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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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Quantificação de fenóis e flavonoides totais dos extratos da espécie vegetal Caesalpinia pyramidalis
A catinga-de-porco (Caesalpinia pyramidalis) é uma espécie vegetal característica das caatingas que tem a necessidade de controlar o seu consumo de água. Para fins medicinais, é utilizada para o tratamento de febres, doenças estomacais, diuréticos e infecções catarrais. Perante a importância da catinga-de-porco, vários estudos foram realizados com essa
Carlos Henrique Borges Figueiredo +7 more
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The legumenous Caesalpinia pyramidalys, Caesalpinia ferrea and Caesalpinia pulcherrima are widely used in folk medicine in many countries. Thus, this study aimed to cytogenetically evaluate, through the use of meristematic roots cells of Allium cepa, after the exposure times 24 and 48 hours, the cytotoxic potential of aqueous extracts, at ...
Francisca Margarete de Freitas Pereira Silva +7 more
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Levels of tannins and flavonoids in medicinal plants: evaluating bioprospecting strategies. [PDF]
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 +6 more
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Which approach is more effective in the selection of plants with antimicrobial activity? [PDF]
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 +7 more
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Cancer is an emerging public health problem in sub‐Saharan Africa. Several medicinal plants are used by traditional healers to treat tumors. In Togo, there are no recorded data for these plants but traditional healers claim to cure tumors with some success.
Poyodi Kola +9 more
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A catingueira (Caesalpinia pyramidalis Tul.) é uma espécie nativa da caatinga dotada de grande resistência à seca e de grande potencial econômico. No entanto, não existem informações sobre o desenvolvimento dessa espécie em diferentes substrates e ...
Bárbara França Dantas +6 more
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The storage of water in the plant and its impacts on eco-hydrological processes are not commonly considered in the models for estimating plant transpiration and evapotranspiration. The high costs required for a wide monitoring network are major obstacles
Geovana Paim Araújo +3 more
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O teor de taninos em três espécies medicinais do semi-árido do Nordeste do Brasil foi determinado. A partir de amostras das cascas do caule e folhas de 10 indivíduos de Anadenanthera colubrina (Vell.) Brenam, Myracrodruon urundeuva (Engl.) Fr. All.
Julio Marcelino Monteiro +5 more
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