Morpho-anatomy of passionflower leaves: Passiflora actinia Hooker, Passifloraceae

dc.creatorKurtz, Stella Maris Tessaro Figura
dc.creatorSantos, Cid Aimbiré de Morales
dc.creatorDuarte, Márcia do Rocio
dc.creatorSato, Mayumi Eliza Otsuka
dc.date2004-07-26T03:00:00Z
dc.date2003
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-08T20:06:31Z
dc.date.available2017-03-08T20:06:31Z
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10915/6576
dc.identifierhttp://www.latamjpharm.org/trabajos/22/2/LAJOP_22_2_1_2_TEQVLXBW34.pdf
dc.identifierhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/6576
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/428643
dc.descriptionPassiflora actinia Hooker, Passifloraceae, conhecida popularmente como maracujá, é uma espécie escandente, de folhas simples, alternas e estipuladas, com nectários extraflorais, gavinhas e flores vistosas. Na medicina tradicional, as folhas são utilizadas como sedativo e ansiolítico. O presente trabalho teve por objetivo realizar estudo morfo-anatômico foliar dessa planta medicinal, a fim de fornecer subsídios farmacognósticos e taxonômicos. As folhas são ovaladas, de margem lisa, ápice obtuso, base arredondada e limbo inteiro. A epiderme é uniestratificada e revestida por cutícula levemente estriada com cera epicuticular em formato de escamas. Na face abaxial, encontram-se estômatos anomocíticos e células com papilas proeminentes. O mesofilo é dorsiventral e idioblastos contendo drusas de oxalato de cálcio estão presentes no parênquima foliar. A nervura principal é biconvexa e o pecíolo tem contorno circular, sendo que ambos possuem feixes vasculares colaterais, dispostos em anel.
dc.descriptionPassiflora actinia Hooker, Passifloraceae, commonly called passionflower, is a climbing species with simple and alternate leaves, presenting stipules, extrafloral nectaries, tendrils and showy flowers. In the traditional medicine, the leaves are used for its sedative and anxiolytic properties. The aim of this work was to study the leaf morphoanatomy of the medicinal plant for pharmacognostic and taxonomic purposes. The leaves are oval shaped, with smooth margins, obtuse apex, rounded base and entire blade. The epidermis is uniseriate, coated by a slightly striated cuticle and epicuticular wax forming a scale pattern. On the lower surface, there are anomocytic stomata and prominent papillose cells. The mesophyll is dorsiventral and idioblasts containing calcium oxalate druses are present in the leaf parenchyma. The midrib is biconvex and the petiole has got round shape, both of them showing collateral vascular bundles, distributed as a ring.
dc.languagept
dc.relationActa Farmacéutica Bonaerense
dc.relationvol. 22, no. 2
dc.subjectmaracujá; morfo-anatomia; passiflora actinia
dc.subjectmorpho-anatomy; passiflora actinia; passionflower
dc.subjectFarmacia
dc.subjectPassiflora
dc.subjectPsicofarmacología
dc.subjectFarmacología
dc.subjectPlantas medicinales
dc.titleMorfo-anatomia de folhas de maracujá: Passiflora actinia Hooker, Passifloraceae
dc.titleMorpho-anatomy of passionflower leaves: Passiflora actinia Hooker, Passifloraceae
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