The present review was aimed at documenting medicinal uses of species of the Euphorbiaceae
family in Zimbabwe. Literature was collected from online databases such as BioMed Central, W
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Oliveira, Leilanne Márcia Nogueira de;
Bastos, Maria do Socorro Rocha;
Lima, Ana Cristina Silva de;
Figueiredo, Evânia Altina Teixera de;
Dias, Flayanna Gouveia Braga;
Silva, Larissa Morais Ribeiro da;
Benevides, Selene Dahia;
Ribeiro, Paulo Riceli Vasconcelos;
Sabino, Luiz Bruno de Sousa;
Figueiredo, Raimundo Wilane de.
Abstract In this research, aqueous and ethanolic extracts from Justicia pectoralis Jacq and Croton Jacobinensis Baill were characterized. The UPLC-QTOF-MSE analysis was performed on the extracts identified, predominantly, flavonoids, tannins and acids. The extracts did not indicate toxicity in human epit...
Neri, T S;
Silva, K W L;
Maior, L P S;
Oliveira-Silva, S K;
Azevedo, P V M;
Gomes, D C S;
Souza, M A;
Pavão, J M S J;
Costa, J G;
Cunha, A L;
Ferreira-Júnior, G C;
Matos-Rocha, T J;
Santos, A F;
Fonseca, S A.
Abstract Croton argyrophylloides Muell. Arg., from the Euphorbiaceae family, popularly known as marmeleiro prateado or sacatinga, is a plant from the Caatinga biome commonly found in Brazil's northeastern region. The present study aimed to evaluate the antioxidant activity of the species. The phytochemic...
Essential oils from the stems and leaves of Croton doctoris were analyzed by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry, resulting in 22 identified compounds. The effects of these essential oils on the germination, root and shoot growth, total chlorophyll content, potential root respiration, peroxidase act...
Abstract The study is aimed at investigating the functional physicochemical and solid state characteristics of food-grade Tetracarpidium conophorum (T. conophorum) oil for possible application in the pharmaceutical industry for drug delivery. The oil was obtained by cold hexane extraction and its physico...
O Pantanal é a maior planície inundável do planeta. A população humana da região utiliza vegetais que encontram no dia a dia e, com o tempo, isso os levou a descobrir diferentes finalidades alimentares e até usos terapêuticos dessas plantas. Este estudo tem como objetivo compreender a popularidad...
Cnidoscolus chayamansa is a native plant of the Mayan region, which is also cultivated in other places like northern Mexico, Tunisia and India. Many properties are attributed to Mayan Chaya, such as aid in the control of glycemia in diabetics. Thus this study aimed to evaluate the hypoglycemic effects of...
Abstract Synadenium grantii is a Euphorbiaceae plant commonly found in Brazil, known as Janaúba or Leitosinha, whose latex is traditionally used for several purposes. However, it is not known whether the nematicidal action of this plant latex occurs due to the action of proteases. The present work aims ...
O uso de óleos essenciais na indústria de fragrância tem crescido a cada ano. A indústria de cosméticos, em geral, tem buscado este tipo de ingrediente com o objetivo de agregar atributos únicos e melhores aos seus produtos e assim entregar, ao consumidor final, diferenciais que poderão valorizar ...
Objetivo: Verificar modificaciones del perfil lipídico (PL) en ratas Holtzman por aceite de Sacha Inchi Plukenetía volubilis Linneo (ASI), peso corporal (PC) y bioquímicas, en dislipidemia inducida por colesterol. Evaluar modificaciones del perfil lipídico (PL) induciendo colesterol a ratas Holtzman,...
