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African Herbal Remedies with Antioxidant Activity: A Potential Resource Base for Wound Treatment

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2018, Issue 1, 2018., 2018
The use of traditional herbal remedies as alternative medicine plays an important role in Africa since it forms part of primary health care for treatment of various medical conditions, including wounds. Although physiological levels of free radicals are essential to the healing process, they are known to partly contribute to wound chronicity when in ...
Mary Gulumian, Ewura Seidu Yahaya, Vanessa Steenkamp, Olumayokun A. Olajide   +3 more
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Rheological Characterization of Isabgol Husk, Gum Katira Hydrocolloids, and Their Blends

International Journal of Food Science, Volume 2014, Issue 1, 2014., 2014
The rheological parameters of Isabgol husk, gum katira, and their blends were determined in different media such as distilled water, 0.1 N HCl, and phosphate buffer (pH 7.4). The blend properties of Isabgol husk and gum katira were measured for four different percentage compositions in order to understand their compatibility in dispersion form such as ...
Vipin Kumar Sharma, Bhaskar Mazumder, Vinod Nautiyal, Melvin Pascall   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The “Bringing into Cultivation” Phase of the Plant Domestication Process and Its Contributions to In Situ Conservation of Genetic Resources in Benin

The Scientific World Journal, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012
All over the world, plant domestication is continually being carried out by local communities to support their needs for food, fibre, medicine, building materials, etc. Using participatory rapid appraisal approach, 150 households were surveyed in 5 villages selected in five ethnic groups of Benin, to investigate the local communities’ motivations for ...
R. Vodouhè, A. Dansi, David W. Archer, Vergel C. Concibido   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

LA DISTRIBUCIÓN Y FENOLOGÍA DE LA FLORA ARBÓREA DEL ESTADO DE TABASCO CON BASE EN LA INFORMACIÓN DE HERBARIO

Ecosistemas y Recursos Agropecuarios, 2014
Bajo la hipótesis de que los ejemplares de herbario fueron recolectados en sus hábitats naturales se asume que los sitios de muestreo en donde se obtuvieron las muestras del herbario corresponden al hábitat original, por lo tanto el estudio aporta una ...
Susana Ochoa-Gaona, Verónica de la Cruz-Arias   +1 more
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Efficiency of Buzzing Bees in Fruit Set and Seed Set of Solanum violaceum in Sri Lanka

Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012
Plant‐pollinator interactions are often considered as tightly coevolved, mutualistic relationships. The present study aimed at determining the flower visiting bees of the vegetable crop, Solanum violaceum, and the efficiency of buzz pollination by bees on fruit and seed production in Sri Lanka. Seven bee species: Hoplonomia westwoodi, Amegilla comberi,
R. W. M. U. M. Wanigasekara, W. A. I. P. Karunaratne, Zachary Huang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Medicinal Plants Used as Antitumor Agents in Brazil: An Ethnobotanical Approach

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2011, Issue 1, 2011., 2011
In this study, we describe the medicinal plants that have been reported to be antitumor agents and that have been used in ethnobotanic research in Brazil to answer the following questions: what is the abundance of plants reported to be antitumor in Brazil?
Joabe Gomes de Melo, Ariane Gaspar Santos, Elba Lúcia Cavalcanti de Amorim, Silene Carneiro do Nascimento, Ulysses Paulino de Albuquerque   +4 more
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Evaluation of antibacterial and antifungal activity of ethanolic extract of Cochlospermum regium (Cochlospermaceae) leaf, a medicinal plant from the Cerrado of Brazil [PDF]

BMC Proceedings, 2014
Background Bioprospecting of medicinal plants is a promising activity on biotechnology researches and detection of new compounds with biological activities of interest in health. Studies on medicinal plants of the brazilian Cerrado, still limited across the wide biodiversity found in this biome, it is an important source for the treatment several ...
E Silva, José, Paula Bicudo, Bruna de, Rodrigues, Allan, Mendonça, Milena, Borges, Rodrigo, de Almeida, Adriana, de Oliveira, Kelly   +6 more
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Efeito da luz e da temperatura na germinação de sementes de Cochlospermum vitifolium (Will.) Sprengel

Floresta e Ambiente
Para avaliar a influência da luz e da temperatura na germinação de sementes de Cochlospermum vitifolium, frutos maduros foram coletados de 12 plantas matrizes.
Diego de Sousa Pereira, Magnum de Sousa Pereira, Antonio Marcos Esmeraldo Bezerra   +2 more
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As flores solitárias e persistentes do CPTL. [PDF]

, 2023
Throughout the year these flowers are always present in the Campus of Três Lagoas, expressing persistence and loneliness in the face of changes and weather.
Saraiva, Kaelly Virginia de Oliveira
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Medicinal Plants Used in Mali for the Treatment of Malaria and Liver Diseases

Natural Product Communications, 2016
Today, ethno-pharmacology is a very important resource in order to discover new therapies for the current diseases. Moreover, another good justification for the ethno-pharmacological approach is to obtain new, effective, less expensive and simple ...
Mahamane Haidara, Geneviève Bourdy, Nunziatina De Tommasi, Alessandra Braca, Korotoumou Traore, Sergio Giani, Rokia Sanogo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source