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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2015, Issue 1, 2015., 2015 One of the most common diseases of old age in modern societies is glaucoma. It is strongly connected with increased intraocular pressure (IOP) and could permanently damage vision in the affected eye. As there are only a limited number of chemical compounds that can decrease IOP as well as blood flow in eye vessels, the up‐to‐date investigation of new ...
Dorota Szumny +10 more
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Revista Brasileira de Plantas Medicinais, 2014 A investigação química da espécie Pilocarpus spicatus, popularmente conhecida como jaborandi e usada na medicina tradicional para doenças como estomatite, febre, bronquite e psoríase, teve por objetivo o isolamento e/ou identificação de substâncias ...
C.V Silva +3 more
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Amides from Piper as a Diuretic: Behind the Ethnopharmacological Uses of Piper glabratum Kunth
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2014, Issue 1, 2014., 2014 Several species of the genus Piper are known in Brazilian folk medicine as having diuretic activity. So, we propose to investigate the acute diuretic activity and the possible toxic effects of Piper glabratum Kunth, popularly known as false Jaborandi. Additionally, we propose to check whether there is any correlation between the biological activities ...
Thiago Bruno Lima Prando +9 more
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Industrial Scale Isolation, Structural and Spectroscopic Characterization of Epiisopiloturine from Pilocarpus microphyllus Stapf Leaves: A Promising Alkaloid against Schistosomiasis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 This paper presents an industrial scale process for extraction, purification, and isolation of epiisopiloturine (EPI) (2(3H)-Furanone,dihydro-3-(hydroxyphenylmethyl)-4-[(1-methyl-1H-imidazol-4-yl)methyl]-, [3S-[3a(R*),4b]]), which is an alkaloid from ...
Leiz M C Véras +16 more
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Ethnopharmacology of Medicinal Plants of the Pantanal Region (Mato Grosso, Brazil)
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012 Traditional knowledge is an important source of obtaining new phytotherapeutic agents. Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants was conducted in Nossa Senhora Aparecida do Chumbo District (NSACD), located in Poconé, Mato Grosso, Brazil using semi‐structured questionnaires and interviews.
Isanete Geraldini Costa Bieski +7 more
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“Do Jaborandi”: o estudo das produções vegetais brasileiras por Joaquim Monteiro Caminhoá (1875)
Filosofia e História da BiologiaJoaquim Monteiro Caminhoá (1836-1896) foi um ativo cientista que atuou no Império do Brasil, tendo produzido farto conhecimento que foi publicado em revistas e anais. Dentre os artigos redigidos encontra-se Do Jaborandi, publicado nos Annaes Brasiliensis
Alex Gonçalves Varela
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Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2004 Health and nutritional characteristics of children under 5 years of age were investigated through a cross-sectional study in 5 small cities from different regions in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, which displayed different socioeconomic profiles: Bady ...
Silvia Regina Dias Medici Saldiva +3 more
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Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology, Volume 40, Issue 3, March 2026.Imidazole alkaloids epiisopilosine and epiisopiloturine protect the liver against acetaminophen‐induced toxicity by reducing oxidative stress, suppressing inflammatory mediators, and restoring antioxidant defenses. These hepatoprotective effects are partially mediated by enhanced autophagy, indicating a key mechanistic pathway for the biological ...
Ana Patricia de Oliveira +19 more
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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012 This study assessed the intracultural knowledge of the use of medicinal plants in an urban‐rural community in an Atlantic forest fragment in northeastern Brazil. We examined the importance of native and exotic species and the effects of gender and age on that knowledge.
Cecília de Fátima Castelo Branco Rangel de Almeida +10 more
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Estudo farmacológico do extrato bruto do Datura arborea L [PDF]
Acta Amazonica, 1988 O trombeteiro é uma solanacea arbustiva comum na ilha de São Luís. Suas flores e Folhas são utilizadas popularmente na forma de cigarros durante as crises asmáticas agudas. Como no Maranhão são freqüentes as crises asmáticas relacionadas com a exploração
José Maria Serejo S. Jacinto +2 more
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