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Manuel Marín has a total of 46 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:


Latest Publications

  • Open Access

    Anatomical Study of the Vegetative Organs of Vanilla pompona subsp. grandiflora (Orchidaceae) in Floodplain Ecosystems of the Peruvian Amazon

    by Manuel Antonio Pérez-Mozombite, Sanyori Tovalino-Alvarado, María Iluminada Quiroz-Sierra, Manuel Jesús Marín Bravo, Betty Millán Salazar, Doris Gómez-Ticerán, Yakov Mario Quinteros-Gómez, Jehoshua Macedo-Bedoya

    The anatomy of the vegetative organs of Vanilla pompona subsp. grandiflora, an endemic species of the humid forests of northeastern Peru and of great ecological and economic importance, is described through histological sections and histochemical tests. The leaves showed homogeneous mesophyll and epidermis with slightly depressed anomocytic and tetracytic stomata. The stems showed a continuous ring of perivascular sclerenchyma and vascular bundles with sclerenchyma reinforcement, while the roots showed uniseriate velamen, thickened exodermis, parenchymatic cortex and a vascular cylinder with large-diameter xylem elements. Histochemical assays revealed the presence of quinones in the leaf mesophyll, lipids in the shoot sclerenchyma, lignin in the xylem, and starches in the root. These traits provide diagnostic characteristics for subspecies recognition and constitute a basis for a comprehensive morphological characterization, complemented by preliminary histochemical observations, which will provide input for future anatomical and taxonomic studies of Amazonian floodplain plants.


  • Open Access

    The Role of the Internal Structure of Fabaceae Seeds in the Processes of Dormancy and Germination

    by Enoc Jara-Peña, Manuel Marín-Bravo

    The germination processes of Fabaceae seeds are well studied based on physiological parameters. However, in many cases, especially in wild seeds, there is a predominance of dormancy processes that must be reversed to finally produce germination, generally applying scarification processes. In the anatomical studies of seeds, a certain conformation of the structure of the cover is appreciated, with a predominance of sclerenchymatic tissues and waxy covers that are the cause of the difficulty of the entry of water to produce the imbibition of the seed. Mechanical or chemical scarifications are usually recommended to produce effective scarification. The characterization of the anatomical details of the seed coat allows us to predict the appropriate scarification technique with which optimal seed germination can be obtained.


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    Chemical Characterization, Antioxidant Capacity and Anti-Oxidative Stress Potential of South American Fabaceae Desmodium tortuosum

    by José-Luis Rodríguez, Paola Berrios, Zoyla-Mirella Clavo, Manuel Marin-Bravo, Luis Inostroza-Ruiz, Mariella Ramos-Gonzalez, Miguel Quispe-Solano, Maria S. Fernández-Alfonso, Olga Palomino, Luis Goya

    It has been proposed that oxidative stress is a pathogenic mechanism to induce cytotoxicity and to cause cardiovascular and neuronal diseases. At present, natural compounds such as plant extracts have been used to reduce the cytotoxic effects produced by agents that induce oxidative stress. Our study aimed to evaluate the antioxidant and cytoprotective capacity of Desmodium tortuosum (D. tortuosum) extract in the co- and pre-treatment in EA.hy926 and SH-SY5Y cell lines subjected to oxidative stress induced by tert-butylhydroperoxide (t-BOOH). Cell viability, reactive oxygen species (ROS), nitric oxide (NO), caspase 3/7 activity, reduced glutathione (GSH), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), glutathione reductase (GR), and molecular expression of oxidative stress biomarkers (SOD2, NRF2 and NFκB1) and cell death (APAF1, BAX, Caspase3) were all evaluated. It was observed that the D. tortuosum extract, in a dose-dependent manner, was able to reduce the oxidative and cytotoxicity effects induced by t-BOOH, even normalized to a dose of 200 µg/mL, which would be due to the high content of phenolic compounds mainly phenolic acids, flavonoids, carotenoids and other antioxidant compounds. Finally, these results are indicators that the extract of D. tortuosum could be a natural alternative against the cytotoxic exposure to stressful and cytotoxic chemical agents.


  • Open Access

    Estudio anatómico e histoquímico de los órganos vegetativos de Piper aduncum L. (Piperaceae)

    by M. Marín, J. Arroyo, P. Bonilla, G. Tomás, J. Huamán, G. Ronceros, E. Raez, L. Moreno, W. Hamilton


  • Open Access

    Pharmacobotany, Phytochemical Analysis and Anti-inflammatory effect of the Ethanolic Extract of Luffa operculata

    by Jorge Alejandro Arroyo-Sandoval, Manuel Jesús Marin-Bravo, Jorge Luis Arroyo-Acevedo, Hugo Jesús Justil-Guerrero, Roberto Jesús Chávez-Asmat, Josefa Bertha Pari-Olarte, Javier Hernán Chávez-Espinoza, Jaime David Torres-Lévano, Eddie Loyola-Gonzales, José Santiago Almeida-Galindo, et al.


