Submitted by Edisangela Bastos (edisangela@ufpa.br) on 2012-10-05T19:01:09Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 23898 bytes, checksum: e363e809996cf46ada20da1accfcd9c7 (MD5) Dissertacao_IsoeleuterolIsoeleuterinaPontenciais.pdf: 1097841 bytes, checksum: 21a9768475c5b0c559bb0ad23901c889 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Ana Rosa Silva(arosa@ufpa.br) on 2012-10-08T17:14:39Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 23898 bytes, checksum: e363e809996cf46ada20da1accfcd9c7 (MD5) Dissertacao_IsoeleuterolIsoeleuterinaPontenciais.pdf: 1097841 bytes, checksum: 21a9768475c5b0c559bb0ad23901c889 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-08T17:14:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 23898 bytes, checksum: e363e809996cf46ada20da1accfcd9c7 (MD5) Dissertacao_IsoeleuterolIsoeleuterinaPontenciais.pdf: 1097841 bytes, checksum: 21a9768475c5b0c559bb0ad23901c889 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008 / A espécie Eleutherine plicata Herb. é uma Iridaceae, conhecida popularmente como marupazinho, muito utilizada pela população para o tratamento de diarréias. Com o bulbo da planta prepara-se um chá, que é utilizado no tratamento de infestações causadas por ameba. O material vegetal utilizado neste estudo foi coletado em Belém do Pará e sua identificação botânica foi realizada por comparação de exsicata depositada no Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi sob nº 10543. O extrato etanólico (EE) foi preparado por percolação a partir do bulbo previamente seco e moído. Após a secagem o extrato etanólico foi suspenso em uma solução hidroalcóolica (1:1) e submetida a partição com solventes de polaridades crescente. Com o extrato etanólico e as frações foram realizados 18 testes para detectar classes de metabólitos secundários. O extrato etanólico e as frações hexânica e clorofórmica apresentaram resultado positivo para naftoquinonas, antraquinonas e esteróides e triperpenos. As análises por cromatografia em camada delgada do extrato etanólico e frações hexânica e clorofórmica mostraram zonas sensíveis à solução metanólica de KOH 10%, indicando a presença de quinonas nestas amostras. A avaliação da atividade antimicrobiana do referido extrato e frações com cepas de C. albicans, S. aureus, E. coli e P. aeruginosa demonstrou que a fração clorofórmica é a mais ativa, apresentando os maiores halos de inibição de crescimento microbiano, possivelmente, contendo uma maior concentração de constituintes ativos. Da fração clorofórmica foram isolados os constituintes químicos isoeleuterol e isoeleuterina, os quais foram caracterizados quimicamente através de ressonância manética nuclear de hidrogênio (RMN1H) e carbono 13 (RMN 13C), em comparação com os dados da literatura. O extrato etanólico, isoeleuterol e isoeleuterina foram submetidos a avaliação de suas atividades antioxidantes, os quais apresentaram fraca atividade quando comparado com o padrão BHT. / Eleutherine plicata Herb. is an Iridaceae, popularly known as marupazinho, widely used by people to treat diarrhea. With the bulb of the plant is about a cup of tea, which is used to treat infestations caused by amoeba. The plant material used in this study was collected in Belém do Pará and their identification by comparison of botany was deposited in exsiccates Paraense Emilio Goeldi Museum under nº 10543. The ethanol extract was prepared by percolation from the bulb previously dried and crushed. After drying the ethanol extract was suspended in a solution hydroalcoholic (1:1) and subjected to partition with solvents of increasing polarity. With the ethanol extract and the fractions were performed eighteen tests to detect classes of secondary metabolites. The ethanol extract and the fractions hexanic and chloroform, showed a positive result for naphthoquinones, anthraquinones and steroids and triperpenoids. The analysis by thin-layer chromatography fractions of ethanol extract and hexane and chloroform, showed areas susceptible to methanolic solution of KOH 10%, indicating the presence of quinones in these samples. The evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of ethanol extract and fractions hexanic and chloroform with strains of C. albicans, S. aureus, E. coli and P. aeruginosa, showed that the chloroform fraction is the most active, presenting the largest halos of inhibition of microbial growth, possibly containing a higher concentration of active constituents. The chemical constituents isoeleutherol and isoeleutherine were isolated from chloroform fraction, and were characterized chemically using RMN 1H e 13C, compared with the literature. The ethanol extract, isoeleutherol and isoeleutherine were submitted to evaluation of their antioxidant activies, and showed weak activity when compared with BHT.

