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Chemical Composition and Mechanism of Vibriocidal Action of Essential Oil from Resin of Protium heptaphyllum [PDF]

The Scientific World Journal, 2019
Protium heptaphyllum is a plant widely distributed in Brazilian ecosystems that produce a resin which has pharmacological activities. In this study, the chemical composition, antimicrobial and antibiofilm activity, and the possible mechanism of action ...
Josiane Lima Mendes, Thiago Ferreira de Araújo, Mário Geraldo de Carvalho, Francisco Eduardo Aragão Catunda Júnior, Renata Albuquerque Costa   +4 more
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Effect of Liposomal Protium heptaphyllum (Alb.) March Extract in the Treatment of Obesity Induced by High-Calorie Diet [PDF]

Biology
Obesity, a chronic disease, resulted from excessive consumption of high-calorie foods, leading to an energy imbalance. Protium heptaphyllum (P. heptaphyllum) was used in folk medicine for its analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and healing properties.
Naiéle Sartori Patias, Eveline Aparecida Isquierdo Fonseca de Queiroz, Stela Regina Ferrarini, Gisele Facholi Bomfim, Danilo Henrique Aguiar, Adilson Paulo Sinhorin, Alexandre Aymberé Bello, Geovana Vicentini Fazolo da Silva, Larissa Cavalheiro, Valéria Dornelles Gindri Sinhorin   +9 more
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Biocidal Activity of a Nanoemulsion Containing Essential Oil from Protium heptaphyllum Resin against Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) [PDF]

Molecules, 2021
This work aimed to prepare a nanoemulsion containing the essential oil of the Protium heptaphyllum resin and evaluate its biocidal activities against the different stages of development of the Aedes aegypti mosquito.
Cleidjane Gomes Faustino, Fernando Antônio de Medeiros, Allan Kardec Ribeiro Galardo, Alex Bruno Lobato Rodrigues, Anderson Luiz Pena da Costa, Rosany Lopes Martins, Lethicia Barreto Brandão, Lizandra Lima Santos, Marcos Antônio Alves de Medeiros, Patrick de Castro Cantuária, Ana Luzia Ferreira Farias, Jader Santos Cruz, Sheylla Susan Moreira da Silva de Almeida   +12 more
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The impact of species complexes on tree abundance patterns in Amazonia. [PDF]

Am J Bot, 2022
American Journal of Botany, Volume 109, Issue 10, Page 1525-1528, October 2022.
Bacon CD, Hill A, Ter Steege H, Antonelli A, Damasco G.   +4 more
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Quali–Quantitative Characterization of Volatile and Non-Volatile Compounds in Protium heptaphyllum (Aubl.) Marchand Resin by GC–MS Validated Method, GC–FID and HPLC–HRMS² [PDF]

Molecules, 2021
Protium heptaphyllum (Aubl.) Marchand (PH) trees are endemic to the tropical region of South America, mostly Brazil. Antibacterial, antinociceptive, anti-inflammatory, anxiolytic, antidepressant and anti-hyperlipidemic/anti-hypercholesterolemic effects ...
Alberto Asteggiano, Andrea Occhipinti, Andrea Capuzzo, Enrica Mecarelli, Riccardo Aigotti, Claudio Medana   +5 more
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Antimycobacterial and PknB Inhibitory Activities of Venezuelan Medicinal Plants. [PDF]

Int J Microbiol, 2020
Global control and elimination of tuberculosis are hindered by the high prevalence of drug‐resistant strains, making the development of new drugs to fight tuberculosis a public health priority. In this study, we evaluated 118 extracts from 58 Venezuelan plant species for their ability to inhibit the growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis mc26020, using ...
Aranaga CA, Fraile S, Torres A, Falco A, Michelangeli F, Takiff H.   +5 more
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Gas Chromatography-Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry Analysis and Vasorelaxant Effect of Essential Oil from Protium heptaphyllum (Aubl.) March. [PDF]

Biomed Res Int, 2017
The Protium heptaphyllum species, also known as Almécega, produces an oily resin, used in folk medicine as an analgesic and anti‐inflammatory agent, in healing, and as an expectorant, which is rich in pentacyclic triterpenes and essential oils. In this study, the essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation of Almécega’s resin was analyzed by gas ...
Mobin M, de Lima SG, de Lima SG, Almeida LTG, Silva Filho JC, Rocha MS, Oliveira AP, Mendes MB, Carvalho FAA, Melhem MSC, Costa JGM.   +10 more
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Study of Liposomes Containing Extract from the Leaves of Protium heptaphyllum (Aubl.) March in Animals Submitted to a Mutagenic Model Induced by Cyclophosphamide [PDF]

Biology
Cyclophosphamide (CPA) is an alkylating agent used as a chemotherapy agent in the treatment of cancer, but it has immunosuppressive effects. Protium heptaphyllum (P.
Naiéle Sartori Patias, Valéria Dornelles Gindri Sinhorin, Ana Júlia Lopes Braga Ferneda, João Maurício Andrade Ferneda, Marina Mariko Sugui, Stela Regina Ferrarini, Gisele Facholi Bomfim, Joaz Wellington Lopes, Nadia Aline Bobbi Antoniassi, Larissa Cavalheiro, Nelson Luís de Campos Domingues, Adilson Paulo Sinhorin   +11 more
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Revisiting the hyperdominance of Neotropical tree species under a taxonomic, functional and evolutionary perspective [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2021
Recent studies have leveraged large datasets from plot-inventory networks to report a phenomenon of hyperdominance in Amazonian tree communities, concluding that few species are common and many are rare.
Gabriel Damasco, Christopher Baraloto, Alberto Vicentini, Douglas C. Daly, Bruce G. Baldwin, Paul V. A. Fine   +5 more
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The Resin from Protium heptaphyllum Prevents High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity in Mice: Scientific Evidence and Potential Mechanisms. [PDF]

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2015
Herbal compounds rich in triterpenes are well known to regulate glucose and lipid metabolism and to have beneficial effects on metabolic disorders. The present study investigated the antiobesity properties of resin from Protium heptaphyllum (RPH) and the possible mechanisms in mice fed a high‐fat diet (HFD) for 15 weeks.
Carvalho KM, Marinho Filho JD, de Melo TS, Araújo AJ, Quetz Jda S, da Cunha Mdo P, de Melo KM, da Silva AA, Tomé AR, Havt A, Fonseca SG, Brito GA, Chaves MH, Rao VS, Santos FA.   +14 more
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