Pharmacobotanical study of Manilkara zapota (L.) P.Royen (Sapotaceae)

Moura, Bruna Izabela de Vasconcelos; Araújo, Bárbara Priscylla Lira de; Sá, Rafaela Damasceno; Randau, Karina Perrelli

doi:10.1590/s2175-97902019000117227

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“…Among the fruits of nutritional importance, sapodilla (Manilkara zapota L.; family Sapotaceae) is an exotic species with known antioxidative properties. The sapodilla trees are cultivated widely in pantropical regions for their wood (used for various purposes, including the creation of artisanal products), fresh fruits, and latex (Moura et al, 2019). For the continued expansion of sapodilla, studies are needed to estimate its growth, physiology, and productivity.…”

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Nondestructive method for estimating the leaf area of sapodilla from linear leaf dimensions

Ribeiro

Coêlho

Pessoa

et al. 2023

Rev. bras. eng. agríc. ambient.

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The leaf area is a parameter of fundamental importance in studies on plant growth and physiology. The objective of this study was to build allometric equations for the accurate and fast estimation of sapodilla leaf areas. In total, 250 leaves of different shapes and sizes were collected from sapodilla matrices trees growing at the Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido, Mossoró-RN, Brazil. For each leaf, the length, width, product of length and width (LW), product of length and length, product of width and width, and leaf area were measured. Linear and nonlinear models were used to construct the allometric equations. The best equations were chosen on the basis of the following criteria: the highest coefficient of determination, Pearson’s linear correlation coefficient, and Willmott’s index of agreement; and the lowest Akaike information criterion and root mean square error. It was verified that the models that used the LW value presented the best criteria for estimating the leaf area. Specifically, the equations ŷ = 0.664 × LW1.018 and ŷ = 0.713 × LW, which use LW values, are the most suitable for estimating the leaf area of sapodilla quickly and accurately.

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Nondestructive method for estimating the leaf area of sapodilla from linear leaf dimensions

Ribeiro

Coêlho

Pessoa

et al. 2023

Rev. bras. eng. agríc. ambient.

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“…Other activities such as antidiabetic and antilipidemic are reported for extracts of leaves and fruit pulp of M. zapota (Barbalho et al, 2015), antimicrobial (Aspergillus flavus, Vasianfactum sp., Fusarium sp., Bacillus subtilis, Bacilus megaterium, Sarcina lutea, Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhi, and cytotoxicity effect on Artemia salina (Osman et al, 2011), anti-tumor, anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory and anti-diabetic (Bano;Ahmed, 2017), anti-arthritic (Singh et al, 2011), and antidiarrheal, anti-pyretic, hypoglycemic and hypocholesterolemic (Moura et al, 2019).…”

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Triagem fitoquímica e atividade citotóxica do látex de Manilkara zapota (L.) P. Royen

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Manilkara zapota espécie frutífera de áreas tropicais e neotropicais paresentam como produto do metabolismo especial o látex, com propriedades farmacológicas. Este estudo teve por objetivo avaliar a composição fitoquímica qualitativa e a atividade toxicológica sobre Artemia salina avaliado em diferentes concentrações do extrato coletado do pedicelo do fruto de M. zapota. O látex foi coletado e imediatamente, foi realizada a solubilidade em diferentes solventes polares e apolares, a prospecção fitoquímica utilizando diferentes reagentes e o ensaio de totoxicidade sobre larvas de A. salina em diferentes concentrações de látex. O látex apresentou resultado de solubilidade apenas para água e etanol. Foram observadas diversas classes fitoquímicas com resultados positivos em especial para flavonoides, fenólicos, esteroides e saponinas. O ensaio toxicológico sobre A. salina apresentou dose letal de 17.9 µg mL-1 considerada moderada. O látex de Manilkara zapota demonstrou grande aptidão para novos estudos quantitativos e de avaliação para outros modelos biológicos.

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Wild Food Harvest, Food Security, and Biodiversity Conservation in Jamaica: A Case Study of the Millbank Farming Region

Campbell¹,

Moulton²,

Barker³

et al. 2021

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Harvesting wild food is an important coping strategy to deal with food insecurity in farming households across the Caribbean. The practice is tightly connected to the region's unique agrarian history, food heritage, traditional cuisine, and local knowledge of wild or semidomesticated plants. In Jamaica, small-scale farmers are the chief stewards of agrobiodiversity, and their food security and well-being are often dependent on wild food harvest. Yet, there is a paucity of empirical research on the relationship between wild food use, food security, and biodiversity conservation. In this paper, we use the knowledge and lived experience of rural farmers in a remote community (Millbank) at the edge of the Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park (BJMNP) to explore the relationship between wild food harvest and food insecurity within the context of protected area management. Specifically, we seek to (1) characterize different patterns of wild food harvest; (2) examine the relationship between food insecurity and wild food harvest, and (3) explore the implications of forest conservation measures for wild food harvest. Detailed interviews were conducted with 43 farmers to capture data on food insecurity, wild food collection, livelihood satisfaction, household characteristics, farming activities, livelihood strategies, and forest resource interaction. The Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) was used to characterize food insecurity, while participatory techniques were used to develop indicators to assess the well-being of farmers. The results show strong evidence of a relationship between wild food harvest and food insecurity (p < 0.001). Overall, the findings support the importance of wild foods to the well-being of rural households and provide empirical evidence for its inclusion in food security, poverty, and biodiversity conservation policies.

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Pharmacobotanical study of Manilkara zapota (L.) P.Royen (Sapotaceae)

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Nondestructive method for estimating the leaf area of sapodilla from linear leaf dimensions

Nondestructive method for estimating the leaf area of sapodilla from linear leaf dimensions

Triagem fitoquímica e atividade citotóxica do látex de Manilkara zapota (L.) P. Royen

Wild Food Harvest, Food Security, and Biodiversity Conservation in Jamaica: A Case Study of the Millbank Farming Region

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