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Informal Trade of Psychoactive Herbal Products in the City of Diadema, SP, Brazil: Quality and Potential Risks. [PDF]

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2013
The present study aimed to assess the quality and risks involved in the consumption of psychoactive herbal products (PHs) that are available through informal commerce in the city of Diadema, SP, Brazil.
Soares Neto JA, Kato EM, Bugno A, Galduróz JC, Marques LC, Macrini T, Rodrigues E.   +6 more
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Alkaloids in Erythrina by UPLC-ESI-MS and In Vivo Hypotensive Potential of Extractive Preparations. [PDF]

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2015
Erythrina species are used in popular medicine as sedative, anxiolytic, anti-inflammatory, and antihypertensive. In this work, we investigated the chemical composition of extracts obtained from leaves of E. falcata and E. crista-galli.
Merlugo L, Santos MC, Sant'Anna LS, Cordeiro EW, Batista LA, Miotto ST, Garcia CV, Moreira CM, Mendez AS.   +8 more
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Effect of acute treatment with a water-alcohol extract of Erythrina mulungu on anxiety-related responses in rats

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2002
We investigated the effect of acute oral treatment with a water-alcohol extract of the inflorescence of Erythrina mulungu (EM, Leguminosae-Papilionaceae) (100, 200 and 400 mg/kg) on rats submitted to different anxiety models: the elevated T-maze (for ...
Onusic G.M., Nogueira R.L., Pereira A.M.S., Viana M.B.   +3 more
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Estudo fitoquímico e análise mutagênica das folhas e inflorescências de Erythrina mulungu (Mart. ex Benth.) através do teste de micronúcleo em roedores Phytochemical and mutagenic analysis of leaves and inflorescences of Erythrina mulungu (Mart. Ex Benth) through micronucleus test in rodents

Revista Brasileira de Plantas Medicinais, 2012
Este trabalho teve como objetivo investigar a composição química, estabelecer a dose letal média (DL50) e avaliar os potenciais efeitos mutagênicos do extrato hidroalcoólico de folhas e inflorescências de Erythrina mulungu Mart.
A.P De Bona, M.C.P Batitucci, M.A. Andrade, J.A.R. Riva, T.L Perdigão   +4 more
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Caracterização genética de mulungu (Erythrina velutina Willd.) em áreas de baixa ocorrência [PDF]

Revista Ciência Agronômica, 2014
A Erythrina velutina Willd., popularmente conhecida como mulungu, apresenta propriedades farmacológicas e se encontra em estado de raridade em regiões do Estado de Sergipe.
Luciana Oliveira Gonçalves, José Baldin Pinheiro, Maria Imaculada Zucchi, Renata Silva-Mann   +3 more
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Phenotypic, genetic and symbiotic characterization of Erythrina velutina rhizobia from Caatinga dry forest. [PDF]

Braz J Microbiol, 2018
Erythrina velutina (Mulungu) is a legume ree from Caatinga that associates with rhizobia but the diversity and symbiotic ability of mulungu rhizobia are poorly understood. The aim of this study was to characterize mulungu rhizobia from Caatinga. Bacteria
Rodrigues DR, Silva AFD, Cavalcanti MIP, Escobar IEC, Fraiz ACR, Ribeiro PRA, Ferreira Neto RA, Freitas ADS, Fernandes-Júnior PI.   +8 more
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Antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory activity of hydroalcoholic extracts and fractions from Erythrina mulungu [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia, 2012
Erythrina mulungu Mart. ex Benth., Fabaceae, popularly known as mulungu, is used for the treatment of insomnia and disorders of the central nervous system. This study examined the antinociceptive effects of the hydroalcoholic extracts (HAE), the ethyl acetate and chloroformic fractions from E.
Oliveira, Mariana S. G. de, Aquino, Anansa B. de, Silva, Daniel L. da, Aquino, Pedro G. V., Santos, Mariana S., Porfírio, Anne P. R., Sant'Ana, Antônio E. G., Santos, Bárbara V. O., Alexandre-Moreira, Magna S., Araújo-Júnior, João X. de   +9 more
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Effects of Erythrinian Alkaloids Isolated from Erythrina mulungu (Papilionaceae) in Mice Submitted to Animal Models of Anxiety

Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 2007
The effects of acute oral administration of erythrinian alkaloids, i.e. (+)-alpha-hydroxy-erysotrine, erythravine and (+)-11alpha-hydroxy-erythravine isolated from the flowers of Erythrina mulungu were investigated in two animal models of anxiety in mice-the light-dark transition model (LDTM) and the elevated plus-maze (EPM).
Flausino, Otavio Aparecido, Pereira, Ana Maria, Bolzani, Vanderlan da Silva, Nunes-de-Souza, Ricardo Luiz   +3 more
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Behavioral Effects of Extracts and Compounds Isolated from Erythrina Velutina (Mulungu) in Rats

Journal of Ethology & Animal Science, 2023
In many countries and also Brazil, the extracts or infusions of fresh plants are used to treat common infections or diseases, mainly in the countryside and among the indigenous people. The popular knowledge of the medicinal plants contributes a lot to the benefit of the human health, and directly could help for new discoveries of medicines.
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Efeitos in vivo de extratos de Abacateiro (Persea gratissima) e Mulungu (Erythrina mulungu) sobre atividades de enzimas citocromo P450 hepáticas de rato.

Acta Scientiae et Technicae, 2016
O uso de plantas com finalidades terapeuticas e uma das mais antigas praticas medicinais da humanidade, sendo baseado em evidencias historicas ou pessoais. Verifica-se uma tendencia a generalizacao do consumo de plantas medicinais e de seus derivados, devida a crenca de que tudo que e natural nao faz mal a saude.
Priscila Ribeiro, Flávia Aleixo Da Silva, Bruno Almeida Da Silva, Ronaldo Figueiró, João Bosco De Salles   +4 more
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