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Hepatotoxicity and Mutagenicity assessment during chronic in vivo exposure to aqueous extracts from Peperomia pellucida [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2022 Studies on herbal medicine have exposed some toxic effects on humans. Peperomia pellucida (L.) HBK (P. pellucida) is one of the herbal medicines recommended as an alternative to synthetic medicine for diseases.
YU-WEN HUANG +2 more
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Different Aspects of Weed Management in Maize (Zea mays L.): A Brief Review
Advances in Agriculture, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022 Maize yield and weed concentration have a long history of reciprocal correspondence. The maize crop plant and weed species compete ruinously for nutrients, space, light, and water essential for their progress and advancement. The losses due to weed and methodologies of weed management have been discussed in this review.
Neelam Sharma +2 more
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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022 Background. Systemic arterial hypertension is one of the most common cardiovascular risks, corresponding to 45% of deaths involving CVDs. The use of natural products, such as medicinal plants, belongs to a millennial part of human therapeutics history and has been employed as an alternative anti‐hypertensive treatment. Objective.
Maisa Gomes da Silva +13 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 11, Issue 5, Page 2110-2172, March 2021., 2021 High Andean forests play a key role in providing ecosystem services for neighboring urban settlements. Here, we aimed to identify and understand the effects of anthropogenic perturbations on diversity, composition, and structure of plant communities, as well as aboveground biomass in high Andean forest remnants in the hinterland of Bogotá.
Mariasole Calbi +5 more
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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021 Studies on medicinal ethnobotany in rural areas and communities are important for documentation and generation of indigenous knowledge on the medicinal use of plants, as well as identification of new botanicals of pharmacological significance. This paper presents, for the first time, the quantitative ethnobotanical uses of medicinal plants in Ile‐Ife ...
Yusuf Ola Mukaila +5 more
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Carotane sesquiterpenes from Peperomia pellucida and their anti-infective activities
Natural Product Research, 2023 Owing to the challenges of antimicrobial resistance, investigations of new antibiotics from medicinal plants are continuously being conducted. Peperomia pellucida is a pantropical plant used in traditional medicine for the treatment of various disorders. From the ethanol extract of a whole P.
Quynh-Mai Thi Ngo +7 more
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Impact of Anthropogenic Pollution on the Plant Species Diversity and Composition Along the Riparian Ecotones of Goa's Sal and Zuari Rivers. [PDF]
Plant Environ InteractABSTRACT Anthropogenic pressures are increasingly constraining the health of riparian ecosystems by exposing their remnant vegetation to edge effects. Despite being at the land–water interface, conservation efforts have often overlooked how water pollution may indirectly exacerbate the broader impacts of anthropogenic pressures on riparian vegetation ...
Musisi M, Quadros C, Sellappan K.
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Amygdalin Promotes Fracture Healing through TGF‐β/Smad Signaling in Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Stem Cells International, Volume 2020, Issue 1, 2020., 2020 Chondrogenesis and subsequent osteogenesis of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and angiogenesis at injured sites are crucial for bone fracture healing. Amygdalin, a cyanogenic glycoside compound derived from bitter apricot kernel, has been reported to inhibit IL‐1β‐induced chondrocyte degeneration and to stimulate blood circulation, suggesting a promising
Jun Ying +16 more
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Exploration of the Use of Traditional Herbs to Overcome Cough and Cold in Three Provinces of East Java Province [PDF]
ScientificWorldJournalThis study is aimed at documenting traditional practices in the use of medicinal plants to overcome cough and cold in three selected regions of East Java Province, by establishing the relative significance, consensus, and scope of all medicinal plants used.
Ekasari W +5 more
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A new angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor from Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2019 Objective: To isolate, identify, and evaluate a new angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor from Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth herbs. Methods: A dried sample of Peperomia pellucida herb was successively macerated with n-hexane and ethyl acetate.
Islamudin Ahmad +7 more
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