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Seed germination, phenology, and antiedematogenic activity of Peperomia pellucida (L.) H. B. K.

BACKGROUND: Peperomia pellucida is popularly known as coraçãozinho in the Brazilian northeast and is used in the treatment of abscesses, furuncles, and conjunctivitis. Our work aimed to determine the term of the development stages and the species cycle in the four seasons of the year (complete devel...

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Autores principales: Arrigoni-Blank, Maria de Fátima, Oliveira, Ricardo Luiz Barros, Mendes, Sandra Santos, Silva, Paulo de Albuquerque, Antoniolli, Ângelo Roberto, Vilar, Jeane Carvalho, Cavalcanti, Sócrates Cabral de Holanda, Blank, Arie Fitzgerald
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC113267/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12019026
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2210-2-12
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author Arrigoni-Blank, Maria de Fátima
Oliveira, Ricardo Luiz Barros
Mendes, Sandra Santos
Silva, Paulo de Albuquerque
Antoniolli, Ângelo Roberto
Vilar, Jeane Carvalho
Cavalcanti, Sócrates Cabral de Holanda
Blank, Arie Fitzgerald
author_facet Arrigoni-Blank, Maria de Fátima
Oliveira, Ricardo Luiz Barros
Mendes, Sandra Santos
Silva, Paulo de Albuquerque
Antoniolli, Ângelo Roberto
Vilar, Jeane Carvalho
Cavalcanti, Sócrates Cabral de Holanda
Blank, Arie Fitzgerald
author_sort Arrigoni-Blank, Maria de Fátima
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description BACKGROUND: Peperomia pellucida is popularly known as coraçãozinho in the Brazilian northeast and is used in the treatment of abscesses, furuncles, and conjunctivitis. Our work aimed to determine the term of the development stages and the species cycle in the four seasons of the year (complete development, beginning of bloom, complete bloom, and seed set), verifying the plant's therapeutic profile during the four distinct development phases in order to detect differences in its potency. Pharmacological tests were performed to observe the anti-inflammatory activity. RESULTS: Phenological observations were accessed for a 12 month-period, from the Brazilian summer of 1999/2000 to fall 2000. On average the plantules' emergence occurred 15 days after seeding. All plantules grew in a similar manner up to 25 days after transplantation in all seasons. Starting on the 25(th) day, we observed faster growth during spring, with plants reaching a height of about 60 cm after 100 days of transplantation, unlike other seasons, in which plants reached heights of 40, 40, and 35 cm during winter, summer, and fall, respectively. The P. pellucida aqueous extract showed significant anti-inflammatory activity during phenophases 1 and 2 of winter and spring. Depending on the plant's phenophase there was variation in the potency of edema inhibition. CONCLUSION: P. pellucida has a phenological cycle of approximately 100 days. It is recommended that the P. pellucida aqueous extract is used as an antiedematogenic only during phenophases 1 and 2 of winter and spring.
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spelling pubmed-1132672002-05-23 Seed germination, phenology, and antiedematogenic activity of Peperomia pellucida (L.) H. B. K. Arrigoni-Blank, Maria de Fátima Oliveira, Ricardo Luiz Barros Mendes, Sandra Santos Silva, Paulo de Albuquerque Antoniolli, Ângelo Roberto Vilar, Jeane Carvalho Cavalcanti, Sócrates Cabral de Holanda Blank, Arie Fitzgerald BMC Pharmacol Research Article BACKGROUND: Peperomia pellucida is popularly known as coraçãozinho in the Brazilian northeast and is used in the treatment of abscesses, furuncles, and conjunctivitis. Our work aimed to determine the term of the development stages and the species cycle in the four seasons of the year (complete development, beginning of bloom, complete bloom, and seed set), verifying the plant's therapeutic profile during the four distinct development phases in order to detect differences in its potency. Pharmacological tests were performed to observe the anti-inflammatory activity. RESULTS: Phenological observations were accessed for a 12 month-period, from the Brazilian summer of 1999/2000 to fall 2000. On average the plantules' emergence occurred 15 days after seeding. All plantules grew in a similar manner up to 25 days after transplantation in all seasons. Starting on the 25(th) day, we observed faster growth during spring, with plants reaching a height of about 60 cm after 100 days of transplantation, unlike other seasons, in which plants reached heights of 40, 40, and 35 cm during winter, summer, and fall, respectively. The P. pellucida aqueous extract showed significant anti-inflammatory activity during phenophases 1 and 2 of winter and spring. Depending on the plant's phenophase there was variation in the potency of edema inhibition. CONCLUSION: P. pellucida has a phenological cycle of approximately 100 days. It is recommended that the P. pellucida aqueous extract is used as an antiedematogenic only during phenophases 1 and 2 of winter and spring. BioMed Central 2002-05-09 /pmc/articles/PMC113267/ /pubmed/12019026 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2210-2-12 Text en Copyright © 2002 Arrigoni-Blank et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article: verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose, provided this notice is preserved along with the article's original URL.
spellingShingle Research Article
Arrigoni-Blank, Maria de Fátima
Oliveira, Ricardo Luiz Barros
Mendes, Sandra Santos
Silva, Paulo de Albuquerque
Antoniolli, Ângelo Roberto
Vilar, Jeane Carvalho
Cavalcanti, Sócrates Cabral de Holanda
Blank, Arie Fitzgerald
Seed germination, phenology, and antiedematogenic activity of Peperomia pellucida (L.) H. B. K.
title Seed germination, phenology, and antiedematogenic activity of Peperomia pellucida (L.) H. B. K.
title_full Seed germination, phenology, and antiedematogenic activity of Peperomia pellucida (L.) H. B. K.
title_fullStr Seed germination, phenology, and antiedematogenic activity of Peperomia pellucida (L.) H. B. K.
title_full_unstemmed Seed germination, phenology, and antiedematogenic activity of Peperomia pellucida (L.) H. B. K.
title_short Seed germination, phenology, and antiedematogenic activity of Peperomia pellucida (L.) H. B. K.
title_sort seed germination, phenology, and antiedematogenic activity of peperomia pellucida (l.) h. b. k.
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC113267/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12019026
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2210-2-12
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