  • Open Access

    Biología reproductiva e historia natural del Mero (Agriornis Lividus) en Chile central

    by Manuel Marín

    Se estudió la biología reproductiva del Mero (Agriornis lividus) principalmente en un terreno privado en la zona central de Chile. En Chile la especie es más abundante bajo los 1.700m, pero puede llegar a los 2.600m, prefiriendo laderas arbustivas de áreas áridas a semi-áridas, con arbustos espinosos, con algunos cactus, pero de preferencia áreas con Chaguales (Puya sp). En la zona central de Chile su época de nidificación se extiende desde principios de septiembre a finales de octubre con una nidada por temporada, si pierde su nidada al parecer no los reemplaza. Su nido era en forma de taza, pero muy voluminoso, la parte exterior fue construida con palitos gruesos y con otras ramillas. Su interior cubierto con una gruesa capa intermedia de musgos y luego forrado con musgos o fibras vegetales suaves y ocasionalmente pelos de mamíferos (e.g., conejos o caballos) y raramente algunas plumas de otras aves. La posición de los nidos variaba entre 1,5 a 2,5 m de altura. Había una tendencia de preferir plantas espinosas para nidificar principalmente en Chaguales (Puya chilensis) y algunas veces en cactus como Quiscos Echinopsis chiloensis. Su nidada varió entre dos a cinco huevos, siendo la mayoría (47%) de tres huevos y (41,2%) (n=17) de cuatro huevos y la mayoría de los huevos (42%) era de la forma subelíptica. El color de los huevos era de un color base café cremoso con poco brillo casi opaco, con una gran variabilidad en el patrón de marcas. Aunque para algunos de los huevos el patrón de marcas era capirotado, con manchas irregulares, de un color rojizo, café-rojizo a negruzco, o café obscuro, estas marcas pueden ser: punteadas o moteadas. So observó que solo la hembra incubaba. El período de incubación fue en promedio de 20 días (19–21) y los pichones abandonaron el nido entre los 18–20 días. Los pichones eran empollados día y noche hasta la edad de 7 a 8 días y luego hasta los 15 días solo parcialmente. El periodo T10–90 fue de 13 días y la constante de crecimiento K = 0,338. El promedio de su masa corporal al eclosionar fue de 5,9 g y de su máxima masa fue 84,5 g a los 18 días de edad. La dieta de los pichones fue de un 82% entre lagartijas y orugas. Los adultos capturaban para los pichones principalmente presas del sotobosque (70,4%), y el resto presas arbóreas. Los adultos en la época post reproductiva se alimentaban principalmente de presas del sotobosque, pero en su dieta adicionalmente incluían frutas como Calafate (Berberis microphylla) y Maitén (Maytenus boaria). La mayor mortalidad 32,5% ocurrió en el estado de huevo. El éxito reproductivo total fue de 53,4%. Es un migrante austral parcial, como en otros cazamoscas en algunos años parte de la población se queda a nidificar. A finales de marzo y principios de abril es cuando se han detectado pequeños grupos pasando por el área y moviéndose hacia el norte.


  • Open Access

    Ex situ conservation through the establishment of in vitro cultivation of Prosopis limensis seeds “Huarango” from Ica, Peru

    by Héctor Sánchez, Alfonso Orellana, Indira Roel, Manuel Marín, Gilmar Peña, Vidalina Andia, Rolando Estrada

    The “Huarango” Prosopis limensis is a woody species of the Fabaceae family that is in the dry forest of Ica, of key importance in this ecosystem and considered for different reasons in a state of danger. The in vitro cultivation of seeds of this species is presented as an adequate conservation strategy, due to high multiplication rates it promotes, the economy in time and production costs, and the future possibilities of improvement and reforestation. The objective of this study is the establishment of an effective methodology for the optimal germination of stored seeds of this species. The seeds were obtained from 4 representative experimental accessions from the department of Ica, which were subjected to a physical scarification treatment, immersing them in hot water (70 °C) and leaving it at rest until reaching a temperature of 37 °C. After conventional sterilization processes, seeds were sown in basic M&S medium with vitamins thiamine HCl (1,0 mg/l) and m-inositol (100 mg/l), sucrose 2% and agar 0,6%, and incubated at 23 °C +/- 2 h, for a photoperiod of 16 light hours. At 24 days the CPUC-117 accession the germination percentage was in the range of close to 95%. The results of this work constitute the necessary precedent to initiate larger-scale in vitro micropropagation trials of “Huarango” for conservation purposes.


  • Caesalpinia spinosa (Caesalpiniaceae) leaves: anatomy, histochemistry, and secondary metabolites

    by Carlos Martel, Nancy Rojas, Manuel Marín, Rosa Avilés, Elizabeth Neira, Julio Santiago