Plants and microorganisms interact with each other constantly, with some interactions being mutually beneficial and others being detrimental to the plants. The features of the organisms involved in such interactions will determine the characteristics of individual pathosystems. Plants respond readily to pathogen attacks, regardless of the pathosystem; furthermore, variation in the resistance to pathogens within species is common and well documented in many plant species. The variability in pathogen resistance is at the core of genetic improvement programs for disease resistance. True resistance to pathogens in plants is a genetically determined and complex trait that can involve both constitutive and induced mechanisms at different levels of organization. The complexity of this phenomenon makes the study of compatible plant - pathogen interactions challenging, and typically, disease resistance studies focus on specific aspects of a pathosystem, such as field resistance, anatomical or physiological features of resistant plants, or molecular mechanisms of resistance. The Thuja sp. - Didymascella thujina (E.J. Durand) Maire interaction is an important pathosystem in western North America, which has been studied for more than five decades. Western redcedar (Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don) is very susceptible to cedar leaf blight (D. thujina), a biotroph that affects the tree at all stages, although seedlings are the most sensitive to the pathogen. The characteristics of the Thuja sp. - D. thujina interaction, the wealth of information on the pathosystem and the excellent Thuja sp. genetic resources available from the British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development make this interaction an ideal system to advance the study of disease resistance mechanisms in conifers. This Doctoral project presents a comprehensive investigation of the constitutive and induced resistance mechanisms against D. thujina in T. plicata, Thuja standishii (Gord.) Carrière and a Thuja standishii x plicata hybrid at the phenotypic and gene expression levels, undertaken with the objective of exploring the resistance mechanisms against the biotroph in these conifers. The project also aimed to establish base knowledge for the future development of markers for marker-assisted breeding of T. plicata. The investigations included a combination of histological, chemical and next generation sequencing (NGS) methodologies. NGS data were analyzed, in addition to the traditional clustering analyses, with cutting edge machine learning methods, including grade of membership analysis, dynamic topic modelling and stability selection analysis. The studies were progressively more controlled to narrow the focus on the resistance mechanisms to D. thujina in Thuja sp. Histological characteristics related to D. thujina resistance in Thuja sp. were studied first, along with the relationship between climate of origin and disease resistance. The virulence of D. thujina was also documented early in this project. Chemical and gene expression constitutive and induced responses to D. thujina infection in T. plicata seedlings were studied next. T. plicata clonal lines were then comprehensively studied to shed light on the mechanisms behind known physiologically determined resistance. A holistic investigation of the resistance mechanisms to D. thujina in T. standishii, T. plicata and a T. standishii x plicata hybrid explored the possibility of a gene-for-gene resistance model. Thirty-five T. plicata families were screened during the four field seasons carried out between 2012 and 2015, totalling more than 1,400 seedlings scored for D. thujina severity. Thirteen of those families were used in the five studies performed during the program, along with two T. plicata seedling lines self-pollinated for five generations and three T. plicata clonal lines. One T. standishii clonal line, and one T. standishii x plicata clone were also investigated during the program. A total of 16 histological and anatomical characteristics were studied in more than 750 samples, and more than 270 foliar samples were analyzed for 60 chemical and nutritional compounds. Almost one million transcriptomic sequences in four individually assembled reference transcriptomes were examined during the program. The results of the project support the variability in the resistance to D. thujina in T. plicata, as well as the higher resistance to the pathogen in plants originating from cooler and wetter environments. The data collected also depicted the existence of age-related resistance in T. plicata, and confirmed the full resistance to the disease in T. standishii. Western redcedar plants resistant and susceptible to D. thujina showed constitutive differences at the phenotypic and gene expression levels. Resistant T. plicata seedlings had thicker cuticles, constitutively higher concentrations of sabinene, alpha-thujene, and higher levels of expression of NBS-LRR disease resistance proteins. Resistant clones of T. plicata and T. standishii had higher expression levels of bark storage proteins and of dirigent proteins. Plants from all ages, species and resistance classes studied that were infected with D. thujina showed the accumulation of aluminum in the foliage, and increased levels of sequences involved in cell wall reinforcement. Additional responses to D. thujina infection in T. plicata seedlings included the downregulation of some secondary metabolic pathways, whereas pathogenesis-related proteins were upregulated in clonal lines of T. plicata. The comprehensive approach used here to study the Thuja sp. - D. thujina pathosystem could be applied to other compatible plant-pathogen interactions. / Graduate / 2020-08-31

