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Why do Euphorbiaceae tick as medicinal plants? : a review of Euphorbiaceae family and its medicinal features [PDF]

, 2011
Euphorbiaceae is among the large flowering plant families consisting of a wide variety of vegetative forms some of which are plants of great importance. Its classification and chemistry have of late been subjects of interest possibly because of the wide ...
Mwine, Tedson Julius, Van Damme, Patrick
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Late Pleistocene to Holocene sedimentation in the Great Blue Hole (Lighthouse Reef, Belize): Results from a 30 m long core

The Depositional Record, EarlyView.
A 30 m long sedimentary succession at the bottom of the Belize Blue Hole represents terrestrial cenote (12.5–7.2 ka BP), restricted marine swamp (7.2–5.7 ka BP) and fully marine lagoonal phases (5.7–0 ka BP) on Lighthouse Reef carbonate platform. Post‐glacial and Holocene sea‐level rise largely controlled the sedimentological, faunal and floral changes
Eberhard Gischler, Dominik Schmitt, Annika Wiegand, Hermann Behling, Lyudmila Shumilovskikh, Martin Melles, Volker Wennrich, Elija Nolte, Jozef Grego, Flavio S. Anselmetti, Hendrik Vogel, Daniel Birgel, Jörn Peckmann   +12 more
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Croton urucurana Baill. Ameliorates Metabolic Associated Fatty Liver Disease in Rats

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022
Background: Metabolic associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) affects a quarter of the worldwide population, but no drug therapies have yet been developed. Croton urucurana Baill.
Pablo Alvarez Auth, Gustavo Ratti da Silva, Eduarda Carolina Amaral, Victor Fajardo Bortoli, Mariana Inocencio Manzano, Lauro Mera de Souza, Evellyn Claudia Wietzikoski Lovato, João Tadeu Ribeiro-Paes, Arquimedes Gasparotto Junior, Francislaine Aparecida dos Reis Lívero   +9 more
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A Complete Profile on Blind-your-eye Mangrove Excoecaria Agallocha L. (Euphorbiaceae): Ethnobotany, Phytochemistry, and Pharmacological Aspects

Pharmacognosy Reviews, 2016
Traditional system of medicine consists of large number of plants with various medicinal and pharmacological importances. This article provides a comprehensive review of the complete profile of an important mangrove plant Excoecaria agallocha L ...
S. Mondal, D. Ghosh, K. Ramakrishna
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Floral Origin Determines the In Vitro Antibacterial Activity of Bee Pollen Collected From Western Oromia, Ethiopia

Future Postharvest and Food, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bee pollen has been used as a medicine and food supplement. The biological activity and nutrient composition of bee pollen depend on its floral origin. Therefore, it was aimed to determine the phenolic and flavonoid content and antibacterial activities of methanolic (99.9%) extract of bee pollens among flora. Floral origin was identified using
Ofijan Tesfaye
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Discovering Poisonous Plants by Tasting: The Case of Children in Mumias Sub-County, Kenya

Arabian Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, 2016
Plants are like a two-edged sword, which cuts on either pointing side. All living organisms exclusively depend on plants for their survival while, on the other hand, the same plants, just like the two-edged sword, are capable of killing any living ...
Wycliffe W Wanzala
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MORPHOLOGICAL, ANATOMICAL AND CHEMICAL STUDY OF AN EXOTIC PLANT JATROPHA INTEGERRIMA JACQ. 1763 (EUPHORBIACEAE) IN IRAQ

Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum, 2022
JatrophaL. is an exotic genus to Iraq and it has been cultivated in gardens for ornamental purposes because of the shiny red color of the flowers.The plant adapted to environmental conditions and succeeded in growing and blooming ...
Zainab Abid Aun Ali, Hadeel M. Habeeb, Liqaa A. Jazaa   +2 more
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PHYTOCHEMICAL, PHARMACOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROFILES OF TRAGIA SPECIES (FAMILY: EUPHORBIACEAE)

African Journal of Traditional Complementary and Alternative Medicines, 2017
Background: Tragia belongs to the family Euphorbiaceae which contains about 152 species. Interestingly, most of the earlier investigations have been done using only five Tragia species, namely, Tragia involucrata, Tragia cannabina, Tragia spathulata ...
Bonam Srinivasa Reddy, N. R. Rao, Kamini Vijeepallam, V. Pandy   +3 more
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Pollen Morphology of Selected Endemic Eudicots From the FLORAS Botanical Garden, Southern Bahia, Brazil

Microscopy Research and Technique, EarlyView.
This study describes the pollen morphology of twelve endemic species from the Atlantic Forest, revealing subtle morphopollinic variations. Diagnostic characters such as pollen shape, exine ornamentation, and amb type highlight the region's floristic diversity, providing valuable insights into the ecological and conservation significance of Brazil's ...
Agatha Carvalho Pinto, Amanda Spiller, Giovanna Candido, Jorge Antonio Silva Costa, Cristiana Barros Nascimento Costa, Mário Marques da Silva Junior, Jaílson Santos de Novais   +6 more
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Ethnoveterinary plants of Ankober District, North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Traditional herbal preparations for addressing veterinary problems have been applied in Ankober District, Ethiopia, for generations. However, the millennia-old ethnoveterinary knowledge of the community, and the plants are subjected to loss ...
Asfaw, Zemede, Kelbessa, Ensermu, Molla, Ermias Lulekal, Van Damme, Patrick   +3 more
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