Search for natural products, the complexes of them with Magnesium and Copper and nanoencapsulated

• Grant number: 19/20083-4
• Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Effective date (Start): October 01, 2019
• Effective date (End): September 30, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Organic Chemistry
• Principal Investigator: João Batista Fernandes
• Grantee: Gabriele Fernanda da Silva
• Home Institution: Centro de Ciências Exatas e de Tecnologia (CCET). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 12/25299-6 - Integrated studies for leaf cutting control, AP.TEM

Abstract

The predatory power of leaf-cutting ants and their soil-transforming power have been known for centuries. The use of plants for ants control is well known to farmers and can be better exploited using knowledge of plant chemosystematic. Obtaining natural products from plants with potential insecticidal or fungicidal action on the leaf-cutting ants' nest, as well as those complexed with metals and nanoencapsulated, constitute the general objectives of the project. Participation in the execution of the project, through scientific initiation, also aims to contribute to its development and mainly to complete the training of the candidate for the scholarship. Specifically will be performed studies of complexation of flavonoid from orange residues with magnesium and copper, nanoenncapsulate extracts from "neen" and of extracts of marsh lily (Hedychium coronarium, Koen). (AU)