Western redcedar (Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don; redcedar), an indeterminate conifer in the Cupressaceae family, is vulnerable to maladaptation in the face of climate change. Assisted gene flow is one mitigation strategy and involves human-mediated migration of populations, where the projected climate of the area of deployment matches the source climate of the population. Despite the overall projections of warmer temperatures globally, in British Columbia (B.C.), the risk of seasonal frost events will remain and therefore the potential for cold damage and mortality of redcedar exists if the newly migrated populations cannot withstand these freezing events. Knowledge of redcedar's ability to withstand freezing temperatures (cold hardiness) is therefore crucial. Redcedar, like many Cupressaceae species, produces and accumulates the purple-coloured carotenoid rhodoxanthin during the winter. This was hypothesized to be correlated with cold hardiness. Assessment of variation in overall, fall and spring cold hardiness and associated rhodoxanthin concentrations were done through repeated, seasonal freeze testing of clonal grafts originating from across the range of redcedar, and seedling progeny from a subset of these clones. Cold damage was quantified using electrolyte leakage and rhodoxanthin concentrations were quantified using high performance liquid chromatography. Cold hardiness and rhodoxanthin were individually modelled using univariate and bivariate mixed effect models with clone/family as a random effect. Model outputs were compared to climatic variables associated with clonal origin to test for climatic relationships. This study found genetic variation in cold hardiness of redcedar with weak climatic clines. This indicates that assisted gene flow of redcedar should be done on a case-by-case basis, with no need for a climatic threshold. Overall heritability of cold hardiness was 0.17 ± 0.03. Novel findings included the positive genetic correlation between fall and spring cold hardiness (0.55 ± 0.33); lack of reciprocal or parental effect for overall cold hardiness; and weak climatic relationships between cold hardiness and predominantly temperature, with the strongest correlation between number of frost-free days in January (0.38, p < 0.01) in the location of origin and cold hardiness. All findings related to rhodoxanthin were novel. Rhodoxanthin varied with family/provenance and season with heritabilities of 0.30 ± 0.09 in fall, 0.42 ± 0.09 in winter and 0.28 ± 0.09 in spring. Winter and spring rhodoxanthin concentrations were phenotypically correlated (0.50, p < 0.01) and genetically correlated (0.76 ± 0.14). Surprisingly, rhodoxanthin was not detected in clonal grafts of redcedar in any season. Results also indicate that rhodoxanthin cannot be used to estimate cold hardiness. The absence of rhodoxanthin in the clonal grafts compared to the seedlings suggests that plant age impacts rhodoxanthin accumulation. / Graduate / 2021-12-14

Cedar, represented by Western redcedar (Thuja plicata) and Yellow Cedar (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis) was known as the “Tree of Life” to the Nuu-chah-nulth on Vancouver Island’s west coast, and most other groups of the Pacific Northwest. This thesis investigates the Culturally Modified Trees (CMTs), or more specifically Tapered Bark Strips (TBS), created through the extraction of cedar bark removed for all manner of material goods. CMTs are now the most common archaeological site type within British Columbia. Current regional chronologies have inherent biases that make interpretations difficult. The chronologies created through Archaeological Impact Assessments (AIAs) are weighted heavily to the contact period and the highest frequency of use corresponds with indigenous population collapse rather than peak. Investigations are made into the true distribution of existing CMT features. This thesis details the survey of 16 recent old growth cedar clearcuts which found extensive unrecorded CMT features that have recently been logged throughout the southern Nuu-chah-nulth study region. Half of all TBS scars in exposed stumps were found embedded within healed trees, otherwise invisible to archaeologists. Comparing all AIA report dates (surveyed prior to logging activity) with all post-impact assessments surveys it was found the latter contain a greater and older distribution of scarring events corresponding to high First Nations populations before the contact period. The study also compares CMT chronologies with local histories, investigates the antiquity of Northwest Coast CMTs and the indigenous management of cedar trees to maximize bark harvests. The findings of this research hint at the expanded extent of anthropogenic forests in the Northwest Coast, the inadequate recording and heritage protections of CMTs, and what it all means for Aboriginal Land Rights in British Columbia. / Graduate / 0324 0740 0329 / kinze.earnshaw@gmail.com

