Cambuci: a native fruit from the Brazilian Atlantic forest showed nutraceutical characteristics

Screening of antibacterial extracts from plants native to the Brazilian Amazon Rain Forest and Atlantic Forest.

More than 20% of the world's biodiversity is located in Brazilian forests and only a few plant extracts have been evaluated for potential antibacterial activity. In the present study, 705 organic and aqueous extracts of plants obtained from different Amazon Rain Forest and Atlantic Forest plants were screened for antibacterial activity at 100 microg/ml, using a microdilution broth assay against...

Blood parasites in passerine birds from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.

Parasites may lead bird species to extinction, affect host temporal and spatial population dynamics, alter community structure and alter individual' social status. We evaluated blood parasite prevalence and intensity according to bird families and species, among 925 birds that were caught in 2000 and 2001, in the Atlantic Forest in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. We applied Giemsa staining t...

Fruit and seed exploitation by small rodents of the Brazilian Atlantic forest

Phylobetadiversity among Forest Types in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Complex

Phylobetadiversity is defined as the phylogenetic resemblance between communities or biomes. Analyzing phylobetadiversity patterns among different vegetation physiognomies within a single biome is crucial to understand the historical affinities between them. Based on the widely accepted idea that different forest physiognomies within the Southern Brazilian Atlantic Forest constitute different f...

Genetic Diversity of Alouatta (Primates) from Brazilian Atlantic Forest

1Divisao de Genetica, Instituto Nacional de Cancer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2Lab. de Biologia e Parasitologia de Mamiferos Silvestres Reservatorios, IOC, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 3Instituto Nacional de Cancer, Coordenacao de Pesquisa, Rua Andre Cavalcanti, 37, 4 andar, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 4Lab. de Ecologia, Universidade Veiga de Almeida, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 5Departamento de Zoologia...