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Stryphnodendron adstringens have a modulatory effect on inflammatory cytokines markers of in vitro activated macrophages [PDF]

open access: yesExploration of Drug Science
Aim: The purpose of this study is to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the modulatory effects of Stryphnodendron adstringens (Mart.; S. adstringens), a Brazilian wound-healing plant, on the expression of inflammatory cytokines.
Ivana Beatrice Mânica da Cruz   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

SUPERAÇÃO DE DORMÊNCIA DE Stryphnodendron adstringens (MART.) COVILLE

open access: yesAgrarian Academy, 2017
Stryphnodendron adstringens (Mart.) Coville e uma especie com sementes quemanifestam dormencia, que e uma tatica de sobrevivencia para condicoesambientais desfavoraveis no Cerrado em epoca de frutificacao e dispersao de suassementes, tal caracteristica e um obstaculo quando se pretende produzir mudas,pois causa atraso e desuniformidade na germinacao. O
Mayanne Pereira   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

Medicinal Plants from Brazilian Cerrado: Antioxidant and Anticancer Potential and Protection against Chemotherapy Toxicity

open access: yesOxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, Volume 2019, Issue 1, 2019., 2019
The use of natural antioxidants in cancer therapy has increased: first, due to the potential of natural antioxidants to kill tumour cells and second, because of their capacity to protect healthy cells from the damage caused by chemotherapy. This review article discusses the antioxidant properties of extracts obtained from medicinal plants from the ...
José Tarcísio de Giffoni de Carvalho   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

RELAÇÕES ENTRE PROPRIEDADES QUÍMICAS, FÍSICAS E ENERGÉTICAS DA MADEIRA DE CINCO ESPÉCIES DE CERRADO

open access: yesCiência Florestal, 2010
This work aimed at characterizing and evaluating the influence of the chemical properties (lignin, holocellulose and extratives contents) of five Cerrado wood species (Pterodon pubescens, Dalbergia miscolobium, Sclerolobium paniculatum, Stryphnodendron ...
Ailton Teixeira do Vale   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

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

open access: yesEvidence-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   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Plants from Brazilian cerrado with potent tyrosinase inhibitory activity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The increased amount of melanin leads to skin disorders such as age spots, freckles, melasma and malignant melanoma. Tyrosinase is known to be the key enzyme in melanin production.
Batista, Pérola de Oliveira Magalhães Dias   +9 more
core   +2 more sources

Phytopharmacovigilance in the Elderly: Highlights from the Brazilian Amazon

open access: yesEvidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2019, Issue 1, 2019., 2019
Practices described as traditional medicine may coexist with formalized, science‐based medicine. In this context, the present study aimed to verify the profile of the elderly who consumed herbal medicines concomitantly with medications and to identify suspected adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in the Brazilian Amazon (Macapá, Amapá). The study was carried
Carolina Miranda de Sousa Lima   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development and validation of a LC-method for the determination of phenols in a pharmaceutical formulation containing extracts from Stryphnodendron adstringens

open access: yesQuímica Nova, 2010
A sensitive RP-HPLC method with UV detection successfully measured phenol(s) in an ointment containing 3% Stryphnodendron adstringens extract. Chromatography used acetonitrile (0.05% trifluoroacetic acid):water (0.05% trifluoroacetic acid) (v/v), flow ...
Ana Cristina Isler   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of In Vitro Cyto‐ and Genotoxicity of Barbatimão Extract on Human Keratinocytes and Fibroblasts

open access: yesBioMed Research International, Volume 2018, Issue 1, 2018., 2018
Barbatimão (Stryphnodendron adstringens, Mart.) is a native Brazilian species used in traditional medicine and some commercial preparations owing to its strong wound‐healing activity. However, controversy regarding its use due to safety concerns over the potential genotoxic effect of this plant remains.
Neida L. Pellenz   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

What Factors Guide the Selection of Medicinal Plants in a Local Pharmacopoeia? A Case Study in a Rural Community from a Historically Transformed Atlantic Forest Landscape

open access: yesEvidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2018, Issue 1, 2018., 2018
The criteria that local people use for selecting medicinal plants have been a recurrent topic in pharmacology and ethnobotany. Two of the current hypotheses regarding this phenomenon, ecological apparency and diversification, attempt to explain the inclusion of “apparent” and “non‐apparent” and native and exotic taxa, respectively, in local ...
Taline Cristina da Silva   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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