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Anticancer Properties of Graviola (Annona muricata): A Comprehensive Mechanistic Review

Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, Volume 2018, Issue 1, 2018., 2018
Graviola (Annona muricata) is a small deciduous tropical evergreen fruit tree, belonging to the Annonaceae family, and is widely grown and distributed in tropical and subtropical regions around the world. The aerial parts of graviola have several functions: the fruits have been widely used as food confectionaries, while several preparations, especially
Islam Rady, Melissa B. Bloch, Roxane-Cherille N. Chamcheu, Sergette Banang Mbeumi, Md Rafi Anwar, Hadir Mohamed, Abiola S. Babatunde, Jules-Roger Kuiate, Felicite K. Noubissi, Khalid A. El Sayed, G. Kerr Whitfield, Jean Christopher Chamcheu, Italo Tempera   +12 more
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The Confrontation between Ethnopharmacology and Pharmacological Tests of Medicinal Plants Associated with Mental and Neurological Disorders

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2018, Issue 1, 2018., 2018
For neurological disorders, pharmacological tests have shown promising results in the reduction of side effects when using plants with known therapeutic effects in the treatment of some types of dementia. Therefore, the goals of this study are to gather data about the major medicinal plants used in the nervous system as described in ...
Giovanna Felipe Cavalcante e Costa, Hisao Nishijo, Leonardo Ferreira Caixeta, Tales Alexandre Aversi-Ferreira, Letizia Angiolella   +4 more
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Efecto de la Petiveria alliacea en el tratamiento de alergias respiratorias en Rattus norvegicus cepa Wistar [PDF]

, 2016
La Petiveria alliacea es una planta utilizada en diferentes estudios, en donde ha sido efectiva para las patologías respiratorias en el humano, obteniendo resultados satisfactorios.
Quiceno Gallego, Diana Carolina
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Building an inclusive botany: The “radicle” dream

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 6, Issue 3, Page 544-557, May 2024.
It is important to recognize how our current understanding of plants has been shaped by diverse cultural contexts, as this underscores the importance of valuing and incorporating contributions from all knowledge systems in scientific pursuits. This approach emphasizes the ongoing bias, including within scientific practices, and the necessity of ...
Makenzie E. Mabry, Nuala Caomhanach, R. Shawn Abrahams, Michelle L. Gaynor, Kasey Khanh Pham, Tanisha M. Williams, Kathleen S. Murphy, Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis   +9 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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Kajian Aktivitas Antidiabetes Dari Ekstrak Etanol Dan Fraksinya Dari Daun Singawalang (Petiveria Alliacea L.) [PDF]

, 2016
Tanaman singawalang sebagai obat herbal antidiabetes masih belum banyak dikenal oleh masyarakat dan juga penelitiannya belum cukup mendalam sebagai suatu obat herbal Indonesia.
Adnyana, I. K. (I), Fisheri, N. (Neng), Susilawati, E. (Elis)   +2 more
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Measuring Antioxidant Activity in Bioorganic Samples by the Differential Oxygen Uptake Apparatus: Recent Advances

Journal of Chemistry, Volume 2017, Issue 1, 2017., 2017
The measure of O2 consumption during the inhibited autoxidation of an easily oxidizable substrate is one of the most reliable and predictive methods to assess antioxidant activity, especially for structure‐activity relationship studies, for food and industrial applications. The differential oxygen uptake apparatus described herein represents a powerful
Riccardo Amorati, Andrea Baschieri, Luca Valgimigli, Jacques Lalevee   +3 more
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The Politics of Natural Knowing: Contraceptive Plant Properties in the Caribbean [PDF]

, 2016
This paper considers the eighteenth-century ‘voyages of discovery’ to the Americas within the framework of colonial history and the development of modern scientific practice and method.
O’Donnell, Rachel
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EFEITO DOS EXTRATOS DAS FOLHAS DE GUINÉ (PETIVERIA ALLIACEA L) SOBRE PARÂMETROS BIOQUÍMICOS E HISTOLÓGICOS EM RATOS DIABÉTICOS [PDF]

, 2023
Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is an endocrine and metabolic disorder increasingly common in the world population, lacking new therapeutic alternatives, and vegetables are a viable alternative in the search for new phytotherapics and bioactives with action to ...
Bessa Veloso, Roberta, Bitencourt Santos Barros, Gersika, Correia Salles, Bruno Cesar, de Castro Oliveira, Sofia, de Cássia Santos, Jéssica, Frota Machado de Melo Lopes, Ana Cláudia, Gontijo Lima, Rafaela, Mendonça Botelho, Leticia, Morais Bento, Isabela, Pereira de Carvalho, Layla   +9 more
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Southeast Asian Medicinal Plants as a Potential Source of Antituberculosis Agent

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2017, Issue 1, 2017., 2017
Despite all of the control strategies, tuberculosis (TB) is still a major cause of death globally and one‐third of the world’s population is infected with TB. The drugs used for TB treatment have drawbacks of causing adverse side effects and emergence of resistance strains.
Shuaibu Babaji Sanusi, Mohd Fadzelly Abu Bakar, Maryati Mohamed, Siti Fatimah Sabran, Muhammad Murtala Mainasara, Ghee T. Tan   +5 more
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