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The Use of Medicinal Plants in the Riverside Community of the Mazagão River in the Brazilian Amazon, Amapá, Brazil: Ethnobotanical and Ethnopharmacological Studies

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2019, Issue 1, 2019., 2019
The inhabitants of the floodplain of the Mazagão River in the State of Amapá in the Brazilian Amazon have inherited from indigenous African and Cabocla cultures indications for the use and forms of preparation of medicinal plants to cure diseases of the body and spirit. This study aimed to perform an ethnopharmacological survey of medicinal plants used
Rosângela do Socorro Ferreira Rodrigues Sarquis, Ícaro Rodrigues Sarquis, Iann Rodrigues Sarquis, Caio Pinho Fernandes, Gabriel Araújo da Silva, Raullyan Borja Lima e Silva, Mário Augusto Gonçalves Jardim, Brenda Lorena Sánchez-Ortíz, José Carlos Tavares Carvalho, Filippo Fratini   +9 more
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Caracterização físico-química e análises por espectrofotometria e cromatografia de Peperomia pellucida L. (H. B. K.)

Revista Brasileira de Plantas Medicinais, 2013
O objetivo deste trabalho foi realizar a caracterização físico-química do pó e da tintura, e análise por espectrofotometria e cromatografia do extrato seco de Peperomia pellucida L. (H. B. K.).
R.M.F. Silva, J.F.A. Ribeiro, M.C.C. Freitas, M.S.P. Arruda, M.N. Nascimento, W.L.R. Barbosa, P.J. Rolim Neto   +6 more
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A Review of Malaysian Medicinal Plants with Potential Anti‐Inflammatory Activity

Advances in Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Volume 2018, Issue 1, 2018., 2018
This article aims to provide detailed information on Malaysian plants used for treating inflammation. An extensive search on electronic databases including PubMed, Google Scholar, Scopus, and ScienceDirect and conference papers was done to find relevant articles on anti‐inflammatory activity of Malaysian medicinal plants.
Fazleen Izzany Abu Bakar, Mohd Fadzelly Abu Bakar, Norazlin Abdullah, Susi Endrini, Asmah Rahmat, Mohammad A. Rashid   +5 more
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A New Phenol Glycoside from Root Exudates of Peperomia pellucida L. HBK. and its Role in Plant Invasion

Annals of Tropical Research, 2018
Peperomia pellucida is an annual, shallow-rooted, succulent, delicate, glabrous herb. It is a native weed species of tropical North and South America, and it is now pantropic in distribution and abundant in India as an invasive aggressive colonizer ...
Suparna Mandal Biswas, Nabanita Chakraborty, Soma Rani Patra, Prasanta C. Bhowmik   +3 more
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Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of Local Tissue Damage Induced by Snake Venoms: An Overview from Traditional Use to Pharmacological Evidence

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2017, Issue 1, 2017., 2017
Snakebites are a serious problem in public health due to their high morbimortality. Most of snake venoms produce intense local tissue damage, which could lead to temporary or permanent disability in victims. The available specific treatment is the antivenom serum therapy, whose effectiveness is reduced against these effects.
Juliana Félix-Silva, Arnóbio Antônio Silva-Junior, Silvana Maria Zucolotto, Matheus de Freitas Fernandes-Pedrosa, Rainer W. Bussmann   +4 more
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From Local Biodiversity to Global Food Security: Antioxidant Evidence of Unconventional Edible Plants (2020–2025)

Journal of Food Process Engineering, Volume 49, Issue 2, February 2026.
This scoping review (2020–2025) compiles validated evidence on the antioxidant potential of unconventional edible plants (PANCs). Thirty species showed high phenolic content and strong radical‐scavenging activity, reinforcing their role as natural antioxidants and sustainable alternatives to synthetic additives within biodiversity‐based food systems ...
Nathália Letícia Hernandez Brito, Gustavo Barreto Costa, Karina Pinheiro Martins, Jhony Silva Ramos, Ana Caroline Silvestre Barbosa Alessi, Thais Aparecida Santos, Ana Elisa Melo da Silva, Adriana Aparecida Droval Arcain, Flávia Aparecida Reitz Cardoso   +8 more
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DNA Protection against Oxidative Damage Using the Hydroalcoholic Extract of Garcinia mangostana and Alpha‐Mangostin

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2016, Issue 1, 2016., 2016
Garcinia mangostana, popularly known as “mangosteen fruit,” originates from Southeast Asia and came to Brazil about 80 years ago where it mainly grows in the states of Pará and Bahia. Although mangosteen or its extracts have been used for ages in Asian folk medicine, data on its potential genotoxicity is missing.
Ronaldo Carvalho-Silva, Alanna Cibelle Fernandes Pereira, Rúbens Prince dos Santos Alves, Temenouga N. Guecheva, João A. P. Henriques, Martin Brendel, Cristina Pungartnik, Fabrício Rios-Santos, Rainer W. Bussmann   +8 more
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The Effects of Protected Areas in Nepal as a Barrier Against Plant Invasions Are Associated With Lower Propagule Pressure and Less Intensive Disturbance

Diversity and Distributions, Volume 31, Issue 9, September 2025.
ABSTRACT Aim Protected areas are established to conserve global biodiversity threatened by various factors, including invasive plants. We recorded naturalised alien plants inside and outside of protected areas to test whether they act as a barrier against the spread of alien plants.
Suneeta Bhatta, Martin Hejda, Petr Pyšek   +2 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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ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITIES OF PEPEROMIA PELLUCIDA [L.] KUNTH.: A REVIEW

Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Application, 2022
Background: Inflammation is a natural body response, but when it reaches the systemic chronic inflammation stage, it can cause more dangerous complications. Many natural ingredients have been developed as anti-inflammatory agents. One of them is sirih bumi (Peperomia pellucida [L.] Kunth).
null I Gusti Agung Ayu Kartika, null Ni Ketut Sinarsih, null Ni Made Dwi Mara Widyani Nayaka   +2 more
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