Maria das Graças Machado Freire

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

A Kunitz-Type Inhibitor of Coleopteran Proteases, Isolated from<i>Adenanthera pavonina</i>L<i>.</i>Seeds and Its Effect on<i>Callosobruchus maculatus</i>

Maria Lı́gia Rodrigues Macedo, Claudia Mara de Sá, Maria das Graças Machado Freire et al. · Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry · 2004 · 103 citations

Engineering, Antiparasitic Agent, Entomology +17

Isolation and partial characterization of a novel lectin from Talisia esculenta seeds that interferes with fungal growth

Maria das Graças Machado Freire, Valdirene Moreira Gomes, Rosely E. Corsini et al. · Plant Physiology and Biochemistry · 2002 · 79 citations

Biology, Biosynthesis, Talisia Esculenta Seeds +5