Maria Lı́gia Rodrigues Macedo

Insecticidal action of Bauhinia monandra leaf lectin (BmoLL) against Anagasta kuehniella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), Zabrotes subfasciatus and Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)

Maria Lı́gia Rodrigues Macedo, Maria das Graças Machado Freire, Maria Barbosa Reis da Silva et al. · Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology · 2006 · 128 citations

Biology, Plant-insect Interaction, Insect Conservation +6

Characterization of a Kunitz trypsin inhibitor with a single disulfide bridge from seeds of Inga laurina (SW.) Willd.

Maria Lı́gia Rodrigues Macedo, Viviane Alves Garcia, Maria das Graças Machado Freire et al. · Phytochemistry · 2007 · 128 citations

Kunitz Trypsin Inhibitor, Molecular Pharmacology, Phytoalexin +9

A trypsin inhibitor from Peltophorum dubium seeds active against pest proteases and its effect on the survival of Anagasta kuehniella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Maria Lı́gia Rodrigues Macedo, Maria das Graças Machado Freire, Elaine Cristina Cabrini et al. · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects · 2003 · 111 citations

Biology, Pesticide Resistance, Entomology +8

Poor correlation between the levels of proteinase inhibitors found in seeds of different cultivars of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) and the resistance/susceptibility to predation by Callosobruchus maculatus

J. Xavier‐Filho, Francisco Campos, Maria B. Ary et al. · Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry · 1989 · 108 citations

Biology, Engineering, Botany +14

Vicilin variants and the resistance of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) seeds to the cowpea weevil (Callosobruchus maculatus)

Maria Lı́gia Rodrigues Macedo, Lúcia Betânia da Silva Andrade, Rosana A. Moraes et al. · Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Comparative Pharmacology · 1993 · 107 citations

Biology, Botany, Natural Sciences +14