Phytopharmacovigilance in the Elderly: Highlights from the Brazilian Amazon. [PDF]
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2019 Practices described as traditional medicine may coexist with formalized, science‐based medicine. In this context, the present study aimed to verify the profile of the elderly who consumed herbal medicines concomitantly with medications and to identify suspected adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in the Brazilian Amazon (Macapá, Amapá). The study was carried
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Evaluation of toxic, cytotoxic, mutagenic, and antimutagenic activities of natural and technical cashew nut shell liquids using the Allium cepa and Artemia salina bioassays. [PDF]
Biomed Res Int, 2015 The cashew nut releases a substance that is known as cashew nut shell liquid (CNSL). There are both natural (iCNSL) and technical (tCNSL) cashew nut shell liquids. This study used an Artemia salina bioassay to evaluate the toxic effects of iCNSL and tCNSL cashew nut shell liquids.
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Food Frontiers, Volume 2, Issue 4, Page 494-507, December 2021., 2021 Mortality of Sitophilus oryzae in rice grain to ozone treatment and its effect on physico‐chemical properties. Abstract Ozone has emerged as a reactive gas with insecticidal activity with the capability to manage insect pests in stored grains. The study focused on the effect of moisture content with exposure time and ozone concentration in achieving ...
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Use of medicines by the elderly in a Family Health Program unit in Brazil [PDF]
, 2008 The use of multiple medicines is frequent among the elderly. Although such practice is usually necessary, it predisposes to risks of adverse events and drug interaction. The present study was intended to verify the characteristics of medication among the
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Prevalência da prescrição de medicamentos fitoterápicos por médicos do município de Macaé - RJ [PDF]
, 2023 In view of the association between the use of phytomedicine as an alternative practice of social care, this study investigated the prevalence of prescription of phytomedicine by physicians in the public network in Macaé-RJ. It was found that the minority
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Situation of herbal medicines register in Brazil [PDF]
, 2008 Fitoterápico é uma classe de medicamento largamente utilizada no país e constitui um mercado em potencial expansão. Este artigo busca traçar um panorama sobre os medicamentos fitoterápicos registrados no país e as espécies vegetais que lhe deram origem ...
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Comércio irregular de medicamentos fitoterápicos no Brasil: avaliação das notificações publicadas e das ações Sanitárias adotadas de 2015 a 2021 [PDF]
, 2023 Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Farmacologia (Mestrado Profissional), Florianópolis, 2023A utilização de plantas com finalidades medicinais está inserida na ...
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Possíveis interações no uso associado de plantas medicinais e medicamentos por pacientes de uma farmácia do interior do Paraná / Possible interactions in the associated use of medicinal plants and drugs by patients from a pharmacy in the interiors of Paraná [PDF]
, 2021 Os medicamentos fitoterápicos são obtidos utilizando-se, exclusivamente, plantas medicinais, se tornando cada vez mais amplo seu uso por pessoas que possuem doenças crônicas, sobretudo adultos e idosos.
Furlan, Caroline Ribeiro +1 more
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Propagação por estaquia das plantas ornamentais lantana e tapete-inglês em diferentes substratos.
Ornamental Horticulture, 2007 O arbusto cambará (Lantana camara L.) é uma espécie nativa do Brasil, com amplo uso em paisagismo, devido a floração prolongada que atrai avifauna local.
Claudia Petry +5 more
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Uso de plantas medicinais como alternativa para o tratamento das cefaleias [PDF]
, 2014 The World Health Organization (WHO) considers headache the most common disease of the nervous system that can generate various disabilities. However, there is an underestimation and underreported hindering the impact of public health.
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