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The Ethanol Extract of the Inner Bark of Caesalpinia pyramidalis (Tul.) Reduces Urinary Bladder Damage during Cyclophosphamide-Induced Cystitis in Rats [PDF]

The Scientific World Journal, 2013
Hemorrhagic cystitis (HC) is a common side effect of cyclophosphamide therapy, which deserves new therapeutic strategies, such as those based on natural products.
Janaína P. Moraes, Denyson S. Pereira, Alexandre S. Matos, Danielle G. Santana, Cliomar A. Santos, Charles S. Estevam, Ricardo Fakhouri, Waldecy de Lucca Junior, Enilton A. Camargo   +8 more
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Antioxidant Capacity and Phenolic Content of Caesalpinia pyramidalis Tul. and Sapium glandulosum (L.) Morong from Northeastern Brazil [PDF]

Molecules, 2011
The aims of this study were to quantify the phenolic content and evaluate the antioxidant potential of extracts from the bark and leaves of C. pyramidalis and S. glandulosum. The total phenolic content (TPC) and total tannin content (TTC) were determined
Carlos Henrique Tabosa Pereira da Silva, Tadeu José da Silva Peixoto Sobrinho, Valérium Thijan Nobre de Almeida e Castro, Danielle da Cunha Amaral Lima, Elba Lúcia Cavalcanti de Amorim   +4 more
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Biological Effect of Leaf Aqueous Extract of Caesalpinia pyramidalis in Goats Naturally Infected with Gastrointestinal Nematodes. [PDF]

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2012
Forty‐eight goats naturally infected with gastrointestinal nematodes were randomly divided into four groups (n = 12): negative control (G1) (untreated), positive control (G2) (treated with doramectin, 1 mL/50 Kg b.w.), and G3 and G4 treated with 2.5 and 5 mg/Kg b.w. of a leaf aqueous extract of Caesalpinia pyramidalis (CP). Fecal and blood samples were
Borges-Dos-Santos RR, López JA, Santos LC, Zacharias F, David JM, David JP, Lima FW.   +6 more
europepmc   +5 more sources

In vitro antioxidant properties of the biflavonoid agathisflavone [PDF]

Chemistry Central Journal, 2018
Purpose Free radicals are considered as the causative agents of a variety of acute and chronic pathologies. Natural antioxidants have drawn attention of the researchers in recent years for their ability to scavenge free radicals with minimal or even no ...
Anderson Wilbur Lopes Andrade, Keylla da Conceição Machado, Katia da Conceição Machado, Daiana Dias Ribeiro Figueiredo, Jorge Mauricio David, Muhammad Torequl Islam, Shaikh Jamal Uddin, Jamil A. Shilpi, Jéssica Pereira Costa   +8 more
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Gender and Its Role in the Resilience of Local Medical Systems of the Fulni-ô People in NE Brazil: Effects on Structure and Functionality. [PDF]

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2019
Ethnobotanical studies focused on understanding how local medical systems are functionally maintained suggest that utilitarian redundancy and knowledge transmission are factors that influence the resilience of the system. However, to date, there have not been any studies that analyze these factors in relation to the variables that influence the ...
Torres-Avilez W, do Nascimento ALB, Santoro FR, de Medeiros PM, Albuquerque UP.   +4 more
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Effect of leaves of Caesalpinia decapetala on oxidative stability of oil-in-water emulsions [PDF]

Antioxidants (Basel), 2017
Caesalpinia decapetala (Roth) Alston (Fabaceae) (CD) is used in folk medicine to prevent colds and treat bronchitis. This plant has antitumor and antioxidant activity.
Aini, Firestone, Gan, Muñoz Ortiz, Pawar, Tabosa   +5 more
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Levels of tannins and flavonoids in medicinal plants: evaluating bioprospecting strategies. [PDF]

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2012
There are several species of plants used by traditional communities in the Brazilian semiarid. An approach used in the search for natural substances that possess therapeutic value is ethnobotany or ethnopharmacology. Active substances that have phenolic groups in their structure have great pharmacological potential.
Siqueira CF, Cabral DL, Peixoto Sobrinho TJ, de Amorim EL, de Melo JG, Araújo TA, de Albuquerque UP.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Which approach is more effective in the selection of plants with antimicrobial activity? [PDF]

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2013
The development of the present study was based on selections using random, direct ethnopharmacological, and indirect ethnopharmacological approaches, aiming to evaluate which method is the best for bioprospecting new antimicrobial plant drugs. A crude extract of 53 species of herbaceous plants collected in the semiarid region of Northeast Brazil was ...
Silva AC, Santana EF, Saraiva AM, Coutinho FN, Castro RH, Pisciottano MN, Amorim EL, Albuquerque UP.   +7 more
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Plant Species Composition and Conservation Values at Dilla University Botanical and Ecotourism Garden, Dilla, Ethiopia

International Journal of Forestry Research, Volume 2023, Issue 1, 2023., 2023
Ethiopia has a diverse topography with higher plant species composition and estimated to the higher proportion of endemic plant species. Currently, several factors drive natural forest destruction in the country, extensive agricultural land expansion triggered by increasing human population is probably the dominant force. The Dilla University Botanical
Fikadu Erenso, Mitiku Maunenenda, Ahmad A. Omar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Heyne, Roth, Roemer and Schultes, and the plant names published in Novae plantarum species praesertim Indiae orientalis

TAXON, Volume 70, Issue 2, Page 365-428, April 2021., 2021
Abstract In 1814, A.W. Roth received a herbarium collection of some 1500 plants from Benjamin Heyne. Most of these specimens came from southern India where Heyne had worked as a doctor and naturalist since 1792. Roth wrote up the material in his book Novae plantarum, which was published in 1821.
I.M. Turner
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