Amazonia’s traditional knowledge, especially the indigenous one, is known to treat diseases with the use of medicinal plants. This is the knowledge used to base sequential and controlled studies which aim to characterize clinical and toxic effects of the most commonly used phytotherapeutic plants by the general population. /nThis project proposes to evaluate and characterize, in a partnership between Oriental Amazon Embrapa and Pará’s State University and (Pará’s) Center of Superior Studies, the ...

Status: Completed     Start date: Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2010

Oriental Amazon Embrapa has an ample research history in various native essences of the amazonian ecosystem, including the big leaf mahogany ( Swietenia macrophylla King). However, the formation of a research network focused in studies regarding the interaction between the mahogany shoot borer ( Hypsipyla grandella Zeller), its natural enemies and its most important host remains a demand to be fulfilled. The damage caused by this insect consists of the destruction of the tree's ter ...

Status: Completed     Start date: Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 GMT-03:00 2008