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No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese - Ana Lúcia Basílio Carneiro.pdf: 16610047 bytes, checksum: c4cd629d2777cd22001ca4ee47db8b8c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-06-15 / CNPq - Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / Tropical forests are species-rich reserves for the discovery and development of antimicrobial drugs. The aim of this work is to investigate the in vitro antimicrobial potential of Amazon plants found within the National Institute on Amazon Research’s Adolpho Ducke forest reserve, located in Manaus, state of Amazonas, Brazil. 75 methanol, chloroform and water extracts representing 12 plant species were tested for antimicrobial activity towards strains of Mycobacterium smegmatis, Escherichia coli, Streptococcus sanguis, Streptococcus oralis, Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans using the gel-diffusion method. Active extracts were further evaluated to establish minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) and antimicrobial profiles using bioautography on normal-phase thin-layer chromatography plates. Diclinanona calycina presented extracts with good antimicrobial activity and S. oralis and M. smegmatis were the most sensitive bacteria. D. calycina and Lacmellea gracilis presented extracts with the lowest MIC (48.8 μg/ml). D. calycina methanol and chloroform leaf extracts presented the best overall antimicrobial activity. All test organisms were sensitive to D. calycina branch chloroform extract in the bioautography assay. This is the first evaluation of the biological activity of these plant species and significant in vitro antimicrobial activity was detected in extracts and components from two species, D. calycina and L. gracilis. / O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a atividade citotóxica, antitumoral e antimicrobiana de espécies vegetais amazônicas da Reserva Florestal Adolpho Ducke do Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA). As espécies vegetais sem estudos anteriores selecionadas e coletadas foram: Diclinanona calycina Benoist, (Annonaceae), Lacmellea gracilis (Mull. Arg.) Markgr. (Apocynaceae), Pleurisanthes parviflora (Ducke) Howard (Icacinaceae), Dilkea johannesii Berb. Rodr. (Passifloraceae), Sterigmapetalum obovatum Kuhlm. (Rhizophoraceae), Elaeoluma nuda (Baehni) Aubrév. (Sapotaceae). Após coleta e extração as amostras foram avaliadas quanto a citotoxicidade frente a Artemia franciscana e em linhagens de células tumorais. O potencial antimicrobiano foi determinado pelo método de difusão em ágar frente a Mycobacterium smegmatis, Escherichia coli, Streptococcus sanguis, S. oralis, Staphylococcus aureus e Candida albicans. Extratos ativos foram conduzidos a avaliação da concentração inibitórioa mínima (CIM) e bioautografia para identificar Rfs de componentes antimicrobianos. Prospecção fitoquímica das espécies promissoras foi realizada para detecção dos principais constituintes químicos. Dos 38 extratos avaliados para toxicidade em A. franciscana, dois apresentaram valores de CL50 inferiores a 100 μg/mL, portanto, tóxicos para essa espécie. A menor CL50 foi do extrato de D. calycina obtido em clorofórmio com valor de 22,9 ± 0,8 μg/mL. No screening para atividade antitumoral, nove extratos representando quatro espécies vegetais foram considerados muito ativos (MA) frente à célula tumoral de sistema nervoso (E. nuda e S. obovatum), cólon (S. obovatum), mama (E.nuda) e leucemia (L. gracilis, P. parviflora, S. obovatum). A maioria dos 75 extratos analisados inibiram o crescimento dos microrganismos teste com halos entre 8 e 40 mm de diâmetro. Extratos de D. calycina demonstraram atividade antimicrobiana com CIM de 48,8 μg/mL frente a S. aureus, S. oralis e S. sanguis e 97,7 μg/mL e 195 μg/mL frente a M. smegmatis. L. gracilis foi ativa apenas contra M. smegmatis (CIM 48,8 μg/mL). A bioautografia confirmou o potencial antimicrobiano de D. calycina e L. gracilis. Todos os microrganismos avaliados por bioautografia foram sensíveis ao extrato de galho de D. calycina obtido em clorofórmio. Na prospecção fitoquímica detectou-se a presença de fenóis, taninos, flavonóides, alcalóides e antraquinonas, em extratos de D. calycina e antraquinonas e cumarinas na espécie L. gracilis. Assim, a seleção permitiu identificar espécies vegetais amazônicas com atividade antimicrobiana e antitumoral in vitro e sugerir as espécies D. calycina, L. gracilis, E. nuda e S. obovatum para apreciação detalhada em outros estudos, pois poderão ter aplicação terapêutica no tratamento de doenças infecciosas e câncer.

The Guadalupe Nipomo Dunes Complex (GNDC) is located within the California Floristic Province, a biodiversity hotspot characterized by high rates of endemism and exceptional loss of habitat. In 1980, the US Fish and Wildlife Service described the GNDC as, “the most unique and fragile ecosystem in the State of California,” and ranked it first on a list of 49 habitat areas needing state protection. It is the largest coastal dune area in California and it is one of the last remaining, relatively intact ecosystems of its type and size in the western United States. The growing recognition of species decline and the limited number of dollars allocated to conservation and restoration have led to development of new conservation planning software and conservation strategies. Marxan and Zonation were selected for this project due to their worldwide acceptance in biodiversity conservation planning as well as their specialization in identifying priority zones for conservation. This document describes the unique use of conservation planning software to select areas for resource allocation. It outlines the process of selecting conservation targets, the habitats and species important to overall health of an ecosystem, by using the expert involvement approach. Most importantly, this document outlines areas of high biodiversity that will later be used to allocate resources for the preservation and protection of biodiversity within the Guadalupe Nipomo Dunes Complex. Introduced species are the second-leading cause (after habitat degradation/loss), causing or contributing to the decline in species abundance and diversity. Ehrharta calycina Smith has become highly invasive in the coastal dune communities of Central and Southern California and currently holds a “high” CAL-IPC inventory rating, defined as a species with severe ecological impacts on physical processes, plant and animal communities and vegetation structure as well as reproductive biology and other attributes conducive to moderate to high rates of dispersal and establishment. Ehrharta calycina is a prolific seeder and stores its seeds annually in the soil, collecting a substantial seedbank. Little is known about E.calycina outside its native range, as its invasion into California coastal ecosystem is fairly recent. A field experiment in the Guadalupe Nipomo Dunes Complex assessed the contribution of seeds originating from the seedbank as compared to seeds from above ground either dropping from maternal plants or blown in from outside the plots to the establishment of new E. calycina cover. After a nine month perios, new E. calycina cover from both sources was not significantly different. Visible coverage of E. calycina began 77 days (November 24, 2015) after plot installation. After nine months of surveying, coverage reached 19% in the Seedbank Present treatment and 21% in the Seedbank Absent treatment. There was no significant effect associated with the slope and aspect of the experimental locations. This experiment will aid in management of this invasive species by educating land managers to focus on preventing current seed production of established individuals as those sources of seed were as important as those originating in the seedbank. Stimulating germination of seeds from the seedbank with a concomitant management strategy such as herbicide application or physical removal will likely be the most effective methods for dealing with seeds in the seedbank.