title: Studies on the ultrastructure in Anacardium occidentale L. leaves from Amazon in northern Brazil by scanning microscopy.
abstract: Leaves surfaces have various structures with specific functions and contribute to the relationship with the environment. On morphological studies are analyzed various parameters, ranging from macro scale through the micro scale to the nanometer scale, which contribute to the study of taxonomy, pharmacognosy, and ecology, among others. Functional structures found in leaves are responsible for the wide variety of surfaces and some behaviors are given in terms of cellular adaptation and the presence or absence of wax. This study reports the characterization of Anacardium occidentale L. leaf surface and the techniques used therein. A set of scanning electron microscope (SEM) and atomic force microscope (AFM) images performed on fresh leaf allowed observation of textured and heterogeneous profiles on both sides. SCANNING 38:329-335, 2016. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Ciências dos Materiais, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Federal do Amapá, Macapá-AP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Glenda Quaresma
authors.initials: GQ
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Física, Laboratório de Óptica de Materiais, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Av. General Rodrigo Octávio, Coroado I, Manaus, Brazil.|Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Nanodispositivos Semicondutores-INCT:DISSE, Laboratório de Semicondutores (LabSem)-CETUC/PUC-Rio Rua Marquês de São Vicente, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Eduardo Adriano
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Cotta
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Ciências dos Materiais, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Federal do Amapá, Macapá-AP, Brazil.|Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Nanodispositivos Semicondutores-INCT:DISSE, Laboratório de Semicondutores (LabSem)-CETUC/PUC-Rio Rua Marquês de São Vicente, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.|Departamento de Física, Laboratório de Ciências dos Materiais, Universidade Federal do Amapá, Rod. Juscelino Kubitchek de Oliveira, Macapá-AP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Henrique Duarte
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: da Fonseca Filho
mesh_terms: D031021:Anacardium; D001938:Brazil; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D018515:Plant Leaves
keywords: AFM; Anacardium occidentale L; ESEM; abaxial; adaxial; leaf surface; stomata