Acta Amazonica 54(2) 2024 - Summary
   
Issues: 54-2 Forum PDF
Title: Economic, environmental and social threats of a mining exploration proposal on indigenous lands of Brazil
Authors: PRASNIEWSKI, Victor M.; GONZÁLEZ-DAZA, William; ALVARENGA, Gabriela do Valle; SANTOS-SILVA, Lorhaine; TEIXIDO, Alberto L.; IZZO, Thiago J.
Keywords: Amazon, biodiversity loss, disease, deforestation, ecosystem services, life quality
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392202301922

   
Issues: 54-2 Animal And Fisheries Science PDF
Title: Effect of ethylcellulose coating of albendazolemedicated feed on the efficacy of acanthocephalosis treatment in naturally parasitized tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum)
Authors: CORDEIRO, Rafaelle P.; BRAGA, Patrícia A. de C.; JONSSON, Claudio M.; BRANDÃO, Franmir R.; CHAGAS, Edsandra C.; REYES, Felix G. R.
Keywords: parasitosis, acanthocephalans, Neoechinorhynchus buttnerae, Amazonian fish, veterinary drugs, bioaccumulation
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392202201973

   
Issues: 54-2 Biodiversity And Conservation PDF
Title: Notes on morphology, taxonomy and geographic distribution of Apeiba (Malvaceae, Grewioideae) in the Brazilian Amazon
Authors: SECCO, Ricardo de S.; COLLI-SILVA, Matheus; SANTOS SOUZA, Júlio
Keywords: Amazon rainforest, rosids, nomenclatural types, Tiliaceae
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392202301841

   
Issues: 54-2 Biodiversity And Conservation PDF
Title: First Brazilian record of Chiroxiphia napensis (Aves: Pipridae) and revision of the distribution of the C. pareola complex in the Amazon
Authors: GOMES, Arthur Monteiro; COHN-HAFT, Mario
Keywords: Amazonas, blue-backed manakin, endemism, predictive mapping, river barriers
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392202301392

   
Issues: 54-2 Biodiversity and Conservation PDF
Title: Philcoxia cachimboensis (Plantaginaceae): a new carnivorous species from Serra do Cachimbo, eastern Amazon, Brazil
Authors: LOPES-NETO, Ray Balieiro; CARDOSO, Juni Baia; SCATIGNA, André Vito
Keywords: Botany, conservation, ecotone, taxonomy, white-sand vegetation
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392202301711

   
Issues: 54-2 Biodiversity and Conservation PDF
Title: Checklist and geographic distribution of Myrtaceae species occurring in campinaranas of the Brazilian Amazon
Authors: NATIVIDADE, Paulo Haniel Sousa da; BARBERENA, Felipe Fajardo Villela Antolin; SILVA, Rachel Macedo da
Keywords: white sand vegetation; floristics; oligotrophic soils; endemisms; Myrcia; Eugenia
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392202302942

   
Issues: 54-2 Biodiversity and Conservation PDF
Title: First record of Landoltia punctata (Araceae, Lemnoideae) in Amazonia
Authors: CABRAL, Guilherme Sampaio; SOUSA, Raimundo Luiz Moraes de; COSTA, Antônio Augusto de Souza; LOUBACK-FRANCO, Nayara; FARES, Ana Luísa Biondi; CARMO, Rayssa Silva do; JESUS, Alexandro Monteiro de; POTT, Vali Joana; MICHELAN, Thaisa Sala
Keywords: biological invasion, species distribution, duckweed, freshwater environment, aquatic macrophyte
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392202303020

   
Issues: 54-2 Biodiversity and Conservation PDF
Title: Filling a distribution gap: a new record of Pradosia ptychandra (Sapotaceae) from eastern Brazilian Amazonia
Authors: VASCONCELOS, Caroline da Cruz; DIELE-VIEGAS, Luisa Maria; CAMARGO, José Luís Campana; FERRAZ, Isolde Dorothea Kossmann; TERRA-ARAUJO, Mário Henrique
Keywords: Chrysophylloideae, flora of Amapá, conservation status, new occurrence, taxonomy
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392202304211

   
Issues: 54-2 Biotechnology PDF
Title: Extracellular expression, purification and bioreactor production of tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) growth hormone in the yeast Komagataella phaffii (formerly Pichia pastoris)
Authors: SADALLA-PINTO, Elson Antonio; ANDRADE, Edmar de; CARMO, Edson Junior do; SOUZA-NETO, Júlio Nino de; BATISTA, Larissa Matos; BENTES-SOUSA, Alexandra Regina; MARIÚBA, Luis André Morais; PASSOS, Douglas de França; FERNANDES, Rodrigo Pimentel; PEREIRA JUNIOR, Nei; PORTO, Jorge Ivan Rebelo; ASTOLFI-FILHO, Spartaco
Keywords: somatotropic hormone; Amazonian fish; heterologous expression; shake flasks; bioreactor
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392202301791

   
Issues: 54-2 Chemistry and Pharmacology PDF
Title: Potential therapeutic use of ayahuasca: A literature review
Authors: COSTA, Salvana Priscylla Manso; CARVALHO, Keith Cardoso; GOMES, Isabella Nunes; CALAZANS, Carine Lopes; SILVA, Morganna Thinesca Almeida; MIRANDA, Joseneide de Alves; BARRETO, Ighor Costa; MELO, Matheus Vinícius Guimarães de; HOLANDA, Keyla Emanuelle Ramos de; ALENCAR FILHO, José Marcos Teixeira de
Keywords: Psychotria viridis; Banisteriopsis caapi; medicinal effects; N,N-dimethyltryptamine
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392202301821

   
Issues: 54-2 Materials Technology PDF
Title: Properties of MDF manufactured with mixtures of wood from paricá plantations and wood waste from native Amazonian species
Authors: RIBEIRO, Victor Cezar Nepomuceno; BORTOLETTO JÚNIOR, Geraldo
Keywords: Schizolobium amazonicum, wood-based panels, tropical wood species, industrial wood processing
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392202300401