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Protective Effects of Aqueous Extract of Luehea divaricata against Behavioral and Oxidative Changes Induced by 3-Nitropropionic Acid in Rats. [PDF]

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2015
Huntington’s disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disease. Accordingly, 3‐nitropropionic acid (3‐NP) has been found to effectively produce HD‐like symptoms. Luehea divaricata (L. divaricata), popularly known in Brazil as “açoita‐cavalo,” may act as a neuroprotective agent in vitro and in vivo.
Courtes AA, Arantes LP, Barcelos RP, da Silva IK, Boligon AA, Athayde ML, Puntel RL, Soares FA.   +7 more
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The Genus Luehea (Malvaceae-Tiliaceae): Review about Chemical and Pharmacological Aspects. [PDF]

J Pharm (Cairo), 2016
Popularly known as “açoita‐cavalo” (whips‐horse), Luehea species (Malvaceae‐Tilioideae) are native to America and are used in folk medicine as anti‐inflammatory, antidiarrheal, antiseptic, expectorant, and depurative and against skin infections. Although there are studies showing the chemical constituents of some species, the active substances have not
Calixto-Júnior JT, de Morais SM, Colares AV, Coutinho HD.   +3 more
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Phytochemical Analysis, Antioxidant Activity, Antimicrobial Activity, and Cytotoxicity of Chaptalia nutans Leaves. [PDF]

Adv Pharmacol Pharm Sci, 2020
Context. Chaptalia nutans (L.) Pol. (family: Asteraceae) is widely used in traditional medicine as laxative and anticough medications and especially in the traumatisms, wounds, and hemorrhages in topical preparations. Objective. This work was to evaluate the chemical constitution of the hydromethanolic (30/70 methanol‐water) macerating extract obtained
Bruck de Souza L, Leitão Gindri A, de Andrade Fortes T, Felli Kubiça T, Enderle J, Roehrs R, Moura E Silva S, Manfredini V, Gasparotto Denardin EL.   +8 more
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Phytochemical analysis and modulation of antibiotic activity by Luehea paniculata Mart. & Zucc. (Malvaceae) in multiresistant clinical isolates of Candida spp. [PDF]

Biomed Res Int, 2015
The high incidence of fungal infections has led to the continuous search for new drugs. Extracts of Luehea paniculata, a tree of multiple medicinal uses, were evaluated for anti‐Candida activity, as well as its modulator potential of the Fluconazole antibiotic.
Calixto Júnior JT, Morais SM, Martins CG, Vieira LG, Morais-Braga MF, Carneiro JN, Machado AJ, Menezes IR, Tintino SR, Coutinho HD.   +9 more
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Seletividade de herbicidas em mudas das espécies nativas Acacia polyphylla, Enterolobium contortisiliquum (Fabaceae), Ceiba speciosa e Luehea divaricata (Malvaceae) Herbicides selectivity on seedlings of native species Acacia polyphylla, Enterolobium contortisiliquum (Fabaceae), Ceiba speciosa and Luehea divaricata (Malvaceae) [PDF]

Planta Daninha, 2011
Este trabalho avaliou a seletividade de herbicidas sobre espécies nativas de florestas estacionais semideciduais de São Paulo, amplamente utilizadas em projetos de restauração de ecossistemas naturais degradados: Acacia polyphylla e Enterolobium ...
P.A. Monquero, A.S. Penha, I. Orzari, A.C.S. Hirata   +3 more
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Medicinal Plants from Northeastern Brazil against Alzheimer's Disease. [PDF]

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2017
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has been linked with oxidative stress, acetylcholine deficiency in the brain, and inflammatory processes. In the northeast region of Brazil, various plants are used to treat several diseases associated with these processes; then an antioxidant test was performed with those plants in a previous work and twelve species with ...
Penido AB, De Morais SM, Ribeiro AB, Alves DR, Rodrigues AL, Dos Santos LH, de Menezes JE.   +6 more
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Remarkable anti-trichomonas vaginalis activity of plants traditionally used by the Mbyá-Guarani indigenous group in Brazil. [PDF]

Biomed Res Int, 2013
Trichomonas vaginalis, a flagellate protozoan, is the causative agent of trichomonosis, the most common nonviral sexually transmitted disease worldwide. Taking into account the increased prevalence of metronidazole‐resistant isolates, alternative drugs are essential for the successful treatment.
Brandelli CL, Vieira Pde B, Macedo AJ, Tasca T.   +3 more
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Pest categorisation of Morganella longispina. [PDF]

EFSA J
Abstract Following the commodity risk assessment of Acer palmatum plants grafted on Acer davidii from China, in which Morganella longispina (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) was identified as a pest of possible concern, the European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to conduct a pest categorisation of M.
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Vicent Civera A, Baptista P, Berlin A, Chatzivassiliou E, Cubero J, Cunniffe N, de la Peña E, Desneux N, Di Serio F, Filipiak A, Gonthier P, Hasiów-Jaroszewska B, Jactel H, Landa BB, Maistrello L, Makowski D, Milonas P, Papadopoulos N, Potting R, Susi H, van der Gaag DJ, Gobbi A, Kertesz V, Maiorano A, Antonatos S, Papachristos D, Sfyra O.   +27 more
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The "hidden diversity" of medicinal plants in northeastern Brazil: diagnosis and prospects for conservation and biological prospecting. [PDF]

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 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.
Cavalcanti DR, Albuquerque UP.
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Ethnopharmacology of medicinal plants of the pantanal region (mato grosso, Brazil). [PDF]

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 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.
Bieski IG, Rios Santos F, de Oliveira RM, Espinosa MM, Macedo M, Albuquerque UP, de Oliveira Martins DT.   +6 more
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