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No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Dissertacao_EstudosCitotoxidadeGenotoxicidade.pdf: 1733760 bytes, checksum: 0cca3fb160419636f3ea55387b97b442 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-09-30 / CNPq - Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / O objetivo do presente trabalho foi realizar estudos fitoquímicos de E. plicata, bem como avaliar a citotoxicidade, o papel do estresse oxidativo e a genotoxicidade. O pó dos bulbos de E. plicata foi submetido à maceração com etanol, a solução concentrada até resíduo em rotaevaporador. O extrato etanólico foi submetido ao fracionamento em coluna cromatográfica aberta de sílica gel, sendo utilizado como fase móvel solventes de polaridade crescente. A fração diclorometano foi submetida ao refracionamento em cromatografia em camada preparativa, utilizando como fase móvel o diclorometano, sendo obtidas 3 subfrações. O extrato etanólico, suas frações e subfrações foram submetidos a análises cromatográficas e espectrofotométricas. Todas as amostras foram submetidas aos ensaios: viabilidade celular (MTT), da capacidade antioxidante (DPPH), cometa e micronúcleo. A partir do extrato etanólico obteve-se uma fração rica em naftoquinona (Fração diclorometano). O fracionamento desta levou ao isolamento da isoeleuterina (fração S2 e majoritária), sendo a fração S3 minoritária (não identificada e não testadas). Estudos cromatográficos e espectrofotométricos permitiram a identificação de S2 (isoeleuterina). O fracionamento contribuiu positivamente para citotoxicidade em células VERO, sendo a amostra mais citotóxica a S1. Para células HepG2, a citotoxicidade foi concentração dependente, sendo que o fracionamento não contribuiu positivamente para esta. Também, em relação ao tempo, quanto maior o tempo de exposição, menor foi a citotoxicidade para as células HepG2. A capacidade antioxidante máxima foi observada para subfração S1, sendo que esta possuiu baixa genotoxicidade em ambos os métodos e foi a mais citotóxica. A fração diclorometano possui uma capacidade antioxidante intermediaria, porém apresentou uma elevada genotoxicidade no ensaio do micronúcleo. A isoeleuterina (S2) mostrou-se menor capacidade antioxidante, menor citotoxicidade e resultados conflitantes na genotoxicidade. O extrato etanólico possuiu a menor capacidade antioxidante, genotoxicidade moderada e menor citotoxicidade. Ao se analisar os resultados verifica-se que: a subfração S1 é a mais promissora como candidato a 9 fármaco antimalárico, visto possuir taxas de citotoxicidade e genotoxicidade em níveis aceitáveis. A isoeleuterina necessita de investigações complementares sobre a genotoxicidade. Em relação à fração diclorometano desaconselha-se seu uso para o desenvolvimento do medicamento antimalárico, visto ser a mais genotóxica. / The purpose of this study was phytochemical studies of E. plicata, and to evaluate the cytotoxicity, the role of oxidative stress and genotoxicity. The powder of E. plicata bulbs underwent maceration with ethanol, the solution concentrated to residue in rotaevaporator. The ethanol extract was subjected to fractionation by open column chromatography over silica gel, being used as the mobile phase solvents of increasing polarity. The dichloromethane fraction was subjected to fractionation by preparative layer chromatography using dichloromethane as mobile phase, and 3 subfractions obtained. The ethanol extract, fractions and subfractions were subjected to chromatographic and spectrophotometric analysis. All samples were subjected to the tests: cellular viability (MTT), the antioxidant capacity (DPPH), comet and micronucleus assays. From the ethanol extract obtained a rich fraction naphthoquinone (dichloromethane fraction). Fractionation of this led to the isolation of: S1, S2 (major fraction), and fraction of minority S3 (unidentified, not tested). Chromatographic studies and spectrophotometric allowed the identification of S2 (isoeleuterin). Fractionation contributed positively to cytotoxicity on VERO cells, the sample being more cytotoxic to S1. The cytotoxicity in HepG2 cells was concentration dependent, being the fractionation did not contribute positively to this. Also, over time, the longer the exposure time, the lower the cytotoxicity to HepG2 cells. The maximum antioxidant activity was observed for subfraction S1, and this low genotoxicity possessed by both methods and it was the most cytotoxic. The dichloromethane fraction has an intermediate antioxidant capacity, but had a high genotoxicity in micronucleus assay. The isoeleuterin (S2) was lower antioxidant capacity, lower cytotoxicity and genotoxicity conflicting results. The ethanol extract possessed the lowest antioxidant capacity, moderate genotoxicity and lower cytotoxicity. When analyzing the results occur that: a subfraction S1 is the most promising candidate as the antimalarial drug, as have cytotoxicity and genotoxicity rates at acceptable levels. The isoeleuterin needs additional research on 11 genotoxicity. Regarding the dichloromethane fraction was not advisable to use for the development of an antimalarial drug, since it is more genotoxic.

