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Pretreatment with kuanxiong aerosol protects against coronary microvascular dysfunction

This study investigates the efficacy and mechanisms of Kuanxiong Aerosol (KXA) on coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) in rats. Thirty-two Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into control, model, KXA, and nicorandil groups, receiving respective treatments for three weeks. The CMD...

Limitations on the ethno-directed approach as a tool for the selection of medicinal plants with antimicrobial activity

In this work, we evaluate the antimicrobial properties of three groups of plants selected by the ethnopharmacological method, reported ashaving antimicrobial and/or anti-inflammatory properties by a rural community in the Brazilian State of Pernambuco. The samples were divided into groups o...

Protective effects of tigernut (Cyperus esculentus) on Bisphenol A- induced testicular toxicity in Wistar rats

Bisphenol A (BPA) have been reported to induced reprotoxicity in rats. This study was conducted to find out the ameliorative properties of aqueous extract of Cyperus esculentus (tigernut) on BPA induced testicular toxicity in Wistar rats.Methods: Twenty male rats were divided randomly into 4 groups (n=5)...

Propriedades Químicas e Farmacológicas do Gênero Copaifera no Tratamento de Lesões/feridas: Revisão Integrativa

Estima (Online); 21 (1), 2023
Objetivo:Identificar propriedades químicas e farmacológicas do gênero Copaifera no tratamento de lesões e feridas. Método: Revisão integrativa da literatura realizada nas bases de dados LILACS, MEDLINE, PubMed, Taylor & Francis e Scopus, em janeiro de 2022, por meio da estratégia de busca: �...

Anti - proliferative and anti - inflammatory activity of triterpene extracts from plant species belonging to Lamiaceae family

Triterpenes are very important secondary metabolites with wide structural diversity and significant role in pharmacy and medicine. In the present research, a comparative study of pharamacological activities of the triterpene fractions obtained from several pla...

Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of Bertholletia excelsa (H. B. K) bark extract

Bertholletia excelsa is native to the Amazon Rainforest and is popularly known as the Brazil nut. It has socioeconomic importance due its nuts being a great export product. There are few studies in the literature regarding the biotechnological potential of its bark, although it is used in folk medicin...

Vicenin-2 and vitexin participate in the in vitromodulation of the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities exerted by two Urtica circularisextracts

Urtica circularis is an Argentinean species traditionally used to treat inflammation symptoms and oxidative stress-related diseases. Considering the uses in folk medicine, the purpose of this work was to evaluate and compare the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities of two different U. ...

Neuroprotective potential of the Amazonian fruits Euterpe oleracea Mart. and Paullinia cupana Kunth

Abstract Acai (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) and guarana (Paullinia cupana Kunth) are native species from the Amazon Forest that in folk medicine are used to treat several diseases due to their anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. This review brings together findings from different studies on the pote...

Anti-inflammatory effects and acute oral toxicity of Copaifera spp. essential oil-loaded nanoemulsion

Copaifera spp. essential oil (EOC) was extracted by hydrodistillation of Copaifera oleoresin (COR). The EOC was characterized by GC/MS and a novel EOC-loaded nanoemulsion was developed to enhance the EOC solubility and to evaluate its utility as antinflammatory. EOC contain 14 volatile compounds (includ...

Effects of nitric oxide on C2C12 cell inflammatory responses and notexin-induced muscle injury

Int. j. morphol; 40 (1), 2022
SUMMARY: Skeletal muscle injury is an acute inflammatory condition caused by an inflammatory response. To reduce inflammatory cell infiltration and relieve skeletal muscle injury, efficient treatment is urgently needed. Nitric oxide is a free radical molecule reported to have anti-inflammatory effects. I...