This study estimated the toxicity of the insecticides chlorpyrifos and phosmet to the stingless bees Scaptotrigona bipunctata and Tetragonisca fiebrigi. The results showed significant differences in susceptibility between ...

The stingless bee Scaptotrigona postica is an important pollinator of native and cultivated plants in Brazil. Among the factors affecting the survival of these insects is the indiscriminate use of insecticides, including ...

Background: There is growing interest in the use of diammine silver fluoride (DSF) as a topical agent to treat dentin hypersensitivity and dental caries as gauged by increasing published research from many parts of the ...

Plant essential oils have been recognized as important natural resources for bioprospection of new insecticides. Here, we provided a chemical analysis and assessing the toxicity of the essential oil of Piper aduncum L. ...

Public concern on the risks of glyphosate exposure has risen in Argentina, where glyphosate is used massively. Fish are widely used as models to assess the effects of contaminants. In this study we estimated the toxic ...

The bee species Melipona scutellaris Latreille, 1811 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) is native to Brazil and, stingless. In Brazil, stingless bees are responsible for 40% to 90% of tree species pollination, depending on the considered ...

The bee species Melipona scutellaris Latreille, 1811 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) is native to Brazil and, stingless. In Brazil, stingless bees are responsible for 40% to 90% of tree species pollination, depending on the considered ...

Larrea divaricata Cav. (Zygophyllaceae) is an autochthonous plant of South America, widely distributed in Argentina. It is used in folk medicine as an anti-inflammatory drug. By other way, presents well documented antitumoral ...