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Cytotoxic Effect and TLC Bioautography-Guided Approach to Detect Health Properties of Amazonian Hedyosmum sprucei Essential Oil. [PDF]

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2016
Bioautography has been used as rapid and easy strategy to detect and identify bioactive fractions/molecules in the never before investigated Hedyosmum sprucei Solms (Chloranthaceae) essential oil (EO). The antioxidant activity, performed through DPPH bioautographic assay and spectrophotometric evaluations (IC50 = 230 ± 10 µg/mL), seemed to be mainly ...
Guerrini A, Sacchetti G, Grandini A, Spagnoletti A, Asanza M, Scalvenzi L.   +5 more
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A review on antidepressant effect of medicinal plants [PDF]

, 2017
Depression is a life-threatening, debilitating, and common disease affecting different segments of community. Chemical and synthetic drugs available to treat this disease cause many adverse effects and may lead to complete recovery in only 50% of ...
Rabie, S., Rabiei, Z.
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Secondary Forest Succession in the Mata Atlantica, Brazil: Floristic and Phytosociological Trends

International Scholarly Research Notices, Volume 2011, Issue 1, 2011., 2011
This study aimed at understanding the dynamics of ecological processes and the use of secondary forests in Santa Catarina state (Brazil). The data base for these studies was formed through forest inventories carried out in the three forest types of the state.
Alexandre Siminski, Alfredo Celso Fantini, Raymond Paul Guries, Ademir Roberto Ruschel, Maurício Sedrez dos Reis, D. Loustau, A. D. Steinman   +6 more
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Phytochemical analysis of the hot tea infusion of Hedyosmum brasiliense

Phytochemistry Letters, 2015
The leaves of the neotropical dioecious shrub Hedyosmum brasiliense (HB) are employed popularly as a sedative, aphrodisiac and as a substitute for green tea. The aim of this work was to study the composition of the hot tea infusion from the fresh leaves of HB, comparing its androecious or gynoecious parts, including the isolation and identification ...
Amoah, S.K.S., Kouloura, E., Dutra, L.M., Barison, A., Wildner, L.M., Bazzo, M.L., Halabalaki, M., Skaltsounis, L.A., Biavatti, M.W.   +8 more
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Evaluation of behavioral and pharmacological effects of Hedyosmum brasiliense and isolated sesquiterpene lactones in rodents

Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2010
Hedyosmum brasiliense Miq. (Chloranthaceae) is an essential Brazilian species largely found in the Atlantic Forest. It is popularly known as "cidrão" and in folk medicine, this aromatic species is widely used as a calmative/tranquilizer and to treat sleep disorders.To examine the neurochemical properties of ethanol extract (EEHb), fractions and ...
Rogério, Tolardo, Lucas, Zetterman, Daniel Rilo, Bitencourtt, Ticiana Camila, Mora, Fábio Lazzarotto, de Oliveira, Maique Weber, Biavatti, Solomon Kweku Sagoe, Amoah, Cristiani, Bürger, Márcia Maria, de Souza   +8 more
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Flora da Bahia: Chloranthaceae [PDF]

, 2016
The taxonomic treatment of Chloranthaceae from the Bahia state, Brazil, is presented here. Hedyosmum brasiliense is the only species of the family in Bahia.
de Matos, Lara Pugliesi, de Oliveira, Reyjane Patrícia, Giulietti, Ana Maria   +2 more
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Floristic survey of the herbaceous-shrub layer of a gallery forest in Alto Paraíso de Goiás - Go, Brazil [PDF]

, 2012
Flowering species of the herbaceous and shrubby layer were sampled in a gallery forest at Portal da Chapada, Alto Paraíso de Goiás-GO in the Chapada dos Veadeiros during 12 months growing within 4.5 meters on either side of a raised pathway 2.4 Km long.
Chaves, Eduardo, Silva, Lucia Helena Soares e   +1 more
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Ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry and pharmacology of the genus Hedyosmum (Chlorantaceae): A review [PDF]

, 2019
Ethnopharmacological relevance: The genus Hedyosmum (family: Chloranthaceae) represents an interesting source of natural active compounds, and the 45 species of this genus are widespread in Central and South America and to a lesser extent Southeast ...
Baldisserotto, Anna, Buso, Piergiacomo, Buzzi, Raissa, Diéguez Santana, Karel, Manfredini, Stefano, Pérez, Amaury, Radice, Matteo, Sacchetti, Gianni, Tasambay, Angélica, Vertuani, Silvia   +9 more
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The antidepressant-like effect of Hedyosmum brasiliense and its sesquiterpene lactone, podoandin in mice: Evidence for the involvement of adrenergic, dopaminergic and serotonergic systems

European Journal of Pharmacology, 2012
We have recently shown that the ethanol extract of the leaves of Hedyosmum brasiliense exhibits an antidepressant-like effect in the tail suspension and forced swimming tests in mice. The present study investigates the mechanisms involved in the antidepressant-like effect of H.
Gonçalves, Ana Elisa, Bürger, Cristiani, Amoah, Solomon K.S., Tolardo, Rogério, Biavatti, Maique W., de Souza, Márcia M.   +5 more
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Estrutura da folha de Hedyosmum brasiliense Mart, ex Miq. (Chloranthaceae) como subsídio para o controle de qualidade

Revista Brasileira de Plantas Medicinais, 2001
The utilization of medicinal plants presents the potential problem of other matter being used as filler material, thereby reducing the true medicinal value. The leaf structure of Hedyosmum brasiliense Mart, ex Miq. (Chloranthaceae) was studied in this work, as an aid toward quality control of this medicinal species.
S. R. Zaniolo, M. R. Boeger, R. R. B. Negrelle   +2 more
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