Acta Amazonica 46(3) - Summary
   
Issues: 46-3 Agronomy
Title: Diversity of yam bean (Pachyrhizus spp. Fabaceae) based on morphoagronomic traits in the Brazilian Amazon  
Authors: Edinei Santos da SILVA, Danilo Fernandes da SILVA FILHO, César Augusto TICONA-BENAVENTE  
Keywords: Feijão-macuco, Jacatupé, biodiversity, Amazon region PDF
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201504774

   
Issues: 46-3 Health Science
Title: Intestinal parasites in two indigenous ethnic groups in northwestern Amazonia  
Authors: Raylene Andrade OLIVEIRA , Rodrigo GURGEL-GONÇALVES, Eleuza Rodrigues MACHADO  
Keywords: Indigenous Population, Parasitic Diseases, Stool samples, Amazon region PDF
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201505883

   
Issues: 46-3 Ecology
Title: Caracterização estrutural e status de conservação do estrato herbáceo de dunas da Praia de São Marcos, Maranhão, Brasil  
Authors: Ana Cássia Medeiros ARAUJO, Ariade Nazaré Fontes da SILVA, Eduardo Bezerra de ALMEIDA Jr.  
Keywords: Fitossociologia, Restinga, Antropização, Litoral maranhense PDF
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201504265

   
Issues: 46-3 Ecology
Title: Feeding ecology of Serrasalmus gouldingi (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae) in the lower Anapu River region, Eastern Amazon, Brazil  
Authors: Bruno da S. PRUDENTE, Pedro CARNEIRO-MARINHO, Roberta de M. VALENTE, Luciano F. de A. MONTAG  
Keywords: Amazon basin, diet, flood pulse, niche breadth, repletion index. PDF
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201600123

   
Issues: 46-3 Ecology
Title: Species richness in restinga vegetation on the eastern Maranhão State, Northeastern Brazil  
Authors: Flávia Cristina Vieira SERRA, Patrícia Barbosa LIMA, Eduardo Bezerra de ALMEIDA Jr.  
Keywords: Coastal sand plains, ecotone, floristic similarity, Brazilian northeast. PDF
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201504704

   
Issues: 46-3 Ecology
Title: Flowering phenology of Mouriri guianensis (Melastomataceae) and its interaction with the crepuscular bee Megalopta amoena (Halictidae) in the restinga of Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Brazil  
Authors: Fabiana dos Santos OLIVEIRA, Monique Hellen Martins RIBEIRO, Cecilia Veronica NUNEZ, Patricia Maia Correia de ALBUQUERQUE.  
Keywords: Pollination, insect-plant interaction, floral oil, crepuscular foraging. PDF
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201504853

   
Issues: 46-3 Geosciences
Title: High spatial resolution land use and land cover mapping of the Brazilian Legal Amazon in 2008 using Landsat-5/TM and MODIS data  
Authors: Cláudio Aparecido de ALMEIDA, Alexandre Camargo COUTINHO, Júlio César Dalla Mora ESQUERDO, Marcos ADAMI , Adriano VENTURIERI, Cesar Guerreiro DINIZ, Nadine DESSAY, Laurent DURIEUX, Alessandra Rodrigues GOMES  
Keywords: Remote Sensing, Tropical Deforestation, TerraClass, Image Processing. PDF
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201505504

   
Issues: 46-3 Geosciences
Title: Hydroclimatic variables associated with El Nino and La Nina events at the Curuá-Una hydroelectric reservoir, Central Amazonia  
Authors: Roseilson Souza do VALE, Ana Carla dos Santos GOMES, Raoni Aquino Silva de SANTANA, Júlio TÓTA, Scott Dennis MILLER, Rodrigo Augusto Ferreira de SOUSA  
Keywords: drought; precipitation; SPI; level PDF
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201600083

   
Issues: 46-3 Chemistry
Title: In vitro antioxidant, antitumor and leishmanicidal activity of riparin A, an analog of the Amazon alkamides from Aniba riparia (Lauraceae)  
Authors: Éverton José Ferreira de ARAÚJO, Layana Karine Farias LIMA, Oskar Almeida SILVA, Luís Mário REZENDE JÚNIOR, Stanley Juan Chavez GUTIERREZ, Fernando Aécio de Amorim CARVALHO, Francisco das Chagas Alves LIMA, Cláudia PESSOA, Rivelilson Mendes de FREITAS, (In Memoriam), Paulo Michel Pinheiro FERREIRA  
Keywords: Bioprospecting, Chemoprevention, Cytotoxicity, Antiparasitic drug. PDF
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201505436

   
Issues: 46-3 Chemistry
Title: Chemical composition and antioxidant activity of geopropolis produced by Melipona fasciculata (Meliponinae) in flooded fields and cerrado areas of Maranhão State, northeastern Brazil  
Authors: Marisa Cristina Aranha BATISTA; Bruno Vinicius de Barros ABREU; Richard Pereira DUTRA; Mayara Soares CUNHA; Flavia Maria Mendonça do AMARAL; Luce Maria Brandão TORRES; Maria Nilce de Sousa RIBEIRO  
Keywords: stingless bee, polyphenols, triterpenes, phytogeographical regions. PDF
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201600034

   
Issues: 46-3 Chemistry
Title: Screening, production and biochemical characterization of a new fibrinolytic enzyme produced by Streptomyces sp. (Streptomycetaceae) isolated from Amazonian lichens  
Authors: Germana Michelle de Medeiros e SILVA, Raquel Pedrosa BEZERRA, José António TEIXEIRA, Flávio Oliveira SILVA, Juliana Mendes CORREIA, Tatiana Souza PORTO, José Luis LIMA-FILHO, Ana Lúcia Figueiredo PORTO.  
Keywords: Actinomycetes, fibrinolytic protease, inhibitor protease, fibrinogenolytic activity. PDF
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201600022

   
Issues: 46-3 Short Communications
Title: Pollen morphology of Carapa species (Meliaceae) from the Brazilian Amazon  
Authors: Alexsandro ZIDKO, Luiz Antônio RODRIGUES, Cláudia Barbieri Ferreira MENDONÇA, Maria Lucia ABSY, Marcos Gonçalves FERREIRA, Paulo de Tarso Barbosa SAMPAIO, Vania ESTEVES  
Keywords: Cedreloideae, crabwood, neotropical flora, palynotaxonomy. PDF
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201505964