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Review of Biological Activities of Some Rare Oils from Amazonian Plants [PDF]

Metabolites
Background/Objectives: A great biodiversity of compounds from Brazilian medicinal plants are considered to be a promising source for biological activities in the cosmetics and pharmaceuticals sectors.
Luana Merckling-Almeida da Silva, Nicolas Merckling, Enrico Bigi, Katiane Cunha de Melo, Iuliana Popa   +4 more
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Richness and Composition of Mycorrhizal Fungi Varies by Flood Level and River Basin in Oligotrophic Amazonian Seasonally Flooded Forests [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Mycorrhizal fungi play a key role in supporting plants in nutrient‐poor environments, yet their diversity and distribution in Amazonian floodplain forests remain poorly understood.
Maihyra Marina Pombo, Camila Duarte Ritter, Florian Wittmann, Jadson José Souza deOliveira, Maria Teresa Fernandez Piedade, Jochen Schongart, Alexander Zizka   +6 more
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Antimicrobial activity of amazonian medicinal plants. [PDF]

SpringerPlus, 2017
The aqueous extracts of currently utilized Amazonian medicinal plants were assayed in vitro searching for antimicrobial activity against human and animal pathogenic microorganisms.
BEZERRA, R. M., GONÇALVES, M. C. A., KANZAKI, L. I. B., MATA, E. C. G., MJUNIOR, P. O. M, OLIVEIRA, A. A., SEGOVIA, J. F. O., SOUSA, V. Y. K.   +7 more
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Seeds of Amazonian plants [PDF]

Ann Bot, 2012
In the highly diverse flora of the Amazon, proper identification of seeds and fruits may require additional plant material, such as leaves, stems and preferably also flowers. This is, however, often not possible: tropical trees may be difficult to climb up and normally no flowers are available during fruiting.
europepmc   +4 more sources

Antiretroviral activity of Amazonian plants [PDF]

Retrovirology, 2011
BackgroundThe Amazon region displays a rich and diverse biotaencompassing more than 50,000 botanical species [1]. Afew medicinal plants commonly utilized by local peoplehas been studied concerning its pharmacological proper-ties. New antiretroviral drugs are on demand, mainly indeveloping countries and particularly in Brazil, whichexhibit an exuberant ...
da Mata E, Gonçalves M, Segovia J, Bezerra R, Carvalho J, Kanzaki L.   +5 more
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Animist Phytofilm: Plants in Amazonian Indigenous Filmmaking

Philosophies, 2022
Early films about plants offer a glimpse into the behavior of vegetal life, which had hitherto remained hidden from humans. Critics have praised this animistic capacity of cinema, allowing audiences to see the movement of beings that appeared to be inert
Patrícia Isabel Lontro Vieira
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Revisiting Amazonian Plants for Skin Care and Disease

Cosmetics, 2017
This review concerns five species of trees and palm trees that occur as dominant plants in different rainforest areas of the Amazon region. Due to their abundance, these species can be exploited as sustainable sources of botanical materials and include ...
Bruno Burlando, Laura Cornara
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Steroidal Sapogenins in Amazonian Plants [PDF]

Nature, 1954
THE relatively simple method of analysis recently described by Wall, Eddy, McClennan and Klumpp1 for the analysis of plant samples for steroidal sapogenins inspired me to search for them in the rich Amazonian flora. Dr. Joao Murca Pires, chief of the Botanical Section of this Institute, collected various plant samples which might contain steroidal ...
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Towards culturally inclusive healthcare in Peru: Mapping epistemic concepts in contemporary Indigenous Amazonian medicine-Traditional healers' perspectives. [PDF]

PLOS Global Public Health
Peru is among Latin American countries with the largest Indigenous population, yet ethnical health disparities persist, particularly in the Amazon region which comprises 60% of the national territory.
Ilana Berlowitz, Maria Amalia Pesantes, Cynthia Cárdenas Palacios, Chantal Martin-Soelch, Ursula Wolf, Caroline Maake   +5 more
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N,N‐dimethyltryptamine and Amazonian ayahuasca plant medicine [PDF]

Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental, 2022
AbstractObjectiveReports have indicated possible uses of ayahuasca for the treatment of conditions including depression, addictions, post‐traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and specific psychoneuroendocrine immune system pathologies. The article assesses potential ayahuasca and N,N‐dimethyltryptamine (DMT) integration with contemporary healthcare.
Edward James, Joachim Keppler, Thomas L Robertshaw, Ben Sessa   +3 more
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