Baccharis: From Evolutionary and Ecological Aspects to Social Uses and Medicinal Applications

ISBN-13: 9783030835132 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 578 str.

Geraldo Wilson Fernandes; Yumi Oki; Milton Barbosa

Opis

This book has a broad scope and provides a comprehensive overview of the most up-to-date knowledge of the plant genus Baccharis. The book is organized into four major topics encompassing the evolution, ecology, chemistry, as well as environmental and medical applications of the genus. This publication is a major reference for an audience of practising researchers, academics, PhD students, and other scientists in a wide-ranging collection of fields, from Sociology to Medicine to bioeconomy.

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Table of Contents

 

Front Matter

 

Part I: Ecological and Evolutionary pathways

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Chapter 1: The Ecological and Applied Potential of Baccharis

G. Wilson Fernandes, Yumi Oki and Milton Barbosa

 

Chapter 2: Baccharis: Diversity and Distribution

Gustavo Heiden

 

Chapter 3: The Evolution of Genetic Studies of Baccharis

Patrícia de Abreu Moreira, Heloiza Navarro de Novaes, G. Wilson Fernandes

 

Chapter 4: Intersexual Differences in Demography, Resource Investment, and Herbivory in Baccharis

Evelyn M. Frazier, Jhonathan O. Silva, Mário M. Espírito-Santo, Tatiana Cornelissen and G. Wilson Fernandes

 

Chapter 5: Multitrophic and Indirect Interactions in the Baccharis dracunculifolia System

Milton Barbosa, Graziella França Monteiro and G. Wilson Fernandes

 

Chapter 6: Endophytic Fungi of Baccharis 

Yumi Oki, Lucas Arantes-Garcia, Renata Maia, Michel Stórquio Belmiro, Isabela Maria Nascimento, Ary Correa Junior, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes

 

Chapter 7: Baccharis as Nurse Plants

Ramón Perea, Marta Peláez and G. Wilson Fernandes

 

Chapter 8: Biological Invasion by Baccharis

Adrián Lázaro-Lobo, Gary N. Ervin, Lidia Caño and F. Dane Panetta

 

Part II: Structure and Chemistry of Baccharis

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Chapter 9: Morpho-anatomical Characteristics of Species of Baccharis 

Jane Manfron Budel, Paulo Vitor Farago, Ikhlas Ahmed Khan and Vijayasankar Raman

 

Chapter 10: Essential Oils of Baccharis: Chemical Composition and Biological Activities

Jane Manfron Budel, Vijayasankar Raman, Ikhlas Ahmed Khan and Paulo Vitor Farago 

 

Chapter 11: Flavonoids of Baccharis

Simone dos Santos Grecco, Deborah Pelosi Sessa and João Henrique Ghilardi Lago

 

Chapter 12: Chemistry and Biological Activities of Phenolic Compounds from Baccharis Genus

Jairo Kenupp Bastos and Caroline Arruda

 

Chapter 13: Baccharis Terpenoid Compounds

Sérgio Ricardo Ambrósio, Mário Ferreira Conceição Santos, Larissa Costa Oliveira, Ana Lúcia Bassi, Jairo Kenupp Bastos, and Rodrigo Cassio Sola Veneziani

 

Chapter 14: Macrocyclic Trichothecenes of Baccharis

Alessandra Caroline Montes Frade, Maria Beatriz de Oliveira Rabelo, Priscilla Rodrigues Valadares Campana, Rodrigo Maia de Pádua and Fernão Castro Braga

 

Chapter 15: Livestock Intoxication by Baccharis

Claudio S. L. Barros and Bruce B. Jarvis

 

Part III: Baccharis: Applications and Innovations

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Chapter 16: An Overview of the Cultural and Popular Use of Baccharis

Mara Rejane Ritter, Anderson Luiz Christ, Aline de Mello Zevieski and Marina Fülber

 

Chapter 17: CPQBA 1: First Cultivar Registered and Protected From a Brazilian Medicinal Plant

Ilio Montanari Jr

 

Chapter 18: Perspectives of Baccharis Secondary Metabolites as Sources for New Anticancer Drug Candidates 

Christiane Contigli, Elaine Maria de Souza-Fagundes, Warne Pedro de Andrade, Jacqueline Aparecida Takahashi, Yumi Oki and Geraldo Wilson Fernandes

 

Chapter 19: Innovation and Knowledge of Prospective Studies on the Genus Baccharis

Mariana Bonifácio Amancio, Yumi Oki, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, Carla Rago, Aristóteles Góes-Neto, Vasco Ariston de Carvalho Azevedo 

 

Part IV: Propolis of Baccharis

 

Chapter 20: Chemical Constituents and Antioxidant Properties of Green Propolis

Shigenori Kumazawa

 

Chapter 21: Possible Role of Propolis-derived Components in the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity and Diabetes

Takanori Tsuda

 

Chapter 22: Effects of the Green Propolis on the Immune Response

José Maurício Sforcin and Marco Biagi

 

Chapter 23: From Innovation to Market: an Analysis of the Propolis Production Chain

Frederico Ivair Santiago de Oliveira, Yumi Oki, Fernando M. Resende, Patrícia Angrisano, Dian Carlos Pinheiro Rosa, Lucas Arantes-Garcia, G. Wilson Fernandes

O autorze

Prof Geraldo Wilson Fernandes – PhD in evolutionary ecology (Northern Arizona University, USA, 1992), Tinker Professor at Stanford University (2015/2016), visiting professor at Universidad de Seville (2019/2020), and full member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. Has experience in plant-animal interactions, biomonitoring, restoration ecology, climate change, environmental assessment and bioeconomy. Six books published (three of them with Springer), more than 500 peer-reviewed articles published on various subjects in the field of environmental sciences, and more than 100 graduate students supervised. Currently, full professor at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Dr Yumi Oki – PhD in Entomology (University of São Paulo, Brazil, 2005). Postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Earth Sciences of the University of Alberta, Canada. She has experience in the fields of Ecology, with emphasis on Ecosystem Ecology, Applied Ecology, Environmental Restoration, Environmental Services, Environmental Microbiology and bioprospecting. Current research subjects include diversity, insect-plant interaction, biological activity, Lepidoptera, herbivory, environmental services, symbiotic microorganisms and endophytic fungi. Currently, a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Dr Milton Barbosa – PhD in Zoology (University of Oxford, UK, 2017). Worked in the Sea Around Us project, University of British Columbia, Canada. Was a Fellow in the “Emerging Leader in the Americas” program at the University of Alberta, Canada. Participated in the IBISCA (Investigating Biodiversity of Insects in Soil and Canopy) international expeditions to Australia and Vanuatu; and in the Tropi-Dry project, studying tropical dry forests in Serra do Cipó, Brazil. He is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil. He has experience in the field of Ecology, working mainly on community assembly, indirect interaction networks, and insect-plant interactions.