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No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 23898 bytes, checksum: e363e809996cf46ada20da1accfcd9c7 (MD5) Dissertacao_AtividadeAntibacterianaPlantas.pdf: 1225761 bytes, checksum: 3b7a35e5a304fbe1d5d13f4ded77d104 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / O controle de micro-organismos infecciosos multirresistentes às vezes é ineficaz mesmo com o desenvolvimento de novos antibióticos. Diversos extratos de plantas medicinais têm efeitos antimicrobianos o que pode representar uma alternativa terapêutica para doenças infecciosas, principalmente quando associados aos antibióticos de uso clínico. O objetivo do trabalho foi avaliar a atividade antibacteriana de plantas medicinais sobre bactérias multirresistentes e os efeitos de sua interação com drogas antimicrobianas. Foi determinada a atividade antibacteriana de extratos e frações das plantas Eleutherine plicata (marupazinho), Geissospermum vellosii (pau-pereira) e Portulaca pilosa (amor-crescido) frente a isolados de Staphylococcus aureus Oxacilina Resistente (ORSA) e de Pseudomonas aeruginosa multirresistente, provenientes de processos clínicos humanos, assim como a interação destes produtos vegetais com drogas antimicrobianas de uso clínico. A atividade antibacteriana foi determinada pelo método de disco difusão em ágar Muller Hinton e a Concentração Inibitória Mínima (CIM) pela técnica de microdiluição em placas utilizando caldo Muller Hinton como meio de cultura e resazurina a 0,01% como revelador de crescimento bacteriano. Os extratos e frações foram testados nas concentrações de 500, 250, 125, 62,5, 31,2 e 16,2 μg/mL dissolvidos em DMSO a 10%. As plantas E. plicata e G. vellosii demonstraram atividade contra os isolados ORSA com CIM de 125 μg/mL, enquanto que P. pilosa teve ação sobre os isolados de P. aeruginosa multirresistentes com CIM de 250 μg/mL. Ocorreram 25% de sinergismo e apenas 5% de antagonismo entre as 120 interações de produtos vegetais e drogas antimicrobianas testadas. Frente aos isolados ORSA houve sinergismo com as drogas ciprofloxacina, clindamicina e vancomicina tanto com os derivados de E. plicata como os de G. vellosii. Os produtos de P. pilosa potencializaram a ação das drogas aztreonam, cefepime e piperacilina+tazobactam frente aos isolados de P. aeruginosa multirresistentes. Os resultados comprovaram o potencial das plantas E. plicata, G. vellosii e P. pilosa no controle de infecções bacterianas envolvendo fenótipos multidrogas resistentes (MDR) e que a sua interação com drogas antibacterianas pode representar uma nova alternativa na terapia destas infecções. / Infection control of the multidrug-resistant microorganisms sometimes is ineffective even with the development of new antibiotics. Many herbal extracts have antimicrobial effects and may represent an alternative therapy for infectious diseases, mainly when associated with antibiotics of clinical use. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antibacterial activity of medicinal plants in multidrug-resistant microorganisms and their interaction with antimicrobial agents. We evaluate the antibacterial activity of plant extracts and fractions of Eleutherine plicata (“marupazinho”) Geissospermum vellosii (“pau-pereira”) and Portulaca pilosa (“amor-crescido”) against isolates of Oxacillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (ORSA) and multi-resistant bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa, from human clinical isolates. Also we evaluate interaction of these plant extracts with antimicrobial agents of clinical use. The antibacterial activity was determined by disk diffusion on Mueller Hinton agar and the Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) by micro dilution plate technique using Muller Hinton broth as culture medium and 0.01% resazurin as a developer of bacterial growth. The extracts and fractions were tested at concentrations of 500, 250, 125, 62.5, 31.2 and 16.2 μg/mL dissolved in 10% DMSO. Plants E. plicata and G. vellosii demonstrated activity against ORSA isolates with MICs of 125 μg/mL, whereas P. pilosa had an effect on the isolates of P. aeruginosa with MIC of 250 μg/mL. There were 25% of synergism and only 5% of antagonism of all 120 plant and antimicrobial agents interaction tested. ORSA isolates had synergistic interaction with ciprofloxacin, clindamycin and vancomycin agents and with both plant derivatives of E. plicata and G. vellosii. The derivatives of P. pilosa potentiated the action of the aztreonam, cefepime and piperacillin + tazobactam agents compared to the isolates of P. aeruginosa multidrug-resistant. The results shows therapeutic potential of E. plicata, G. vellosii and P. pilosa in the control of bacterial infections involving multidrug-resistant phenotype (MDR) and its interaction with antibacterial agents may represent a new alternative in the therapy of these infections.