**2. Methods**

### **2.1 Plant material**

The peppertree (*S. terebinthifolius*) leaves were collected from a tree found at the latitude - 25º26.827S, longitude – 49º13.997O. The botanical identification has been made at the herbarium of the Botanical Department of Federal University of Parana (UFPR - UPCB), where a specimen of the plant can be found under the registration: UPCB-30848. *M. ilicifolia*  leaves were collected from Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Floresta (CNPF) of EMBRAPA (Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária), Paraná, Brazil (latitude -25.369227, longitude -49.189301). The *V. divergens* leaves were collected from 10 tree from Pantanal, Brazil (latitude -19.254108, longitude -57.030029).
