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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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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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
Rogério Gribel
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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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Biological and phytochemical review on the genus Coccoloba (Polygonaceae)
Archives of Pharmaceutical Sciences Ain Shams University, 2019 Polygonaceae is one of the largest medicinal plant families, vastly distributed worldwide, containing around 1,200 species from 48 genera. Most of the species are located in the northern temperate region, while the other species are allocated from the ...
Fatma Abdel Hakim +4 more
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Chemical and Pharmacological Potential of Coccoloba cowellii, an Endemic Endangered Plant from Cuba [PDF]
Molecules, 2021 Coccoloba cowellii Britton (Polygonaceae) is an endemic and critically endangered plant that only grows in Camagüey, a province of Cuba. In this study, a total of 13 compounds were identified in a methanolic leaf extract, employing a dereplication of the
Daniel Méndez +8 more
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Physiological performance of Coccoloba gigantifolia seeds subjected to desiccation and storage
Journal of Seed Science, 2021 : Coccoloba gigantifolia is recently described species, with an area of restricted occurrence and threatened with extinction, whose great ornamental potential is due to the size of its leaves and the architecture of the plant. The objective of this study
Sidney Alberto do Nascimento Ferreira +2 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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