Sayaka Takaku, William A. Haber, William N. Setzer,
The leaf essential oils of 10 species of Ocotea (Lauraceae) from Monteverde, Costa Rica (Ocotea floribunda, Ocotea holdridgeana, Ocotea meziana, Ocotea sinuata, Ocotea tonduzii, Ocotea valeriana, Ocotea veraguensis, Ocotea whitei, and two undescribed species, Ocotea new species " ...
Tópico(s): Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
2007 - Elsevier BV | Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Klenicy Kazumy de Lima Yamaguchi, Joelma Moreira Alcântara, Émerson Silva Lima, Valdir Florêncio da Veiga,
AbstractEssential oils from the leaves of Ocotea nigrescens Vicentini and Ocotea splendens (Meisn.) Baill collected in Manaus, Amazonas-Brazil, were obtained by hydrodistillation, analyzed by GC-FID and GC- ... the substance with the highest percentage in both Ocotea nigrescens (37.9 %) and Ocotea splendens (51.0 %). Other components detected were α- ... 5.5 %) and α-copaene (6.2 %), in Ocotea nigrescens; and caryophyllene oxide (9.9 %), linalool isovalerate ( ... 6.2 %) and α-guaiene (4.5 %) in Ocotea splendens. The essential oils of both species showed ...
Tópico(s): Insect Pest Control Strategies
2013 - Taylor & Francis | Journal of Essential Oil Bearing Plants
Guadalupe Williams‐Linera, Francisco Herrera,
... studied on shrub species ( Miconia glaberrima, Moussonia deppeana, Ocotea psychotrioides , and Palicourea padifolid ) in a tropical montane ... Palicourea ), the relatively dry‐cool season ( Miconia and Ocotea ), or during both seasons ( Moussonia ). Eighty‐eight percent ... throughout the year for Miconia, Moussonia , and Palicourea; Ocotea had a leafing peak during December‐March (dry‐ ... leaves are produced throughout the year (except for Ocotea) , insect abundance was not related to leaf flush. ... se estudiaron en arbustos (Miconia glaberrima, Mousonia deppeana, Ocotea psychotrioides , y Palicourea pedicelata) en el bosque de ...
Tópico(s): Fern and Epiphyte Biology
2003 - Wiley | Biotropica

Dimitrij Trofimov, Dániel Cadar, Jonas Schmidt‐Chanasit, Pedro Luís Rodrigues de Moraes, Jens G. Rohwer,
The genus Ocotea (Lauraceae) includes about 450 species, of which about 90% are Neotropical, while the rest is from Macaronesia, Africa ... the first complete chloroplast genome sequences of seven Ocotea species, six Neotropical and one from Macaronesia. Genome ... comprise 25,503-25,520 codons in the Ocotea plastomes examined. The most frequent amino acids encoded ... be more frequent in the two dioecious Neotropical Ocotea species than in the four bisexual species and ... complete plastomes of Lauraceae species shows the seven Ocotea species as sister group to Cinnamomum sensu lato. ...
Tópico(s): Plant Diversity and Evolution
2022 - Nature Portfolio | Scientific Reports
Vigilio Ballabeni, Massimiliano Tognolini, Simona Bertoni, Renato Bruni, Alessandra Guerrini, Gabriela Moreno Rueda, Elisabetta Barocelli,
Ocotea quixos essential oil was shown to possess significant inhibitory activity of platelet aggregation and clot retraction ... antithrombotic activity of subacute treatment of mice with Ocotea essential oil. In vitro Ocotea essential oil and trans-cinnamaldehyde inhibited arachidonic acid-, ... induced clot retraction in human and rodent plasma; Ocotea oil and trans-cinnamaldehyde competitively antagonized contractions induced ... 3.2 μg ml−1, respectively). In vivo Ocotea oil, orally administered in a subacute treatment (30– ...
Tópico(s): Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases
2006 - Elsevier BV | Pharmacological Research
... shrub species ( Eugenia xalapensis, Miconia glaberrima, Moussonia deppeana, Ocotea psychotrioides , and Palicourea padifolia ), and canopy openness and ... and Palicourea; leafing coincided with maximum PAR for Ocotea , but occurred during March‐April for Eugenia. Flowering ... from December to May, but Miconia, Moussonia , and Ocotea peaks coincided with levels of maximal PAR and ... reproductiva en Eugenia xalapensis, Miconia glaberrima, Moussonia deppeana, Ocotea psychotrioides, y Palicourea padifolia , y abertura del dosel ...
Tópico(s): Fern and Epiphyte Biology
2003 - Wiley | Biotropica
Dimitrij Trofimov, Jens G. Rohwer,
Abstract Ocotea is one of the largest genera in the Lauraceae (c. 400 spp.), and it has been known ... for almost 20 years. In the traditional circumscription, Ocotea contains not only Neotropical species, but also about ... 168 Lauraceae species, including 151 taxa from the Ocotea complex, among them 26 of the 45 Palaeotropical species currently placed in Ocotea. Our results show that the Old World species ... placed unresolved among the Neotropical clades of the Ocotea complex, whereas the other is sister to Cinnamomum ...
Tópico(s): Plant and animal studies
2019 - Oxford University Press | Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Ananda da Silva Antonio, Valdir Florêncio da Veiga, Larissa Silveira Moreira Wiedemann,
The genus Ocotea is one of the largest and most economically explored in the Lauraceae family. However, its current industrial use is limited by the difficult identification of Ocotea species. At present, the genus is botanically considered ... on taxonomic characteristics. As chemophenetics can aid in Ocotea species identification processes, we propose to evaluate the ... have been found to be specifically synthesized by Ocotea species, enabling their usage in species identification by ... the current status, pitfalls and future perspectives in Ocotea species metabolomic characterization will be presented.
Tópico(s): Phytochemistry and Biological Activities
2020 - Elsevier BV | Phytochemistry
Carlos Chaverri, Cecilia Díaz, José F. Cicció,
... oils of the leaves, bark and wood of Ocotea gomezii and O. morae from Costa Rica, were ... ones. We conclude that the essential oils of Ocotea gomezii and Ocotea morae could have some toxic compounds, but the ...
Tópico(s): Piperaceae Chemical and Biological Studies
2011 - Brazilian Chemical Society | Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society
R. Amilia Destryana, D.G. Young, C. L. Woolley, Tzou‐Chi Huang, Hung‐Yi Wu, Wen‐Ling Shih,
... biological activities of three commercial oils essential oils, Ocotea, Copaiba and Blue Cypress, were evaluated in cultured ... GC/MS revealed different components within these oils. Ocotea and Copaiba did not have an antioxidant activity ... Blue Cypress possessed a moderate anti‐oxidant activity. Ocotea was the most potent inhibitor against pro‐inflammatory mediators. In addition, Ocotea and a higher concentration of Blue Cypress suppressed ...
Tópico(s): Morinda citrifolia extract uses
2014 - Wiley | Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society

