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Chamaecyparis obtusa Suppresses Virulence Genes in Streptococcus mutans

Evidence-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, Sun-Young Kang, Bog-Im Park, Young-Hoi Kim, Young-Rae Lee, Jin-Hee Hoe, Na-Young Choi, Ji-Young Ra, So-Youn An, Yong-Ouk You, Xiangqian Liu   +10 more
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HPLC-DAD analysis, antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory properties of the ethanolic extract of Hyptis umbrosa in mice [PDF]

Hyptis umbrosa (syn. Mesosphaerum sidifolium) (Lamiaceae Family) has been used to treat several conditions such as gastrointestinal disorders, skin infections, nasal congestion, fever and cramps.
Almeida, Jackson R. G. S., Araújo-Filho, Heitor G., Costa, Vicente C. O., Coutinho, Henrique D. M., dos Anjos, Klécia S., Duarte, Marcelo C., Menezes, Irwin R. A., Quintans, Jullyana S. S., Quintans-Júnior, Lucindo J., Rolim, Larissa A., Silva, Marcelo S., Souza, Nathália A. C., Tavares, Josean F.   +12 more
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Ethnopharmacological Survey of Medicinal Plants Used by Traditional Healers and Indigenous People in Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh, for the Treatment of Snakebite

Evidence-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, James Regun Karmoker, Md. Rashedul Alam, Syeda Rawnak Jahan, Sami Mahbub, M. M. K. Mia, Rainer W. Bussmann   +6 more
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The “Hidden Diversity” of Medicinal Plants in Northeastern Brazil: Diagnosis and Prospects for Conservation and Biological Prospecting

Evidence-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, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves   +2 more
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The Globalization of Traditional Medicine in Northern Peru: From Shamanism to Molecules

Evidence-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
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The diversity and floral hosts of bees at the Archbold Biological Station, Florida (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) [PDF]

, 2002
A list is provided of 113 species of bees and their 157 known floral hosts at the Archbold Biological Station(ABS), a 2105 ha site on the Lake Wales Ridge in Highlands County in south-central Florida.
Deyrup, Mark, Edirisinghe, Jayanthi, Norden, Beth   +2 more
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The labiate family in the Malaspina expedition (1789-1794). I [PDF]

Se estudiaron e identificaron los pliegos de la familia Lamiaceae depositados en el herbario MA recolectados por Luis Neé durante la expedición Malaspina, la cual duró algo más de 5 años y recorrió gran parte de América, Filipinas, Australia y algunas ...
Fernández-Alonso, José Luis, Morales, Ramón   +1 more
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Ethnobotanical Studies of Port Harcourt Metropolis, Nigeria

International Scholarly Research Notices, Volume 2013, Issue 1, 2013., 2013
The objective of this study was to show the different ways medicinal herbs are used by the indigenous people in Port Harcourt metropolis (07 °3′ E, 04° 51′ N) in the Niger Delta region, Nigeria. One hundred and fifty structured questionnaires were administered, including oral interviews to herbal practitioners and users located at different parts of ...
A. B. Nwauzoma, Magdalene S. Dappa, F. A. Culianez-Macia, G. T. Maatooq, T. L. Weir   +4 more
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Hyptis pectinata gel prevents alveolar bone resorption in experimental periodontitis in rats

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia, 2015
AbstractHyptis pectinata (L.) Poit., Lamiaceae, is an aromatic, abundant and broadly used plant species in Sergipe to treat oral and gastrointestinal pain and inflammation. The aim of the present study was to analyze the relation between periodontitis and changes in the corporal mass and alveolar bone structure after induction of experimental ...
Paixão, Mônica Silveira, Melo, Mônica Santos de, Damascena, Nicole Prata, Araujo, Adriano Antunes de Souza, Soares, Andrea Ferreira, Oliveira, Denise V. A., Oliveira, Jeison Saturnino de, Almeida, Fabrício Tavares Cunha de, Silva, Francilene Amaral da, Araujo, Brancilene Santos de, Estevam, Charles dos Santos, Soares, Marco Antonio Botelho, Quintans-Júnior, Lucindo José   +12 more
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Prospección de lectinas en especies de Labiadas colombianas. Un enfoque sistemático-ecológico - III. Principalmente especies exóticas cultivadas o naturalizadas [PDF]

, 2009
This is the third study of lectin and mucilage detection in Labiatae nutlets from Colombia. It was carried out on 30 taxa; 15 of them belonging to 14 genera in which no previous studies have been carried out in this fi eld, the other 15 belonging to ...
Fernández Alonso, José Luis, Pérez, Gerardo, Vega, Nohora   +2 more
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