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Larvicidal Activity of essential oils from Brazilian plants against Aedes aegypti L.
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2004 Aedes aegypti L. is the major vector of dengue fever, an endemic disease in Brazil. In an effort to find effective and affordable ways to control this mosquito, the larvicidal activities of essential oils from nine plants widely found in the Northeast of
Eveline Solon Barreira Cavalcanti +3 more
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Development of Calcium Alginate Microcarriers Encapsulated With Antibacterial Tea Tree Essential Oil
International Journal of Polymer Science, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.This study was aimed at optimizing the emulsification–crosslinking process for the development of calcium alginate microcarriers encapsulating tea tree essential oil and at addressing challenges related to its volatility and hydrophobicity. The emulsification–crosslinking method was applied with variations in sodium alginate concentrations, collection ...
Chia-Lin Chen +4 more
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Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2007 Dental caries and periodontal disease are associated with oral pathogens. Several plant derivatives have been evaluated with respect to their antimicrobial effects against such pathogenic microorganisms.
M.A. Botelho +9 more
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Fitoterapia, 2012 Lippia sidoides Cham. (Verbenaceae) is used in the folk medicine as topical antiseptic in skin and mucous membranes and its therapeutic effect is attributed to the thymol presence. The objective of this work was to verify the chemical composition and antibiotic modifying activity of the essential oil extracted from the leaves of L.
Veras, Helenicy N.H. +6 more
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Plant‐based feed additives in Cyprinus carpio aquaculture
Reviews in Aquaculture, Volume 16, Issue 1, Page 309-336, January 2024.Abstract Species feeding lower at the food web like cyprinids (carp) are often advocated for sustainable aquaculture. However, their gastrointestinal biology (lack of stomach) has limited their acid‐peptic digestion, acid lysis of plants and invertebrate tissues, and phosphorus uptake.
Felix Kofi Agbeko Kuebutornye +3 more
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Karyological studies in Brazilian species of Lippia L. (Verbenaceae)
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2012 The genus Lippia (Verbenaceae) comprise around 160 species spread out mainly in South and Central Americas with few African species, some of them with potential medicinal use.
Saulo M. Sousa +2 more
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BioMed Research International, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.Envenomations by snakes represent a neglected health problem in tropical and subtropical countries. In South America, Lachesis muta occasionally causes severe human envenomation, with treatment being conditioned to an unspecific antivenom. In this work, we examined the neutralizing ability of Coutarea hexandra stem bark hydroalcoholic extract (Ch‐E ...
Grazielle D. Pilon +11 more
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Revista Caatinga, 2012 The search for new antimicrobial agents from plants is intense due to the increasing resistance of pathogenic microorganisms to synthetic products. Moreover, the long term use of pesticides cause negative impacts to society and the environment due to ...
MARCELO DE MENEZES CRUZ +3 more
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Antibacterial activity of Lippia sidoides Cham against periodontopathogens: an in vitro study
, 2022 El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar la susceptibilidad antimicrobiana del aceite esencial de Lippia sidoides Cham frente a Aggregatibacter actinomycetecomitans ATCC 29522 y Porphyromonas gingivalis ATCC 0644. La actividad antimicrobiana del aceite de L.sidoides Cham extraído de hojas y flores y los constituyentes timol y carvacrol a través de la ...
Gusmão, Isabel Celeste Caires Pereira +4 more
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Experimental results for the extraction of essential oil from Lippia sidoides cham. using pressurized carbon dioxide [PDF]
, 2002 The odoriferous species Lippia sidoides Cham. is abundant in the Brazilian Northeast. Its essential oil possesses antiseptic activity due to the presence of thymol. In this work, thermodynamic and kinetic data were experimentally determined for the CO2 +
Chiavone Filho, Osvaldo +5 more
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