Marcelo Leandro Brotto, Armando Carlos Cervi, Dos Santos,
... trabalho apresenta o estudo taxonômico das espécies de Ocotea (Aubl.) no estado do Paraná, Sul do Brasil. ... e frutificação. O estudo confirmou 31 espécies de Ocotea no estado do Paraná. A Floresta Atlântica tem ... 1). Duas espécies correm risco de extinção local. Ocotea daphnifolia (Meisn.) Mez e Ocotea velutina (Nees) Rohwer são citadas pela primeira vez ...
Tópico(s): Fern and Epiphyte Biology
2013 - Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden Research Institute | Rodriguésia
... Ethiopia were investigated. The slowly growing camphor tree, Ocotea usambarensis, regenerates mainly by suckers from old root ... macrocalyx, in the shade of which the young Ocotea suckers can establish. After the death of the ... sunlight and is inhibited in the shade, the Ocotea forest recovers. Large scale logging of Camphor trees predominantly destroys the regeneration of Ocotea and leads to secondary forest types, which regenerate ... be without impact on the natural regeneration of Ocotea. The Cassipourea malosana dominated forest regenerates as a ...
Tópico(s): Agriculture and Rural Development Research
2001 - | Systematics and Geography of Plants
Juan Carlos Peñagos Zuluaga, Henk van der Werff, Brian Park, Deren A. R. Eaton, Liza S. Comita, Simon A. Queenborough, Michael J. Donoghue,
Premise The Ocotea complex contains the greatest diversity of Lauraceae in the Neotropics. However, the traditional taxonomy of the group has ... the phylogenetic relationships of 149 species in the Ocotea complex, generating a reference‐based assembly using the ... that demonstrates the paraphyly of Licaria , Aniba , and Ocotea and clarifies the relationships of Umbellularia , Phyllostemonodaphne , and ... will facilitate unambiguous communication as studies of the Ocotea complex progress.
Tópico(s): Plant and animal studies
2021 - Wiley | American Journal of Botany

