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QUÍMICA • Acta Amaz. 33 (1) • Jan-Mar 2003 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392200331104 linkcopy

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

Screening de plantas encontradas no estado do Amazonas para letalidade ao microcrustáceo Artemia franciscana

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Abstract

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: Aspidosperma marcgravianum, A. nitidum, Croton cajucara, Citrus limetta, Geissospermum argenteum, Minquartia guianensis, Piper aduncum, P. amapense, P. capitarianum, P. tuberculatum and Protium aracouchini. The results were analyzed within the context of the available traditional knowledge and uses for these plants.

Artemia franciscana ; cytotoxicity; amazonian plants

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