Coccoloba uvifera Leaves: Polyphenolic Profile, Cytotoxicity, and Antioxidant Evaluation [PDF]
ACS Omega, 2023 This study aimed to investigate the chemical composition of Coccoloba uvifera leaves and evaluate the antioxidant and antitumor effects of the total extract and its major metabolites. Four assays were used to determine the antioxidant activity, including radical scavenging abilities of 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), 2,2'-azinobis-3 ...
Salwa A. Abu El Wafa +3 more
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Antifungal Activity of Extracts, Fractions, and Constituents from Coccoloba cowellii Leaves [PDF]
Pharmaceuticals, 2021 Coccoloba cowellii Britton (Polygonaceae, order Caryophyllales) is an endemic and critically endangered plant species that only grows in the municipality of Camagüey, a province of Cuba.
Daniel Méndez +8 more
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Botanical Sciences, 2023 Background: Coccoloba is a Neotropical genus of trees, shrubs, and lianas with approximately 150 species. Reviwed Mexican specimens of Coccoloba do not correspond to any recognized species within the genus, so they are proposed as new species. Question:
Juan Javier Ortiz-Díaz +2 more
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The Antioxidant and Immunomodulatory Potential of Coccoloba alnifolia Leaf Extracts. [PDF]
Int J Mol Sci, 2023 Oxidative stress has been associated with different diseases, and different medicinal plants have been used to treat or prevent this condition. The leaf ethanolic extract (EE) and aqueous extract (AE) from Coccoloba alnifolia have previously been characterized to have antioxidant potential in vitro and in vivo.
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Evaluation of extracts from Coccoloba mollis using the Salmonella/microsome system and in vivo tests [PDF]
Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2010 The common everyday use of medicinal plants is an ancient, and still very widespread practice, whereby the need for studies on their possible toxicity and mutagenic properties.
Marcela Stefanini Tsuboy +7 more
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The complete annotated plastome sequences of six genera in the tropical woody Polygonaceae [PDF]
BMC Plant BiologyBackground The Polygonaceae is a family well-known for its weeds, and edible plants, Fagopyrum (buckwheat) and Rheum (rhubarb), which are primarily herbaceous and temperate in distribution.
Janelle M. Burke, Daniel M. Koenemann
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Longistriata flava (Boletaceae, Basidiomycota) – a new monotypic sequestrate genus and species from Brazilian Atlantic Forest [PDF]
MycoKeys, 2020 A new monotypic sequestrate genus, Longistriata is described based on collections from the Neotropical forest of Atlantic forest in Paraíba, Northeast Brazil – an area known for its high degree of endemism.
Marcelo A. Sulzbacher +7 more
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Correction to “Coccoloba uvifera leaves: Polyphenolic profile, Cytotoxicity, and Antioxidant Evaluation” [PDF]
ACS Omega, 2023 Salwa A. Abu El Wafa +3 more
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A new species of Coccoloba P. Browne (Polygonaceae) from the Brazilian Amazon with exceptionally large leaves [PDF]
Acta Amazonica, 2019 We describe and illustrate a new species of Coccoloba (Polygonaceae), named Coccoloba gigantifolia, from the Brazilian Amazon. It resembles Coccoloba mollis Casar, but differs from the latter species by its much larger leaves in the fertile branches. The
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Acta Botanica Mexicana, 2021 Antecedentes y Objetivos: El género Melanogaster se caracteriza por su hábito hipogeo a semi hipogeo, basidiomas parduscos, gleba con lóculos llenos de gel y basidiosporas globosas a elipsoides.
Javier Isaac de la Fuente +8 more
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