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Ethnopharmacology of Medicinal Plants of the Pantanal Region (Mato Grosso, Brazil)
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 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.
Isanete Geraldini Costa Bieski +7 more
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Unusual C,O-Fused Glycosylapigenins from Serjania marginata Leaves [PDF]
Journal of Natural Products, 2014 A phytochemical study of a Serjania marginata leaf extract with antiulcer activity afforded 15 compounds, including the new 3-O-α-l-arabinopyranosyl(1→3)-α-l-rhamnopyranosyl(1→2)[β-d-glucopyranosyl(1→4)]-α-l-arabinopyranosyloleanolic acid (1) and 7,5″-anhydroapigenin 8-C-α-(2,6-dideoxy-5-hydroxy-ribo-hexopyranosyl)-4'-O-β-d-glucopyranoside (4).
Heredia-Vieira, Silvia Cristina +3 more
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Natural Products from Mexican Medicinal Plants as Promising Trypanocidal Drugs
ChemistrySelect, Volume 10, Issue 37, October 6, 2025.Chagas disease (American Trypanosomiasis) is caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. Worldwide it is one of the seventeen neglected tropical diseases. There is a need of new drugs. This review assesses the literature (2012‐2024) of secondary metabolites isolated from Mexican plants active against this parasite.
Karla Daniela Rodríguez‐Hernández +2 more
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Levels of Tannins and Flavonoids in Medicinal Plants: Evaluating Bioprospecting Strategies
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012 There are several species of plants used by traditional communities in the Brazilian semiarid. An approach used in the search for natural substances that possess therapeutic value is ethnobotany or ethnopharmacology. Active substances that have phenolic groups in their structure have great pharmacological potential.
Clarissa Fernanda de Queiroz Siqueira +7 more
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Acta Scientiarum: Biological Sciences, 2014 The pericarp development of Serjania communis Camb. and Urvillea ulmacea Kunth was described to expand the structural knowledge of Sapindaceae fruit. Ovaries and fruits were analyzed with usual techniques in plant anatomy.
Bruna Mary Matuguma Tanaka +2 more
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Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012 The floral sources used by bees can be identified by analyzing pollen grains obtained from their bodies, feces, brood cells, or storage pots in the nests. In addition to data on resource availability, this information enables the investigation on the selection of food resource by bees. We assessed the foraging patterns of Scaptotrigona aff.
Letícia Biral de Faria +5 more
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Taxonomic synopsis of Sapindaceae in the Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest [PDF]
RodriguésiaSapindaceae is one of the richest families in the Atlantic Forest and an important component of tropical and subtropical forests, with an ecological role in environmental dynamics both in the structure and in the canopy of tree and climbing species. This
Adela María Panizza +4 more
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INDEPENDENT ORIGINATION OF FLORAL ZYGOMORPHY, A PREDICTED ADAPTIVE RESPONSE TO POLLINATORS: DEVELOPMENTAL AND GENETIC MECHANISMS [PDF]
, 2016 Observations of floral development indicate that floral organ initiation in pentapetalous flowers more commonly results in a medially positioned abaxial petal (MAB) than in a medially positioned adaxial petal (MAD), where the medial plane is defined by ...
Bukhari, Ghadeer, Zhang, Wenheng
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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012 This study assessed the intracultural knowledge of the use of medicinal plants in an urban‐rural community in an Atlantic forest fragment in northeastern Brazil. We examined the importance of native and exotic species and the effects of gender and age on that knowledge.
Cecília de Fátima Castelo Branco Rangel de Almeida +10 more
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Pollen Sources for Melipona capixaba Moure & Camargo: An Endangered Brazilian Stingless Bee
Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, Volume 2011, Issue 1, 2011., 2011 Pollen samples were collected in three different periods from 11 Melipona capixaba Moure & Camargo hives and analyzed with melissopalynological methodology. A total of 33 pollen types were identified, of which 23 genera and 15 families were identified. The following families showed the highest pollen richness: Fabaceae (7), Myrtaceae (3), Solanaceae (3)
Cynthia Fernandes Pinto da Luz +6 more
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