ANA ELISA T. ALCOBA, Daiana Caetano de Melo, Priscila Mileide de Andrade, Herbert Júnior Dias, Mariana Cintra Pagotti, Lizandra Guidi Magalhães, Walnir Gomes Ferreira Júnior, Antônio Eduardo Miller Crotti, Mayker Lázaro Dantas Miranda,
... the essential oils extracted from the leaves of Ocotea dispersa (Nees) Mez (OD-EO) and Ocotea odorifera (Vell) Rohwer (OO-EO). On the basis ...
Tópico(s): Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications
2017 - Taylor & Francis | Natural Product Research
... Haven, Conn.) Cuticular analysis of Eocene leaves of Ocotea obtusifolia. Amer. Jour. Bot. 50(1): 1–8. IIlus. 1963.—Several specimens of Ocotea obtusifolia collected from the Eocene clays at Puryear, ... be identified with the fossil cuticle, the designation Ocotea obtusifolia as based on megascopic characters is satisfactory.
Tópico(s): Botanical Research and Applications
1963 - Wiley | American Journal of Botany
... Haven, Conn.) Cuticular analysis of Eocene leaves of Ocotea obtusifolia. Amer. Jour. Bot. 50(1): 1–8. IIlus. 1963.—Several specimens of Ocotea obtusifolia collected from the Eocene clays at Puryear, ... be identified with the fossil cuticle, the designation Ocotea obtusifolia as based on megascopic characters is satisfactory.
Tópico(s): Plant Parasitism and Resistance
1963 - Wiley | American Journal of Botany

Rubens Marques Rondon Neto, Carina Kozera, Regina do Rocio De Andrade, Adriana Trippia Cecy, Ana Paula Hummes, Elenice Fritzsons, Marcos Vinícius Winckler Caldeira, Maria de Nazaré Martins Maciel, Melissa Koch Fernandes de Souza,
... Allophylus edulis, Luehea divaricata, Araucaria angustifolia, Cupania vernalis, Ocotea corymbosa, Ocotea nutans, Jacaranda puberula, Mollinedia clavigera e Solanum sanctae- ... Allophylus edulis, Luehea divaricata, Araucaria angustifolia, Cupania vernalis, Ocotea corymbosa, Ocotea nutans, Jacaranda puberula, Mollinedia clavigera e Solanum sanctae- ...
Tópico(s): Environmental and biological studies
2002 - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PARANÁ | FLORESTA
Guadalupe Williams‐Linera, Francisco Herrera,
... studied on shrub species (Miconia glaberrima, Moussonia deppeana, Ocotea psychotrioides, and Palicourea padifolia) in a tropical montane ... Palicourea), the relatively dry–cool season (Miconia and Ocotea), or during both seasons (Moussonia). Eighty-eight percent ... throughout the year for Miconia, Moussonia, and Palicourea; Ocotea had a leafing peak during December–March (dry– ... leaves are produced throughout the year (except for Ocotea), insect abundance was not related to leaf flush. ...
Tópico(s): Species Distribution and Climate Change
2003 - Wiley | Biotropica

Leandro C. S. Assis, Renato de Mello‐Silva,
Two new species of Ocotea Aubl. (Lauraceae) from the restinga of Brazil are described and illustrated. Ocotea arenicola L. C. S. Assis & Mello-Silva and ... features are indicated, and their relationships to other Ocotea species are discussed.
Tópico(s): Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
2010 - Missouri Botanical Garden Press | Novon A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature

Sandra Maria Warumby Zanin, Ana Luísa Lacava Lordello,
APORPHINE ALKALOIDS IN Ocotea SPECIES (LAURACEAE). During the last decades several aporphinoid alkaloids of the Ocotea species have been isolated.This review describes the ... fifty four aporphinoids in seventeen different species of Ocotea: thirty nine (39) aporphine sensu stricto, four (4) ...
Tópico(s): Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
2007 - Brazilian Chemical Society | Química Nova

Denise Fernandes Coutinho, María F. Agra, Ionaldo José Lima Diniz Basílio, José Maria Barbosa‐Filho,
Ocotea duckei Vattimo is a plant native of Northeastern Brazil and popularly know as "Louro-de-cheiro". ... One of the most important constituents found in Ocotea duckei is yangambin, a furofuran lignan having significant ... its from the other species of the genus Ocotea, which would be helpful in its identification. The ...
Tópico(s): Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications
2006 - Springer Science+Business Media | Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Denise Fernandes Coutinho, Maria de Fátima Agra, José Maria Barbosa‐Filho, Ionaldo José Lima Diniz Basílio,
Ocotea gardneri (Meisn.) Mez é uma espécie arbórea, encontrada no nordeste brasileiro, principalmente nos estados da Paraíba ... seções paradérmicas nas duas faces de lâminas foliares. Ocotea gardneri possui folhas elípticas a oval-elípticas, margem ... parâmetros que possibilitarão a caracterização de folhas de Ocotea gardneri em testes de autenticidade, bem como auxiliarão ...
Tópico(s): Banana Cultivation and Research
2006 - Springer Science+Business Media | Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia
Pertti Renvall, Tuomo Niemelä,
Summary. - Ocotea usambarensis Engl., or East African camphor, is a valuable indigenous tree in Tanzania, and is confined to ... are here reported for the first time on Ocotea usambarensis. Some ecological and pathological notes are given. ... are the most harmful decay-causing polypores of Ocotea.
Tópico(s): Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
1993 - | Bulletin du Jardin botanique national de Belgique / Bulletin van de National Plantentuin van België
Silvana Lucía Caldato, Norma Esther Vera, Patrício Mac Donagh,
... fue estudiar la estructura de la población de Ocotea puberula (Nees et Mart.) Nees (Lauraceae), en bosques ... x 20 m, donde todos los individuos de Ocotea puberula de tamaño igual o superior a 20 ... la estructura de tamaño y la distribución espacial. Ocotea puberula mostró ser una especie secundaria con un ...
Tópico(s): Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
2005 - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA MARIA | Ciência Florestal
V. R. Nsolomo, K. Venn, Halvor Solheim,
Of 47 fungi collected from decaying Ocotea wood, 36 exhibited phenoloxidase activity against gallic acid, 40 exhibited it against tannic acid, 33 possessed laccase and 6 possessed tyrosinase. Thus ... of these fungi could cause white rot in Ocotea wood. It was shown that all 21 fungi ... were capable of causing significant weight loss in Ocotea wood blocks in vitro. Basidiomycetes exhibited the greater ...
Tópico(s): Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
2000 - Cambridge University Press | Mycological Research

