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Antileishmanial activity of medicinal plants used in endemic areas in northeastern Brazil. [PDF]

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2014
This study investigates the leishmanicidal activity of five species of plants used in folk medicine in endemic areas of the state of Alagoas, Brazil. Data were collected in the cities of Colonia Leopoldina, Novo Lino, and União dos Palmares, Alagoas state, from patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis (Leishmania amazonensis) who use medicinal plants to ...
De Queiroz AC, Dias Tde L, Da Matta CB, Cavalcante Silva LH, de Araújo-Júnior JX, de Araújo GB, Moura Fde B, Alexandre-Moreira MS.   +7 more
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Anti-Staphylococcal and Cytotoxic Compounds fromHyptis pectinata

Planta Medica, 2005
Bioassay-guided fractionation of a CHCl (3) extract prepared from the Mexican medicinal plant Hyptis pectinata led to the isolation of four pyrones, pectinolides A-C ( 1-3) and H ( 4). Activity was tracked using cultured KB cells. Multidrug-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus were sensitive to pectinolide H ( 4; KB > 20 microg/mL) in the ...
Fragoso-Serrano, Mabel, Gibbons, Simon, Pereda-Miranda, Rogelio   +2 more
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Gender and Its Role in the Resilience of Local Medical Systems of the Fulni-ô People in NE Brazil: Effects on Structure and Functionality. [PDF]

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2019
Ethnobotanical studies focused on understanding how local medical systems are functionally maintained suggest that utilitarian redundancy and knowledge transmission are factors that influence the resilience of the system. However, to date, there have not been any studies that analyze these factors in relation to the variables that influence the ...
Torres-Avilez W, do Nascimento ALB, Santoro FR, de Medeiros PM, Albuquerque UP.   +4 more
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Repeated-Doses Toxicity Study of the Essential Oil of Hyptis martiusii Benth. (Lamiaceae) in Swiss Mice. [PDF]

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2013
Hyptis martiusii Benth. (Lamiaceae) is found in abundance in Northeastern Brazil where it is used in traditional medicine to treat gastric disorders. Since there are no studies reporting the toxicity and safety profile of this species, we investigated repeated‐doses toxicity of the essential oil of Hyptis martiusii (EOHM). Swiss mice of both sexes were
Freire Rocha Caldas G, Araújo AV, Albuquerque GS, Silva-Neto Jda C, Costa-Silva JH, de Menezes IR, Leite AC, da Costa JG, Wanderley AG.   +8 more
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Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil of Hyptis pectinata (l.) Poit.

Química Nova, 2008
Essential oil was extracted from leaves of Hyptis pectinata using hydrodistillation, and its composition determined using GC-FID and GC-MS. Chemical analysis showed that there was a predominance of sesquiterpenes, of which β-caryophyllene (18.34 ...
Patrícia O. Santos, Marcilene de J. C. Costa, José A. B. Alves, Paula F. C. Nascimento, Dângelly L. F. M. de Melo, Antônio M. Barbosa Jr., Rita de C. Trindade, Arie F. Blank, Maria F. Arrigoni-Blank, Péricles B. Alves, Maria da Paz F. do Nascimento   +10 more
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Analisis Struktur Vegetasi Di Kecamatan Ampel Kabupaten Boyolali [PDF]

, 2015
Tujuan penelitian ini antara lain: (1) mengetahui struktur dan komposisi vegetasi baik pohon maupun vegetasi penutup lantai (lower crop community-LCC) di lokasi kajian AMDAL kecamatan Ampel Kabupaten Boyolali; serta (2) mengetahui pengaruh indeks nilai ...
AGUSTINA, P. (PUTRI), MARIDI, M. (MARIDI), SAPUTRA, A. (ALANINDRA)   +2 more
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Morphological, agronomical and pharmacological characterization of Hyptis pectinata (L.) Poit germplasm [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia, 2005
Several species of the genus Hyptis have presented medicinal characteristics and are frequently indicated to treat gastro intestinal infections, gramps and pain, as well as for skin infections. Three harvests were carried out using six H. pectinata accessions, and the following characteristics were evaluated: plant height, canopy diameter, leave length
Arrigoni-Blank, Maria de Fátima, Silva-Mann, Renata, Campos, Diana de Andrade, Silva, Paulo de Albuquerque, Antoniolli, Ângelo Roberto, Caetano, Luiz Carlos, Santana, Antônio Euzébio Goulart, Blank, Arie Fitzgerald   +7 more
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Avaliação da atividade antimicrobiana da planta hyptis pectinata: Uma revisão da literatura sistemática

Research, Society and Development, 2021
A população apresenta conhecimentos sobre ervas medicinais, devido ao hábito de cultivo das plantas nas áreas residências e a transmissão de conhecimento etnobotânico entre indivíduos da comunidade, com finalidade de tratamento de doenças. A Hyptis Pectinata Possui características aromáticas, e pode ser cultivada no quintal das residências, apesar de ...
Hisolda Firmo da Silva, Stephanie Anine dos Santos Oliveira, Pâmella Grazielle Vital Dias de Souza   +2 more
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Yield of essential oil and safrole content based on fresh and dry biomass of long pepper in the Brazilian Amazon. [PDF]

, 2017
Long pepper (Piper hispidinervum) is an Amazonian species of commercial interest due to the production of safrole. Drying long pepper biomass to extract safrole is a time consuming and costly process that can also result in the contamination of the ...
CARTAXO, C. B. da C., MIQUELONI, D. P., NEGREIROS, J. R. da S.   +2 more
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Cytotoxic Activity of Hyptis Pectinate Extracts on MCF-7 Human Breast Cancer Cells [PDF]

, 2020
Hyptis pectinata (L.) poit, popularly known in the world as “comb bushmint” is a medicinal plant commonly used for the treatment of throat and skin inflammations, bacterial infection, pain and cancer.
Amalina, Nur Dina, Cahyono, Bambang, Suzery, Meiny   +2 more
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