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In Vitro Bioactivity of Methanolic Extracts from Amphipterygium adstringens (Schltdl.) Schiede ex Standl., Chenopodium ambrosioides L., Cirsium mexicanum DC., Eryngium carlinae F. Delaroche, and Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb.) Benth. Used in Traditional Medicine in Mexico. [PDF]

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2018
Seven out of eight methanolic extracts from five plants native to Mexico were inactive against ten bacterial strains of clinical interest. The fruit extract of Chenopodium ambrosioides inhibited the bacteria Enterococcus faecalis (MIC = 4375 μg/ml), Escherichia coli (MIC = 1094 μg/ml), and Salmonella typhimurium (MIC = 137 μg/ml).
Knauth P, Acevedo-Hernández GJ, Cano ME, Gutiérrez-Lomelí M, López Z.   +4 more
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Biosynthesis of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and the reducing agents in the process [PDF]

Mundo Nano, 2021
Metallic nanoparticles (NPs) are being used mainly because they have excellent physical, chemical and biological properties, intrinsic to their size, therefore there is a boom in the use of these nanoparticles in various fields and recently, due to the ...
Blanca Estela Chávez-Sandoval, Nallely Flores-Mendoza, Auraamellaly Chávez-Recio, José Abraham Balderas-López, Francisco García-Franco   +4 more
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Análisis morfológico comparativo de las estructuras reproductivas masculinas de los géneros Orthopterygium y Amphipterygium (Anacardiaceae) [PDF]

Revista Peruana de Biología, 2017
Se presenta una descripción detallada de la inflorescencia y flor masculina del género Orthopterygium (A. Gray) Hemsl. en comparación con su género hermano Amphipterygium Standl., ambos anteriormente ubicados en la familia Julianiaceae, con la finalidad ...
Victor Jimenez-Vasquez, Blanca León, Rina Ramírez, Xochitl Cuevas-Figueroa   +3 more
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Anti-Inflammatory and Antioxidant Activities of the Methanolic Extract of Cyrtocarpa procera Bark Reduces the Severity of Ulcerative Colitis in a Chemically Induced Colitis Model. [PDF]

Mediators Inflamm, 2020
Cyrtocarpa procera is a plant used in traditional Mexican medicine to treat different gastrointestinal problems. Here, we investigated the effects of a C. procera methanolic extract in DSS‐induced colitis mice. Ulcerative colitis (UC) was induced by administering 4% DSS in drinking water to female BALB/c mice.
Rodriguez-Canales M, Martinez-Galero E, Nava-Torres AD, Sanchez-Torres LE, Garduño-Siciliano L, Canales-Martinez MM, Terrazas LI, Rodriguez-Monroy MA.   +7 more
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Amphipterygium adstringens (cuachalalate) extract by supercritical CO2

Chemical Thermodynamics and Thermal Analysis, 2023
This study delineates the empirical findings derived from the extraction of Sarsasapogenin from Amphipterygium Adstringens, commonly known as Cuachalalate, utilizing supercritical carbon dioxide (CO2) as a solvent. The experiments were conducted within a
Miguel Gonzalo Arenas-Quevedo, Jesús Gracia-Fadrique   +1 more
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Identification of bioactive compounds in Amphipterygium adstringens branch bark

Journal of Medicinal Plants for Economic Development
Background: Cuachalalate (Amphipterygium adstringens) is one of Mexico’s most commercialised medicinal plants, and its natural populations are mainly found in this country.
Beatriz Reyes-García, Israel Castillo-Juárez, José L. Díaz-Nuñez, José A. Rivera-Chávez, Jorge Gutiérrez, Luis F. Salomé-Abarca, Antonio García-Esteva, Mercedes G. López, José J. Nieto Blancas, Mireya Sotelo-Barrera   +9 more
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In Vitro Anthelmintic Effect of Mexican Plant Extracts and Partitions Against Trichinella spiralis and Strongyloides venezuelensis [PDF]

Plants
Parasitic diseases represent a significant global public health concern. Two clinically important parasites of high prevalence rates are Trichinella spiralis and Strongyloides stercoralis.
Nancy E. Rodríguez-Garza, Ricardo Gomez-Flores, Ramiro Quintanilla-Licea, Joel H. Elizondo-Luévano, César I. Romo-Sáenz, Miguel Marín, Javier Sánchez-Montejo, Antonio Muro, Rafael Peláez, Julio López-Abán   +9 more
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Antimycobacterial and HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase Activity of Julianaceae and Clusiaceae Plant Species from Mexico. [PDF]

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2015
The extracts of 14 Julianaceae and 5 Clusiaceae species growing in Mexico were tested in vitro (50 µg/mL) against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv and HIV reverse transcriptase (HIV‐RT). The Julianaceae bark and leaf extracts inhibited M. tuberculosis (>84.67%) and HIV‐RT (<49.89%). The Clusiaceae leaves extracts also inhibited both targets (>58.3% and
Gómez-Cansino R, Espitia-Pinzón CI, Campos-Lara MG, Guzmán-Gutiérrez SL, Segura-Salinas E, Echeverría-Valencia G, Torras-Claveria L, Cuevas-Figueroa XM, Reyes-Chilpa R.   +8 more
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Medicinal Plants from Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean Used as Immunostimulants. [PDF]

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2016
A literature review was undertaken by analyzing distinguished books, undergraduate and postgraduate theses, and peer‐reviewed scientific articles and by consulting worldwide accepted scientific databases, such as SCOPUS, Web of Science, SCIELO, Medline, and Google Scholar.
Alonso-Castro AJ, Juárez-Vázquez Mdel C, Campos-Xolalpa N.   +2 more
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Ecological apparency, ethnobotanical importance and perceptions of population status of wild-growing medicinal plants in a reserve of south-central Mexico. [PDF]

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed, 2022
Background: The apparency hypothesis in ethnobotany (common plants are used more than less frequent ones) has been studied mostly by comparing usefulness with woody plant density, or large plants (trees) with herbs, with uneven results.
López-Patiño EJ, Vibrans H, Moctezuma-Pérez S, Chávez-Mejía MC.   +3 more
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