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Kinetic and thermodynamic study of copper (II) IONS biosorption by Caryocar Coriaceum Wittm bark

Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, 2021
Abstract The improper disposal of waste containing toxic metals is a major environmental pollution problem. Among the different methodologies to deal with this problem, biosorption is considered one of the most efficient processes for the removal of toxic metals from aqueous solutions.
Jorge Marcell Coelho Menezes, Amanda Maria da Silva Bento, Francisco José de Paula Filho, José Galberto Martins da Costa, Henrique Douglas Melo Coutinho, Raimundo Nonato Pereira Teixeira   +5 more
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Healing potential of Pequi (Caryocar coriaceum Wittm.) fruit pulp oil

Phytochemistry Letters, 2009
Abstract Caryocar coriaceum Wittm. (Caryocaraceae), popularly known as Pequi, is a common tree frequently used in folk medicine to treat many types of afflictions, such as wound lesions, gastric and inflammatory diseases. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the healing potential of the pulp oil from C.
Glauberto da Silva Quirino, Gerlânia de Oliveira Leite, Luciana Magalhães Rebelo, Adriana da Rocha Tomé, José Galberto Martins da Costa, André Herzog Cardoso, Adriana Rolim Campos   +6 more
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Equilibrium, kinetics and thermodynamics of lead (II) adsorption in bioadsorvent composed by Caryocar coriaceum Wittm barks

Chemosphere, 2020
The improper disposal of waste containing toxic metals promotes serious environmental problems. Biosorption stands out as a powerful technique in removing toxic metals from aqueous solutions, making it an efficient and low-cost technique, since it makes use of abundant materials and of natural origins.
Jorge Marcell Coelho, Menezes, Amanda Maria, da Silva Bento, João Hermínio, da Silva, Francisco José, de Paula Filho, José Galberto M, da Costa, Henrique Douglas M, Coutinho, Raimundo Nonato, Pereira Teixeira   +6 more
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Caryocar coriaceum Wittm.

2018
Caryocar coriaceum Wittm. is an arboreal species of Caryocaraceae family. The fruit pulp is known popularly as pequi. The folk knowledge confers to the oil ‘pequi’ vast medical applicability. It can be used for treating colds and pulmonary infections, sore throats, rheumatism, external ulcers, muscle pain and skin inflammation.
Rogério de Aquino Saraiva, Izabel Cristina Santiago Lemos, Patricia Rosane Leite de Figueiredo, Luiz Jardelino de Lacerda Neto, Cícera Norma Fernandes Lima, Mariana Késsia Andrade Araruna, Renata Evaristo Rodrigues da Silva, Roseli Barbosa, Cícero Francisco Bezerra Felipe, Irwin Rose Alencar de Menezes, Marta Regina Kerntopf   +10 more
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Anticonvulsant activity ofCaryocar coriaceumWittm. fixed pulp oil against pentylenetetrazol-induced seizures

Neurological Research, 2017
Epilepsy is a common brain disease and a major worldwide public health problem. The seizures in a significant number of patients suffering from epilepsy remain inadequately controlled by currently available pharmacological treatments. Accordingly, there is a need for the discovery of new anticonvulsant approaches with improved efficacy and a better ...
Cleide Correia Oliveira, Clarissa Vasconcelos Oliveira, Jéssica Grigoletto, Leandro Rodrigo Ribeiro, Vinícius Rafael Funck, Letícia Meier, Michele Rechia Fighera, Luiz Fernando Freire Royes, Ana Flávia Furian, Irwin Rose Alencar Menezes, Mauro Schneider Oliveira   +10 more
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Caryocar coriaceumWittm. fruit extracts asLeishmaniainhibitors:in-vitroandin-silicoapproaches

Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 2021
Leishmaniasis is a group of neglected diseases caused by parasites of the Leishmania genus. The treatment of Leishmaniasis represents a great challenge, because the available drugs present high toxicity and none of them is fully effective. Caryocar is a botanical genus rich in phenolic compounds, which leaves extracts have already been described by its
Fernanda Tomiotto-Pellissier, Daniela Ribeiro Alves, Selene Maia de Morais, Bruna Taciane da Silva Bortoleti, Manoela Daiele Gonçalves, Taylon Felipe Silva, Eliandro Reis Tavares, Lucy Megumi Yamauchi, Idessania Nazareth Costa, Emmanuel Silva Marinho, Marcia Machado Marinho, Ivete Conchon-Costa, Milena Menegazzo Miranda-Sapla, Wander Rogério Pavanelli   +13 more
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Phenolic composition and in vitro activity of the Brazilian fruit tree Caryocar coriaceum Wittm.

European Journal of Integrative Medicine, 2013
Abstract Introduction Caryocar coriaceum Wittm. (Caryocaraceae) is a plant found in the region of Araripe (Ceara State, Brazil) and is widely used in folk medicine. The present work aimed to evaluate the chemical composition and synergistic–antibiotic activity of a hydroethanol leaf extract (LECC) and a methanol fraction (LECC-MF) of C. coriaceum
Mariana K.A. Araruna, Karla K.A. Santos, José G.M. da Costa, Henrique D.M. Coutinho, Aline A. Boligon, Sílvio T. Stefanello, Margareth L. Athayde, Rogerio A. Saraiva, João Batista T. da Rocha, Marta R. Kerntopf, Irwin R.A. de Menezes   +10 more
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Synergistic action between Caryocar coriaceum Wittm. fixed oil with aminoglycosides in vitro

European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology, 2011
AbstractThe oil obtained from the Caryocar coriaceum Wittm. (pequi) fruit pulp (C. coriaceum fixed oil – CCFO), rich in fatty acids, has been secularly employed by traditional medicine in the treatment of respiratory affections, skin inflammation, and wounds.
Rogério A. Saraiva, Edinardo F. F. Matias, Henrique D. M. Coutinho, José G. M. Costa, Heloísa Helena F. Souza, Cícera Norma Fernandes, João B. T. Rocha, Irwin R. A. Menezes   +7 more
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Caryocar coriaceum fruits as a potential alternative to combat fungal and bacterial infections: In vitro evaluation of methanolic extracts

Microbial Pathogenesis, 2023
Caryocar coriaceum, commonly known as 'pequi', is a medicinal species used traditionally for the herbal treatment of infectious and parasitic diseases in the Brazilian Northeast region. In this study, we investigated whether the fruits of C. coriaceum have bioactive chemical constituents against etiological agents of infectious diseases. The methanolic
José Weverton Almeida-Bezerra, Rafael Pereira da Cruz, Raimundo Luiz Silva Pereira, Viviane Bezerra da Silva, Daniele de Oliveira Bezerra de Sousa, João Xavier Da Silva Neto, Larissa Alves Lopes de Souza, Nadine Monteiro Salgueiro Araújo, Rafael Guimarães Gomes Silva, Daniel Luna Lucetti, Henrique Douglas Melo Coutinho, Maria Flaviana Bezerra Morais-Braga, Antônio Fernando Morais de Oliveira   +12 more
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Traditional Knowledge and Management of Caryocar coriaceum Wittm. (Pequi) in the Brazilian Savanna, Northeastern Brazil1

Economic Botany, 2013
Traditional Knowledge and Management of Caryocar coriaceum Wittm. ( Pequi ) in the Brazilian Savanna, Northeastern Brazil Caryocar coriaceum Wittm. (pequi) is a tree native to northeastern Brazil that produces fruits of importance to human populations of the region.
José Ribamar Sousa Júnior, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque, Nivaldo Peroni   +2 more
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