Floristic Checklist From An Atlantic Forest Vegetation Mosaic In Reserva Particular Do Patrimônio Natural Fazenda Tabatinga, Pernambuco, Brazil

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)A floristic inventory was made in the Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Fazenda Tabatinga to show the importance of small forest fragments for conservation of the biodiversity of the Atlantic Forest. The reserve protects a vegetation mosaic typical of coastal habitats in an area of ​ca. 20 ha, located in the northern part of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Samples of vascular plants were collected between January 2010 and November 2011, and altogether 329 species were recorded. These are classified in 230 genera and 79 families of angiosperms and two genera and two families of ferns. Among the species found, 28 are endemic to the Atlantic Forest, while others are rare and restricted to the Pernambuco Endemism Center. In addition, three threatened species were detected. The presence of endemic, rare, and threatened species, along with floristic patterns typical of coastal areas of Brazil, reinforce the importance of the area for the conservation. © 2016 Check List and Authors.126BMBF, Bundesministerium für Bildung und ForschungCNPq, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e TecnológicoDEB-0946618, NSF, National Science FoundationConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq

Effect of impaired glucose uptake on postexercise glycogen repletion in skeletal muscles of insulin-treated streptozotocin-diabetic fasted rats

During recovery from intense exercise performed while fasting, the replenishment of muscle glycogen stores from glucose requires the activation of glucose transport. This study examines if insulin-treated streptozotocin (STZ) diabetes in rats impairs the rate of muscle glucose utilization and glycogen repletion when no food is ingested during recovery from high-intensity exercise. Rats fasted for 24 hours were injected with high doses of STZ (150 mg/kg) to cause severe diabetes, and their glycemia was normalized for 10 days with twice-daily insulin injections. High-intensity exercise in these rats resulted in a marked increase in plasma glucose, which remained higher than preexercise levels thereafter, whereas in control animals, the rise in glycemia was only of a short duration. During recovery, the rates of 2-deoxy-[3H]glucose utilization in muscles rich in fast twitch red fibers (red and mixed gastrocnemius muscles) were much lower in STZ-diabetic than in control rats, but were not affected by diabetes in muscles comprised mainly of fast twitch white fibers (white gastrocnemius muscle). Despite these effects on glucose utilization, STZ diabetes had no inhibitory effect on the rate and extent of glycogen deposition and fractional velocities of glycogen synthase across all muscles. In conclusion, although insulin-treated STZ diabetes in fasted rats inhibits glucose transport rates in fast twitch red muscle fibers post–intense exercise, this has no effect on muscle glycogen repletion either because glucose transport does not control the rate of glycogen synthesis or because of a compensatory increase in the activity of lactate glyconeogenesis in these muscles

Degradabilidade in situ da silagem de quatro genótipos de sorgo com e sem tanino: I - Matéria seca e proteína bruta In situ degradability of four sorgum silages with or without tannin: I - Dry mater and crude protein

Avaliaram-se a degradabilidade in situ da matéria seca (MS) e da proteína bruta (PB) da silagem de quatro genótipos de sorgo, dois com tanino (CMS XS 210 e BR 701) e dois sem tanino (CMS XS 214 e BR007) em um delineamento de blocos inteiramente ao acaso, com três repetições (animais), em arranjo de parcelas subdivididas. Os genótipos constituíram as parcelas e os tempos de digestão as subparcelas. O genótipo CMS XS 210 apresentou menor degradabilidade da MS em relação aos demais e os genótipos que continham tanino (CMS XS 210 e BR 701) apresentaram menores degradabilidades da PB em relação aos que não o continham.<br>The in situ procedure was used to evaluate the disappearance of dry matter (DM) and crude protein (CP) of four sorghum genotypes with (CMS XS 210 and BR 701) or without (CMS XS 214 and BR 007) tannin in a completely randomized block design experiment with three replicates (animals), in a split plot arrangement. The four genotypes were allotted to the plots and the time of disappearance to the split plot. The DM of CMS XS210 was less degraded when compared to the others and sorghums with tannin showed lower CP degradability when compared to the sorghums without tannin

Growing knowledge: an overview of Seed Plant diversity in Brazil

Abstract An updated inventory of Brazilian seed plants is presented and offers important insights into the country's biodiversity. This work started in 2010, with the publication of the Plants and Fungi Catalogue, and has been updated since by more than 430 specialists working online. Brazil is home to 32,086 native Angiosperms and 23 native Gymnosperms, showing an increase of 3% in its species richness in relation to 2010. The Amazon Rainforest is the richest Brazilian biome for Gymnosperms, while the Atlantic Rainforest is the richest one for Angiosperms. There was a considerable increment in the number of species and endemism rates for biomes, except for the Amazon that showed a decrease of 2.5% of recorded endemics. However, well over half of Brazillian seed plant species (57.4%) is endemic to this territory. The proportion of life-forms varies among different biomes: trees are more expressive in the Amazon and Atlantic Rainforest biomes while herbs predominate in the Pampa, and lianas are more expressive in the Amazon, Atlantic Rainforest, and Pantanal. This compilation serves not only to quantify Brazilian biodiversity, but also to highlight areas where there information is lacking and to provide a framework for the challenge faced in conserving Brazil's unique and diverse flora