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Cecropia pachystachya Trécul: a promising ingredient for skin-whitening cosmetics

Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2022
Abstract Because it promotes the lightening of pigment spots, tyrosinase inhibition is one of the mechanisms of depigmenting cosmetic products. Considering the adverse effects produced by synthetic depigmenting actives, the search for new therapeutic options is desirable, and plant extracts are possible candidates for hyperpigmentation treatment ...
Pedro Henrique Santos de Freitas, Jéssica Leiras Mota Conegundes, Monique de Rezende Evangelista, Maycon Alcântara de Almeida, Natália Prado da Silva, Guilherme Diniz Tavares, Fernanda Maria Pinto Vilela, Ana Paula do Nascimento Duque, Antônia Ribeiro, Elita Scio   +9 more
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Fruit availability at the individual and local levels influences fruit removal in Cecropia pachystachya [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2019
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Navarro, A. B., Bovo, A. A.A., Alexandrino, E. R., Oliveira, V. C., Pizo, M. A., Ferraz, K. M.P.M.B.   +5 more
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Elementos histológicos característicos de Cecropia pachystachya Trécul (embaúba) [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia, 1998
Anatomical characteristics of the leaf and the barks of the stem of the species Cecropia pachystachya Trecul are described aiming to identify this species when it is employed for therapeutic purposes. Epidermal annexs and cellular inclusions allow the diagnosis of the species from its leaves.
Jorge, Luzia Ilza Ferreira, Markman, Blanca Elena Ortega, Ferro, Vicente de Oliveira   +2 more
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Frugivory and seed dispersal in the Cerrado: Network structure and defaunation effects

Biotropica, Volume 55, Issue 4, Page 849-865, July 2023., 2023
We investigated the Cerrado seed dispersal network and the potential impacts of defaunation on it by performing a systematic literature review. The Cerrado network has a heterogeneous structure, slightly nested and considerably modular, and is dominated by generalist species.
Rodrigo Béllo Carvalho, Yadvinder Malhi, Imma Oliveras Menor   +2 more
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Bioactive Natural Products against Systemic Arterial Hypertension: A Past 20‐Year Systematic and Prospective Review

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
Background. Systemic arterial hypertension is one of the most common cardiovascular risks, corresponding to 45% of deaths involving CVDs. The use of natural products, such as medicinal plants, belongs to a millennial part of human therapeutics history and has been employed as an alternative anti‐hypertensive treatment. Objective.
Maisa Gomes da Silva, Sara Léa Fortes Barbosa, Diego Santos Silva, Isadora Basílio Meneses Bezerra, Érika Alves Bezerra, Angélica Gomes Coelho, Ilmara Cecília Pinheiro da Silva Morais, Luis Mário Rezende-Júnior, Iolanda Souza do Carmo, José de Sousa Lima-Neto, Simón Gabriel Comerma-Steffensen, Antônia Maria das Graças Lopes Citó, Daniel Dias Rufino Arcanjo, Jelena Zivkovic   +13 more
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Soil‐associated drivers of plant traits and functional composition in Atlantic Forest coastal tree communities

Ecosphere, Volume 12, Issue 7, July 2021., 2021
Abstract The severe deforestation of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest and the increasing effects of climate change underscore the need to understand how tree species respond to climate and edaphic factors. To identify the most important environmental drivers of coastal Atlantic Forest diversity and functional composition, we studied 42 plots of coastal ...
Jehová Lourenço Jr., Erica A. Newman, José A. Ventura, Camilla Rozindo Dias Milanez, Luciana Dias Thomaz, Douglas Tinoco Wandekoken, Brian J. Enquist   +6 more
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Local Knowledge and Use of Medicinal Plants in a Rural Community in the Agreste of Paraíba, Northeast Brazil

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021
The use of medicinal plants is an important source of therapeutic resources in rural communities and the wide versatility of some species may attract interest for prospecting studies. The aim of this study was to record and analyze local knowledge and the use of medicinal plants in the rural community of Malícia, municipality of Araçagi, Paraíba State,
Ezequiel da Costa Ferreira, Maria da Glória Vieira Anselmo, Natan Medeiros Guerra, Camilla Marques de Lucena, Cattleya do Monte Pessoa Felix, Rainer W. Bussmann, Narel Y Paniagua-Zambrana, Reinaldo Farias Paiva de Lucena, Maan B. Rokaya   +8 more
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Leishmanicidal activity of Cecropia pachystachya flavonoids: Arginase inhibition and altered mitochondrial DNA arrangement [PDF]

Phytochemistry, 2013
The plant Cecropia pachystachya Trécul is widely used in Brazilian ethnomedicine to treat hypertension, asthma, and diabetes. Arginase is an enzyme with levels that are elevated in these disorders, and it is central to Leishmania polyamine biosynthesis.
Ebenézer de Mello, Cruz, Edson Roberto, da Silva, Claudia do Carmo, Maquiaveli, Eliomara Sousa Sobral, Alves, João Francisco, Lucon, Matheus Balduino Gonçalves, dos Reis, Cleyton Eduardo Mendes, de Toledo, Frederico Guaré, Cruz, Marcos André, Vannier-Santos   +8 more
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Hypoglycemic effects of Cecropia pachystachya in normal and alloxan-induced diabetic rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2010
Leaves of Cecropia pachystachya are described in the folk medicine as possessing antitusive, expectorant, antiasthmatic and hypoglycemic effects.To investigate the hypoglycemic and antioxidant effects of methanolic extract from the leaves of Cecropia pachystachya.
Danielle M O, Aragão, Lyvia, Guarize, Juliana, Lanini, Juliana C, da Costa, Raúl M G, Garcia, Elita, Scio   +5 more
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Can Carollia perspicillata (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) induce seed germination of Cecropia pachystachya?

Mastozoología Neotropical, 2020
(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) We tested if seed germination of the tree Cecropia pachystachya is induced after being consumed by the frugivorous bat Carollia perspicillata. We carried out two essays; in the rst, we compared germination of seeds from C. perspicillata feces, seeds chemically scari ed in acid solutions, and seeds from
de Oliveira, Ademir Kleber M., Pulchério-Leite, Atenisi, Ribeiro, Jonathan W. F., Fernandes, Valtecir   +3 more
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