Maria José de Camargo, Mayker Lázaro Dantas Miranda, Camila Miyuki Kagamida, Edilene Delphino Rodrigues, Fernanda Rodrigues Garcez, Walmir Silva Garcez,
SESQUITERPENES OF Ocotea lancifolia (Lauraceae).Six new eremophilane sesquiterpenes, (rel)-4β,5β,7β-eremophil-9-en-12-oic acid (1), (rel)- ... isolated from the leaves of a specimen of Ocotea lancifolia (Lauraceae).Two other known sesquiterpenes, 4β,5β, ... reported for the first time in the genus Ocotea, and the aromadendrene sesquiterpene, spathulenol (8), were also ...
Tópico(s): Phytochemistry and Biological Activities
2013 - Brazilian Chemical Society | Química Nova

Raquel Rejane Bonato Negrelle, Ramoci Leuchtenberger,
... nanofanerófitos. As espécies de maiores valores estruturais foram Ocotea odorifera (VI=40,19), Araucaria angustifolia (VI= 30,39), Ocotea acutifolia (VI=19,0) e Luehea divaricata (VI= ... The species with the greatest importance value were: Ocotea odorifera (40,19), Araucaria angustifolia (30,39), Ocotea acutifolia (19,0) and Luehea divaricata (18,44).
Tópico(s): Forest ecology and management
2001 - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PARANÁ | FLORESTA

João Paulo de Maçaneiro, Rafaela Cristina Seubert, Lauri Amândio Schorn,
... famílias mais ricas, com destaque para os gêneros Ocotea, Myrcia e Eugenia. As espécies com maior percentual ... foram Euterpe edulis Mart., Sloanea guianensis (Aubl.) Benth., Ocotea aciphylla (Nees & Mart.) Mez e Tapirira guianensis Aubl. ... and Fabaceae were the richest families, especially the Ocotea, Eugenia and Myrcia genus. The species with the ... were Euterpe edulis Mart., Sloanea guianensis (Aubl.) Benth., Ocotea aciphylla (Nees & Mart.) Mez, Tapirira guianensis Aubl. We ...
Tópico(s): Plant and animal studies
2015 - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PARANÁ | FLORESTA

Isabela Francisca Borges Costa, Sanderson Dias Calixto, Marlon Heggdorne de Araújo, Tatiana Ungaretti Paleo Konno, Luzineide W. Tinoco, Denise O. Guimarães, Elena Lasunskaia, Ivana Corrêa Ramos Leal, Michelle Frazão Muzitano,
The genus Ocotea (Lauraceae) is distributed mainly in tropical and subtropical regions. Some species of this genus as O. puberula and ... described in the literature, showing antibacterial activity. And Ocotea macrophylla showed anti-inflammatory activity with inhibition of ... was the phytochemical investigation of the plant species Ocotea notata from Restinga Jurubatiba National Park, Macaé, RJ, ...
Tópico(s): Traditional and Medicinal Uses of Annonaceae
2015 - Hindawi Publishing Corporation | The Scientific World JOURNAL
Dimitrij Trofimov, Jens G. Rohwer,
... and stomatal complex in 85 species of the Ocotea complex by optical and scanning electron microscopy. We ... support the conclusion derived from DNA analyses that Ocotea is heterogeneous in its current circumscription. We suggest an evolution of the subsidiary cells in the Ocotea complex species from asymmetric to symmetric, and from ...
Tópico(s): Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
2018 - Elsevier BV | Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics