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Seeing the wood despite the trees: Exploring human disturbance impact on plant diversity, community structure, and standing biomass in fragmented high Andean forests. [PDF]

open access: yesEcol Evol, 2021
High Andean forests play a key role in providing ecosystem services for neighboring urban settlements. Here, we aimed to identify and understand the effects of anthropogenic perturbations on diversity, composition, and structure of plant communities, as well as aboveground biomass in high Andean forest remnants in the hinterland of Bogotá.
Calbi M   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Evaluation of the Effects of Some Brazilian Medicinal Plants on the Production of TNF- α and CCL2 by THP-1 Cells. [PDF]

open access: yesEvid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2015
Several plant species are traditionally used in Brazil to treat various inflammatory diseases. Tumor necrosis factor‐ (TNF‐) α and chemokine (C‐C motif) ligand 2 (CCL2) are key inflammatory mediators in diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and atherosclerosis, respectively; nevertheless, only a few extracts have been assayed against these targets.
Gusman GS   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Medicinal Plants in the Prevention and Treatment of Colon Cancer. [PDF]

open access: yesOxid Med Cell Longev, 2019
The standard treatment for cancer is generally based on using cytotoxic drugs, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and surgery. However, the use of traditional treatments has received attention in recent years. The aim of the present work was to provide an overview of medicinal plants effective on colon cancer with special emphasis on bioactive components and ...
Aiello P   +13 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Morfonatomia do caule de Cuphea glutinosa Cham. & Schltdl. (Lythraceae) [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Brasileira De Farmacognosia, 2009
Morpho-anatomical parameters of Cuphea glutinosa cham. & Schltdl, stem were determined aiming its authenticity as a pharmaceutical drug. This plant is traditionally known as medicinal. The macroscopic characteristics of the stem are insuficient to determine the autenticity of this plant pharmaceutics input, it requires checking out the presence of not ...
Adriana Maria Zago
exaly   +4 more sources

Bioactive Compounds from Cuphea glutinosa Cham. & Schltdl.: Promising Effects on Antihypertensive Action [PDF]

open access: yesBrazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
Cuphea glutinosa Cham. & Schltdl. (Lythraceae) is popularly used as antimicrobial, diuretic, anti-inflammatory, and antihypertensive. This species features a great diversity of flavonoids, predominantly quercetin glycosides.
Marí Castro Santos   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Determinación de las condiciones de germinación y el efecto de pretratamientos en semillas de Cuphea glutinosa (Lythraceae)

open access: yesBoletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica, 2015
Cuphea glutinosa presenta alto potencial agroindustrial y agronómico. Se desconocen las condiciones de germinación para la especie. El objetivo del trabajo es contribuir a determinar condiciones de germinación, impedimentos para la misma y tratamientos ...
Francisco J. Cardinali   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Identificación y sitios de acumulación de sustancias ergásticas en tallos de Cuphea Glutinosa (Lythraceae): Variaciones debidas a la madurez y al ambiente Identification and accumulation sites of ergastic substances in Cuphea glutinosa (Lythraceae) stems: Variations due to maturity and environment

open access: yesBoletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica, 2009
Cuphea glutinosa Cham. et Schltdt. es una especie ampliamente distribuida en América templada, presente en las sierras bonaerenses, potencialmente importante desde el punto de vista industrial y medicinal.
Ana C. Martínez Tosto   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Estudio anatómico y distribución de las reservas proteicas y lipídicas en semillas de diferentes tamaños de Cuphea glutinosa (Lythraceae)

open access: yesBoletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica
Cuphea glutinosa Cham et Schltdl., especie autóctona de las Sierras Pampeanas de la República Argentina, produce un alto número de semillas con abundante cantidad de reservas que almacena en cuerpos proteicos (CP) y lipídicos (CL) en sus cotiledones. El
María Elena Di Santo   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Cuphea glutinosa (Lythraceae) en sierras del sistema de Tandilia: Morfología y Ambiente Cuphea glutinosa (Lythraceae) in Tandilia system hills: morphology and environment

open access: yesBoletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica, 2006
Cuphea glutinosa Cham. et Schlecht. es una especie conocida por sus propiedades diuréticas e hipotensoras. Sin embargo, no hay antecedentes sobre las relaciones de esta especie con el ambiente.
Cristina Yagueddú   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Estudio morfoanatómico de la semilla y de las reservas protéicas y lipídicas en tejidos cotiledonales de Cuphea Glutinosa (Lythraceae) Morphoanatomical study of seed and lipid and protein reserves in cotyledonal tissues of Cuphea glutinosa (Lythraceae)

open access: yesBoletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica, 2010
El objetivo del presente trabajo fue estudiar el tamano y la distribución de cuerpos grasos y proteicos en tejidos cotiledonales de semillas maduras de Cuphea glutinosa Cham et Schltdl., recolectadas en Sierra de los Padres, Sistema de Tandilia, Buenos ...
Francisco Jose Cardinali   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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