Metropolitan lizards? Urbanization gradient and the density of lagartixas (Tropidurus hispidus) in a tropical city. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2020 Urbanization, with its cohort of environmental stressors, has a dramatic effect on wildlife, causing loss of biodiversity and decline in population abundance customarily associated with increasing levels of impervious surface and fragmentation of native ...
de Andrade AC.
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Topical Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Oil from Tropidurus hispidus (Spix, 1825). [PDF]
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2015 Tropidurus hispidus has been used in traditional medicine in several regions of Northeastern Region of Brazil. Its medicinal use involves the treatment of diseases such as warts, sore throat, tonsillitis, chicken pox, varicella, measles, asthma, alcoholism, and dermatomycosis.
Santos IJ +8 more
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Evaluation of the Antimicrobial Activity of the Decoction of Tropidurus hispidus (Spix, 1825) and Tropidurus semitaeniatus (Spix, 1825) Used by the Traditional Medicine. [PDF]
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2012 Tropidurus hispidus and Tropidurus semitaeniatus are two lizard species utilized in traditional medicine in Northeast Brazil. Their medicinal use includes diseases related with bacterial infections such as tonsillitis and pharyngitis. They are used in the form of teas (decoctions) for the treatment of illnesses.
Santos IJ +12 more
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Lizard predation by spiders: A review from the Neotropical and Andean regions. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2020 In this study, we analyze for the first time the lizard consumption by spiders in the Neotropical and Andean regions, showing that the families Ctenidae and Theraphosidae may be relevant lizard predators in these areas. In addition, we provide the first report on spider predation upon a vertebrate taxon in the Andean region.
Reyes-Olivares C +5 more
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Pain and Inflammation: Update on Emerging Phytotherapy, Zootherapy, and Nutritional Therapies. [PDF]
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2016 Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2016, Issue 1, 2016.
Owoyele BV, Yakubu MT, Treister R.
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Biogeographic history and cryptic diversity of saxicolous Tropiduridae lizards endemic to the semiarid Caatinga. [PDF]
BMC Evol Biol, 2015 Background: Phylogeographic research has advanced in South America, with increasing efforts on taxa from the dry diagonal biomes. However, the diversification of endemic fauna from the semiarid Caatinga biome in northeastern Brazil is still poorly known.
Werneck FP +3 more
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Use of Natural Products in Asthma Treatment. [PDF]
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2020 Asthma, a disease classified as a chronic inflammatory disorder induced by airway inflammation, is triggered by a genetic predisposition or antigen sensitization. Drugs currently used as therapies present disadvantages such as high cost and side effects, which compromise the treatment compliance. Alternatively, traditional medicine has reported the use
Amaral-Machado L +6 more
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Sexual dimorphism, diet, and notes on reproduction in Oxyrhopus trigeminus (Serpentes: Colubridae) in the semiarid Caatinga of northeastern Brazil [PDF]
Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology, 2019 Sexual dimorphism, diet, and notes on reproduction in Oxyrhopus trigeminus (Serpentes: Colubridae) in the semiarid Caatinga of northeastern Brazil. Selected morphological characters, diet, and reproduction of the false-coral snake, Oxyrhopus trigeminus ...
Rafael Damasceno Fernandes Coelho +2 more
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The trade in medicinal animals in northeastern Brazil. [PDF]
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2012 Over the centuries, a significant part of the Brazilian fauna is widely sold, more specifically in retail stores or street markets. The objective was to characterize the sale of medicinal animals in five large northeast cities. Information about the sale of zootherapeutic items was obtained in the cities of Aracaju‐SE, Fortaleza‐CE, Maceio‐AL, Recife ...
Ferreira FS +4 more
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Animal-based remedies as complementary medicines in the semi-arid region of northeastern Brazil. [PDF]
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2011 Animals (and their derived products) are essential ingredients in the preparation of many traditional remedies. Despite its prevalence in traditional medical practices worldwide, research on medicinal animals has often been neglected in comparison to medicinal plant research.
Alves RR +4 more
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