Maria Fátima das Graças Fernandes da Silva

TL;DR: The essential oil from leaves of Eucalyptus globulus obtained by hydrodistillation, as well as its major compound 1,8-cineole, identified by gas chromatography coupled with a mass selective detector, were evaluated for their effectiveness against the storage fungi Aspergillus flavus and As pergillus parasiticus.

TL;DR: Insects are one of the biggest animal populations with a very successful evolutive history, once they can be found chiefly in all possible environments all over the world, and the ability in providing several important goods, such as honey, dyes, lac and silk is especially valuable for humans.

TL;DR: The results of this study help to understand the mechanism of inhibition of the Dengue virus serine protease by flavonoids, which is essential for the development of improved inhibitors.

TL;DR: The chemosystematics of Rutaceae is reviewed on the basis of updated surveys of various secondary metabolites and their biosynthetic derivation, and a stepwise replacement of benzylisoquinolines by simple and complex anthranilic acid derived alkaloids, and eventually by coumarins and/or limonoids is confirmed.

TL;DR: The main compounds responsible for activity against the fungus and ant in leaf extracts of R communis were found to be fatty acids for the former and ricinine for the ants.