Title:	Influence of sucrose and activated charcoal on phytochemistry and vegetative growth in Zephyranthes irwiniana (Ravenna) Nic. García (Amaryllidaceae)
Authors:	Dewes Neto, Bertholdo Gomes-Copeland, Kicia Karinne Pereira Silveira, Dâmaris Gomes, Sueli Maria Craesmeyer, Julia Marina Muller Nizio, Daniela Aparecida de Castro Fagg, Christopher WIlliam
metadata.dc.identifier.orcid:	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1851-5224 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6234-7777 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4116-7635 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6072-7832
metadata.dc.contributor.affiliation:	University of Brasília, Department of Botany University of Brasilia, Faculty of Health Sciences, Laboratory of Natural Products University of Brasilia, Faculty of Health Sciences, Laboratory of Natural Products University of Brasília, Department of Botany University of Brasilia, Faculty of Health Sciences, Laboratory of Natural Products University of Sergipe, Department of Agronomy University of Brasília, Department of Botany
Assunto::	Licorina Crescimento vegetativo Sacarose Carvão ativado Fitoquímica
Issue Date:	20-Feb-2024
Publisher:	MDPI
Citation:	DEWES NETO, Bertholdo et al. Influence of sucrose and activated charcoal on phytochemistry and vegetative growth in Zephyranthes irwiniana (Ravenna) Nic. García (Amaryllidaceae). Plants, [S. l.], v. 13, n. 5, 569, 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13050569. Disponível em: https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/13/5/569. Acesso em: 15 abr. 2026.
Abstract:	Zephyranthes irwiniana (Ravenna) Nic. García is an endemic, red list threatened species from the Brazilian savanna (Cerrado) with pharmacological potential to treat the symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). This work analyzed the vegetative growth and phytochemistry of its potential compounds, in response to variations in sucrose concentration and activated carbon (AC). Seeds were germinated in vitro and in the greenhouse. The in vitro bulbs were separated in six treatments with different sucrose concentrations (30, 45 and 60 gL−1) and/or AC (1 gL−1). Biomass increases in individuals grown in the greenhouse were higher than those cultivated in vitro. Sucrose concentration significantly increased biomass and root number. AC had a positive influence on leaf and root size, and a negative influence on root number. GC–MS analyses indicated great variation in the abundance of α-terpenyl-acetate, ethyl linoleate, clionasterol and lycorine between treatments, with maximum concentrations of 53.06%, 38.68, 14.34% and 2.57%, respectively. Histolocalization tests indicated the presence of alkaloids in the leaf chlorenchyma and bulb cataphylls. Finally, the present study provided new evidence that the constitution of the culture medium directly influences the vegetative growth and phytochemistry of this species, providing a good medium condition for propagating the species under threat.
metadata.dc.description.unidade:	Instituto de Ciências Biológicas (IB) Departamento de Botânica (IB BOT) Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde (FS) Departamento de Farmácia (FS FAR)
metadata.dc.description.ppg:	Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica
Licença::	© 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/).
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13050569
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