BACKGROUND: The phytochemical content present in blueberries has generated great interest, especially in the nutra-pharmaceutical industry, where it is known as the “super fruit” due to its prevention and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases (cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and cancer, among...
Cota tinctoria is a medicinal plant which has been used for management of cancer in folk medicine of various regions. The aim of present study is to investigate cytotoxic activity of different concentrations of hydroalcoholic extract of C. tinctoria flowers on gastric (AGS) and liver (Hep-G2) cancer ce...
Asteraceae/química,
Extractos Vegetales/administración & dosificación,
Neoplasias Hepáticas/tratamiento farmacológico,
Extractos Vegetales/farmacología,
Línea Celular Tumoral/efectos de los fármacos,
Anthemis/química,
Células Hep G2/efectos de los fármacos,
Neoplasias Gástricas/tratamiento farmacológico,
Antineoplásicos Fitogénicos/administración & dosificación,
Antineoplásicos Fitogénicos/farmacología,
Extractos Vegetales/química,
Antineoplásicos Fitogénicos/química,
Técnicas de Cultivo de Célula,
Compuestos Fenólicos/análisis,
Flavonoides/análisis
As Células-Tronco Mesenquimais (CTMs), são células multipotentes, presentes em diversos tecidos, sendo bastante estudada devido sua capacidade imunorregulatória por meio da liberação de fatores solúveis. Fatores estes que atuam sobre as funções de células do sistema imunitário. Simultaneamente...
Abstract Pyrostegia venusta (Ker Gawl.) Miers, popularly known as “Cipó-de São-João”, has been used in traditional medicine for its therapeutic properties. Nanotechnology is able to enhance the pharmacological activity of plant extracts. In this context, liposomes and polymeric nanoparticles conta...
This study investigated the antibacterial potential of Euphorbia hirtawhole plant extracts, honey and conventional antibiotics and their synergistic effects against selected multidrug resistant and typed bacterial strains associated with otitis media. E. hirtawhole plant extract was purified using colu...
Euphorbia/química,
Extractos Vegetales/uso terapéutico,
Extractos Vegetales/farmacología,
Sinergismo Farmacológico,
Antibacterianos/uso terapéutico,
Antibacterianos/farmacología,
Otitis Media/tratamiento farmacológico,
Staphylococcus aureus/efectos de los fármacos,
Resistencia a Múltiples Medicamentos,
Pruebas de Sensibilidad Microbiana,
Miel,
Proteus mirabilis/efectos de los fármacos,
Ciprofloxacina/farmacología,
Cromatografía en Capa Delgada,
Cromatografía de Gases y Espectrometría de Masas,
Flavonoides/análisis,
Terpenos/análisis,
Glicósidos/análisis,
Fotometría de Emisión de Llama
Search for safe antioxidants and novel nutraceuticals urged to evaluate the antioxidant, anti-acetylcholine esterase and anti-lipoxygenase activity of various leaf extracts of Conocarpus lancifolius. Extraction was optimized from freeze dried plant extracts quenched with liquid nitrogen using water, et...
Combretaceae/química,
Extractos Vegetales/farmacología,
Extractos Vegetales/química,
Antioxidantes/farmacología,
Antioxidantes/química,
Fenoles/análisis,
Flavonoides/análisis,
Inhibidores de la Lipooxigenasa/farmacología,
Inhibidores de la Colinesterasa/farmacología,
Inhibidores de la Lipooxigenasa/química,
Inhibidores de la Colinesterasa/química,
Técnicas In Vitro,
Etanol,
Depuradores de Radicales Libres
Drimys winteri JR et G. Forster var chilensis (DC) A. is a tree native to central and southern Chile. Also it found in part of Argentina. It is abundant in wet swampy localities from sea level to an altitude of 1700 m. This tree is sacred for the Mapuche culture; it is used in folk medicine in such as...
Reactive oxygen species are implicated in multiple pathological conditions including erectile dysfunction. This study evaluated the in vitro and in vivo antioxidant potential of the methanolic extracts of Inula glomerata and Salacia kraussii. The plant materials were pulverized and extracted with methan...
Inula/química,
Asteraceae/química,
Salacia/química,
Celastraceae/química,
Antioxidantes/química,
Antioxidantes/farmacología,
Estrés Oxidativo/efectos de los fármacos,
Especies Reactivas de Oxígeno,
Extractos Vegetales/química,
Extractos Vegetales/farmacología,
Compuestos Fenólicos/análisis,
Flavonoides/análisis,
Fitoquímicos/análisis,
Óxido Nítrico/metabolismo,
Ácidos Sulfónicos/metabolismo,
Benzotiazoles/metabolismo,
Ratas Sprague-Dawley
Gomes, Lorena Ferreira;
Martins, Diegue Henrique Nascimento;
da Silva, Sandra Mazutti;
de Barros, Yuri Yabu;
de Souza, Paula Monteiro;
de Freitas, marcela Medeiros;
Fagg, Cristopher William;
Simeoni, Luiz Alberto;
Magalhaes, Pérola Oliveira;
Silveira, Damaris;
Fonseca Bazzo, Yris Maria.
The objective of this study was to evaluate biological and phytochemical properties of the aqueous extract from the leaves of Miconia chamissois Naudin (AEMC). Phytochemical properties were assessed by analyzing the chromatographic profile and the polyphenol content of AEMC. Biological properties evalua...
Melastomataceae/química,
Extractos Vegetales/química,
Polifenoles/análisis,
Extractos Vegetales/farmacología,
alfa-Amilasas/antagonistas & inhibidores,
Monofenol Monooxigenasa/antagonistas & inhibidores,
Antioxidantes/farmacología,
Antiinfecciosos/farmacología,
Cromatografía Líquida de Alta Presión,
Flavonoides/análisis,
Cromatografía en Capa Delgada
BACKGROUND: Koelreuteria henryi Dummer is an indigenous plant in Taiwan. The species has been used in traditional folk medicine for the promotion of liver functions and for treating malaria and urethritis. The present study investigated the antioxidant activity of the flower extract of Koelreuteria henry...
Sapindaceae/química,
Extractos Vegetales/farmacología,
Flores/química,
Antioxidantes/farmacología,
Estrés Oxidativo/efectos de los fármacos,
Peróxido de Hidrógeno,
Flavonoides/análisis,
Apoptosis,
Hemo-Oxigenasa 1,
Factor 2 Relacionado con NF-E2,
Western Blotting,
Caspasa 8
