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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

open access: yesEvidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2019, Issue 1, 2019., 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 ...
Wendy Torres-Avilez   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Euphorbia bicolor (Euphorbiaceae) Latex Extract Reduces Inflammatory Cytokines and Oxidative Stress in a Rat Model of Orofacial Pain

open access: yesOxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, Volume 2019, Issue 1, 2019., 2019
Recent studies have reported that the transient receptor potential V1 ion channel (TRPV1), a pain generator on sensory neurons, is activated and potentiated by NADPH oxidase‐generated reactive oxygen species (ROS). ROS are increased by advanced oxidation protein products (AOPPs), which activate NADPH oxidase by upregulating Nox4 expression.
Paramita Basu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of Local Tissue Damage Induced by Snake Venoms: An Overview from Traditional Use to Pharmacological Evidence

open access: yesEvidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2017, Issue 1, 2017., 2017
Snakebites are a serious problem in public health due to their high morbimortality. Most of snake venoms produce intense local tissue damage, which could lead to temporary or permanent disability in victims. The available specific treatment is the antivenom serum therapy, whose effectiveness is reduced against these effects.
Juliana Félix-Silva   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Total Hyptolide of Indonesian Hyptis pectinata extracts in a various solvent using HPLC and UV-Vis spectroscopy and their toxicities

open access: yesJurnal Kimia Sains dan Aplikasi, 2019
The bioactive compound of hyptolide has been isolated from an Indonesian plant Hyptis pectinata using various solvents. The pure compound was then used as a standard in quantitative analysis using HPLC and UV-Vis spectroscopy in ethanol (EEth), ethyl ...
Meiny Suzery   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chamaecyparis obtusa Suppresses Virulence Genes in Streptococcus mutans

open access: yesEvidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2016, Issue 1, 2016., 2016
Chamaecyparis obtusa (C. obtusa) is known to have antimicrobial effects and has been used as a medicinal plant and in forest bathing. This study aimed to evaluate the anticariogenic activity of essential oil of C. obtusa on Streptococcus mutans, which is one of the most important bacterial causes of dental caries and dental biofilm formation. Essential
Eun-Hee Kim   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ethnopharmacological Survey of Medicinal Plants Used by Traditional Healers and Indigenous People in Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh, for the Treatment of Snakebite

open access: yesEvidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2015, Issue 1, 2015., 2015
Snakebites are common in tropical countries like Bangladesh where most snakebite victims dwell in rural areas. Among the management options after snakebite in Bangladesh, snake charmers (Ozha in Bengali language) are the first contact following a snakebite for more than 80% of the victims and they are treated mostly with the help of some medicinal ...
Mohammad Fahim Kadir   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The “Hidden Diversity” of Medicinal Plants in Northeastern Brazil: Diagnosis and Prospects for Conservation and Biological Prospecting

open access: yesEvidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2013, Issue 1, 2013., 2013
Increases in ethnobotanical studies and knowledge in recent decades have led to a greater and more accurate interpretation of the overall patterns related to the use of medicinal plants, allowing for a clear identification of some ecological and cultural phenomena.
Deyvson Rodrigues Cavalcanti   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Globalization of Traditional Medicine in Northern Peru: From Shamanism to Molecules

open access: yesEvidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2013, Issue 1, 2013., 2013
Northern Peru represents the center of the Andean “health axis,” with roots going back to traditional practices of Cupisnique culture (1000 BC). For more than a decade of research, semistructured interviews were conducted with healers, collectors, and sellers of medicinal plants.
Rainer W. Bussmann, Narel Paniagua
wiley   +1 more source

Avaliação da atividade antimicrobiana da planta hyptis pectinata: Uma revisão da literatura sistemática

open access: yesResearch, 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   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Evaluación bajo condiciones de laboratorio de semillas mucilaginosas de ocho especies de platas tropicales como control biológico de larvas de mosquito Culex corniger (Dipteria: Culicidae).

open access: yesTecnología en Marcha, 2016
Se evalúa el porcentaje de atrapamiento y retención larval de Salvia hispanica, Hyptis pectinata, Salvia albajaca, Lepidium costaricense, Plantago major, P.
Roberto Gallardo-Loría
doaj   +2 more sources

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