have been attracting growing interest from the ... -
Waterlogging as an environmental filter to tree recruitment in tropical wet grasslands
Ribeiro, Jonathan Wesley Ferreira; Gonçalo, Rafael Reis ; Kolb, Rosana Marta (Australian Journal of Botany, 2021) [Artigo]
Wet grasslands from the Brazilian Savanna (Cerrado) are open-canopy vegetation dominated by subshrubs and herbaceous plants. Although they frequently occur between gallery forests and savannas, tree species are rarely ... -
3D printed-polylactic acid scaffolds coated with natural rubber latex for biomedical application
Marcatto, Vinicius Assis; Sant'Ana Pegorin, Giovana ; Barbosa, Gustavo Franco ; Herculano, Rondinelli Donizetti ; (Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2022) [Artigo]
Three-dimensional (3D) printing is a rapidly growing technology and plays an emerging role in several biomedical applications. Polylactic acid (PLA) is one of the most common materials in 3D printing, however, it is ... -
Effect of herbicides based on glyphosate on the photosynthesis of green macroalgae in tropical lotic environments
Oliveira, Régis de Campos; Boas, Lucas Kortz Vilas ; Branco, Ciro Cesar Zanini (Fundamental and Applied Limnology, 2021) [Artigo]
The susceptibility of aquatic environments to contamination by glyphosate has been of worldwide con-cern, mainly since this herbicide affects important physiological processes such as photosynthesis. Considering this, we ... -
Human mesenchymal stem cells seeded on the natural membrane to neurospheres for cholinergic-like neurons
; ; ; ; ; ; ; Borges, Felipe Azevedo; Herculano, Rondinelli Donizetti ; de Oliveira Graeff, Carlos Frederico et al. (Membranes, 2021) [Artigo]
This study aimed to differentiate human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) from the human umbilical cord in cholinergic-like neurons using a natural membrane. The isolation of hMSCs from Wharton’s jelly (WJ) was carried out ... -
Food Waste as a Feedstock for Fungal Biosynthesis of Amylases and Proteases
Escaramboni, Bruna; Garnica, Bárbara Castelli ; Abe, Mateus Manabu ; Palmieri, Dario Abel ; ; de Oliva Neto, Pedro (Waste and Biomass Valorization, 2022) [Artigo]
Purpose: This work aimed the food waste (FW) valorization by the production of fungal enzymes in solid-state fermentation (SSF) and a hydrolysate with the potential to obtain products with high added value. Methods: An ... -
Evaluation of acrylic acid grafting on the loading and release of scopolamine butylbromide from polymeric matrices for future sialorrhea treatment
Morise, Beatriz Tiemi; ; ; Herculano, Rondinelli Donizetti ; (Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2021) [Artigo]
Sialorrhea is a disorder which causes an increase in salivation. Scopolamine butylbromide (SBB) can be administrated to treat sialorrhea and its transdermal application minimizes the occurrence of side effects. This work ... -
Habitat use by burnished-buff tanager (Tangara cayana) and great antshrike (Taraba major) in a human-modified landscape in southeast Brazil
de Meira, Natália Tony; Rodrigues, Ramon Juliano ; ; Frei, Fernando (Ornitologia Neotropical, 2018) [Artigo]
· The agricultural expansion in tropical regions is causing loss and reductions habitat, as well as changes in biodiversity. Intrinsic ecological factors, such as trophic level, and habitat conditions, such as vegetation ... -
Erratum: Hernán Aristizábalgarcía, Carla Fernanda Burguez Floriano, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo Moreira & Pitágoras Da Conceição Bispo (2015) new species and notes on microveliinae from northern South America (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae). (Zootaxa) 3980:4(591-596)
; Floriano, Carla Fernanda Burguez; Bispo, Pitágoras Da Conceição ; (Zootaxa, 2015) [Errata]
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Riqueza, abundância e sazonalidade de comunidades de macroalgas em diferentes escalas espaciais em riachos da região centro-sul do estado do Paraná
; Branco, Ciro César Zanini (Iheringia - Serie Botanica, 2014) [Artigo]
The structure and seasonality of benthic macroalgal communities of lotic ecosystems was evaluated at different spatial scales of observation in streams of the central-southern region of Paraná State. Samples were collected ... -
Basicladia emedii (cladophorales, chlorophyta): A new freshwater epilithic species from Brazil
; Branco, Ciro Cesar Zanini (Cryptogamie, Algologie, 2012) [Artigo]
Basicladia emedii sp. nov. is described based on material from six streams in Paraná and Rio Grande do Sul States of Brazil. This is only the second species of Basicladia recorded from South America. The new species is ... -
Paternal effect does not affect in vitro embryo morphokinetics but modulates molecular profile
; ; ; ; ; Kubo Fontes, Patricia; Gouveia Nogueira, Marcelo Fábio ; ; ; et al. (Theriogenology, 2022) [Artigo]
The use of different sires influences in vitro embryo production (IVP) outcome. Paternal effects are observed from the first cleavages until after embryonic genome activation (EGA). Little is known about the mechanisms ... -
Produção e caracterização de α-amilase produzida por Rhizopus sp.
(Arquivos de Biologia e Technologia, 1996) [Artigo]A strain of Rhizopus sp. screened among more than 800 filamentous fungi showed great ability to produce a thermostable α-amylase by solid state fermentation. The best production was obtained with a bran moisture content ...