Chemical Composition, Antifungal and Antioxidant Activities of Hedyosmum brasiliense Mart. ex Miq. (Chloranthaceae) Essential Oils [PDF]
Background: Hedyosmum brasiliense Mart. ex Miq. (Chloranthaceae) is a dioecious shrub popularly used in Brazil to treat foot fungi and rheumatism. This work investigated the chemical composition, antifungal, and antioxidant activities of flowers and ...
Cynthia Murakami +4 more
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ECOLOGIA DE HEDYOSMUM BRASILIENSE MART. EX MIQ. (CHLORANTHACEAE): SUBSÍDIO PARA CULTIVO E MANEJO SUSTENTÁVEL [PDF]
Considerando-se a crescente demanda de novos recursos de interesse medicinal associado ao conhecimento incipiente da biologia de espécies potencialmente medicinais, os estudos ecológicos fornecem bases para o estabelecimento de cultivo e para manejo sustentável. O objetivo deste estudo visou subsidiar a elaboração de um plano de manejo e/ou implantação
Zaniolo, Solange Ribas
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Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of Hedyosmum brasiliense Miq., Chloranthaceae, essential oil [PDF]
Hedyosmum brasiliense Miq., Chloranthaceae, is an endemic species of Brazil, locally known as "cidrao". Although H. brasiliense is popularly used as sedative, chemical constituents of this species remains uncharacterized. This work presents the essential oil composition, obtained by distillation of the fresh leaves and from a stored sample for three ...
Wisniewski Junior, Alberto +4 more
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Flora of Espírito Santo: Chloranthaceae
Chloranthaceae comprises four genera and about 70 species. In Brazil, the family is represented by Hedyosmum, with three species, occurring in the Amazon, Cerrado, and Atlantic forest.
Elton John de Lírio +2 more
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Plant-based essential oils in the treatment of microbial infections [PDF]
There is a growing demand for bioactive compounds from the great diversity of native plants, which have biological activities that are important for their application in the development of drugs and in the biomedical field.
Ibiapina, Andressa Barros +4 more
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A LC-MS validated method for quantification of rosmarinic acid and sesquiterpene lactones in Hedyosmum brasiliense [PDF]
The leaves of the aromatic neotropical shrub Hedyosmum brasiliense are employed popularly as a sedative, aphrodisiac and as a substitute for green tea. Sesquiterpene lactones and phenolic compounds were characterized as the main compounds of its aqueous extract, and some biological investigation demonstrated its anxiolytic, antidepressant and hypnotic ...
Solomon K S, Amoah, Maique W, Biavatti
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Mass extinction, gradual cooling, or rapid radiation? Reconstructing the spatiotemporal evolution of the ancient Angiosperm genus Hedyosmum (Chloranthaceae) Using empirical and simulated approaches [PDF]
Chloranthaceae is a small family of flowering plants (65 species) with an extensive fossil record extending back to the Early Cretaceous. Within Chloranthaceae, Hedyosmum is remarkable because of its disjunct distribution – one species in the ...
Antonelli, Alexandre, Sanmartín, Isabel
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Wood Anatomy of Hedyosmum (Chloranthaceae) and the Tracheid-vessel Element Transition [PDF]
Qualitative and quantitative data are presented for 22 collections of 14 species of Hedyosmum. Wood of the genus is primitive in its notably long scalariform perforation plates; scalariform lateral wall pitting of vessel elements; and the low ratio of ...
Carlquist, Sherwin
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AbstractHedyosmum brasiliense Miq., Chloranthaceae, has been used in Southern Brazil as a sedative, anti-inflammatory, and aphrodisiac. In this study, endothelium-intact and endothelium-denuded rat aortic rings and strips of corpus cavernosum were used to investigate the relaxant effects of an hexane fraction of leaves of H.
Leitolis, Amanda +3 more
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Hedyosulide, a novel trypanosomicidal sesterterpene lactone from Hedyosmum brasiliense Mart. ex Miq
Abstract A new sesterterpene lactone, Hedyosulide, together with five previously described sesquiterpene lactones were isolated from the leaves of Hedyosmum brasiliense Mart. ex Miq. (Chloranthaceae). Their structures were established by NMR analysis and HRESIMS data.
Murakami, Cynthia +10 more
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