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What Factors Guide the Selection of Medicinal Plants in a Local Pharmacopoeia? A Case Study in a Rural Community from a Historically Transformed Atlantic Forest Landscape

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2018, Issue 1, 2018., 2018
The criteria that local people use for selecting medicinal plants have been a recurrent topic in pharmacology and ethnobotany. Two of the current hypotheses regarding this phenomenon, ecological apparency and diversification, attempt to explain the inclusion of “apparent” and “non‐apparent” and native and exotic taxa, respectively, in local ...
Taline Cristina da Silva, Josilene Marinho da Silva, Marcelo Alves Ramos, Victor Kuete   +3 more
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Analysis of the Variability of Therapeutic Indications of Medicinal Species in the Northeast of Brazil: Comparative Study

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2018, Issue 1, 2018., 2018
Ethnopharmacological Relevance. This study aims to evaluate the versatility of these species and their agreement of use and/or the informants’ knowledge and verify the variability of the information on the indicated medicinal species in comparison to other species from northeastern Brazilian areas. Materials and Methods.
Julimery Gonçalves Ferreira Macedo, Irwin Rose Alencar de Menezes, Daiany Alves Ribeiro, Maria de Oliveira Santos, Delmacia Gonçalves de Mâcedo, Márcia Jordana Ferreira Macêdo, Bianca Vilar de Almeida, Liana Geraldo Souza de Oliveira, Catarina Pereira Leite, Marta Maria de Almeida Souza, Daniela Rigano   +10 more
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CONSERVAÇÃO DE GOIABAS COM REVESTIMENTOS COMESTÍVEIS DE AMIDO E CASEÍNA COM EXTRATO DE BARBATIMÃO [PDF]

, 2018
Com alto valor nutritivo e ótimas propriedades sensoriais, a goiaba (Psidium gujava L.) possui grande valor de mercado. No entanto, seu comércio é limitado devido às suas características fisiológicas que reduzem a sua vida pós-colheita.
Caetano, Josiane, Remor Lopes, Allan, Cardoso Dragunski, Douglas, Ferreira Bonfim Júnior, Leandro, Botin Francisco, Camila   +4 more
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Medicinal Plants from Northeastern Brazil against Alzheimer’s Disease

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2017, Issue 1, 2017., 2017
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has been linked with oxidative stress, acetylcholine deficiency in the brain, and inflammatory processes. In the northeast region of Brazil, various plants are used to treat several diseases associated with these processes; then an antioxidant test was performed with those plants in a previous work and twelve species with ...
Alexandre Batista Penido, Selene Maia De Morais, Alan Bezerra Ribeiro, Daniela Ribeiro Alves, Ana Livya Moreira Rodrigues, Leonardo Hunaldo dos Santos, Jane Eire Silva Alencar de Menezes, Ayodele J. Akinyemi   +7 more
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Ocorrência de insetos em frutos de Stryphnodendron adstringens (Mart.) Coville (Fabales: Fabaceae) no bioma Cerrado, em Minas Gerais, Brasil

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O barbatimão [Stryphnodendron adstringens (Mart.) Coville (Fabales: Fabaceae)] é uma espécie com ampla distribuição no bioma Cerrado e possui importância ecológica, econômica e social.
Jaqueline da Silva Souza, Karine Schoeninger, Jardel Boscardin   +2 more
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Abarema cochliacarpos Extract Decreases the Inflammatory Process and Skeletal Muscle Injury Induced by Bothrops leucurus Venom

BioMed Research International, Volume 2014, Issue 1, 2014., 2014
Snakebites are a public health problem, especially in tropical countries. However, treatment with antivenom has limited effectiveness against venoms’ local effects. Here, we investigated the ability of Abarema cochliacarpos hydroethanolic extract (EAc) to protect mice against injection of Bothrops leucurus venom.
Jeison Saturnino-Oliveira, Daiana Do Carmo Santos, Adriana Gibara Guimarães, Antônio Santos Dias, Marcelo Amorim Tomaz, Marcos Monteiro-Machado, Charles Santos Estevam, Waldecy De Lucca Júnior, Durvanei Augusto Maria, Paulo A. Melo, Adriano Antunes de Souza Araújo, Márcio Roberto Viana Santos, Jackson Roberto Guedes da Silva Almeida, Rita de Cássia Meneses Oliveira, Aldeidia Pereira de Oliveira, Lucindo José Quintans Júnior, Stephen E. Alway   +16 more
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The “Hidden Diversity” of Medicinal Plants in Northeastern Brazil: Diagnosis and Prospects for Conservation and Biological Prospecting

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2013, Issue 1, 2013., 2013
Increases in ethnobotanical studies and knowledge in recent decades have led to a greater and more accurate interpretation of the overall patterns related to the use of medicinal plants, allowing for a clear identification of some ecological and cultural phenomena.
Deyvson Rodrigues Cavalcanti, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves   +2 more
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The Effects of "Barbatimão" Ointment (Stryphnodendrom Barbatiman Martius) Associated with Low Intensity Ultrasound on the Healing of Total Cutaneous Lesions in Rats

Revista Brasileira Multidisciplinar - ReBraM /Brazilian Multidisciplinay Journal, 2013
Related researches for the treatment of skin wounds is a matter of interest to researchers seeking new products and technology with the possibility of accelerating the healing process.
Anelise Stella Ballaben, Ana Rosa Crisci, Maria Helena Simões Jorge   +2 more
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Guiding principles for using barbatimão extract to increase scleral stiffness [PDF]

, 2021
A prevalência da miopia vem aumentando cada vez mais, tornando-se um problema de saúde mundial. A falta de correção óptica pode gerar sintomas como astenopia e cefaleia e lesões retinianas quando não é estabilizada.
Nieno, Marcela Yukie [UNIFESP]
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Effects of the Topical Application of Hydroalcoholic Leaf Extract of Oncidium flexuosum Sims. (Orchidaceae) and Microcurrent on the Healing of Wounds Surgically Induced in Wistar Rats

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2011, Issue 1, 2011., 2011
This study evaluated the wound healing activity of hydroalcoholic leaf extract of Oncidium flexuosum Sims. (Orchidaceae), an important native plant of Brazil, combined or not with microcurrent stimulation. Wistar rats were randomly divided into four groups of nine animals: control (C), topical application of the extract (OF), treated with a ...
Fernanda Oliveira de G. de Gaspi, Mary Ann Foglio, João Ernesto de Carvalho, Gláucia Maria T. Santos, Milene Testa, José Roberto Passarini Jr., Cristiano Pedroso de Moraes, Marcelo A. Marreto Esquisatto, Josué S. Mendonça, Fernanda A. Sampaio Mendonça   +9 more
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