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Estudio etnobotánico de Cataia (Pimenta pseudocaryophyllus (Gomes) Landrum) en el Parque Nacional de Superagui, Guaraqueçaba/PR/Brasil
Ethnobotany of Cataia (Pimenta pseudocaryophyllus (Gomes) Landrum) at National Park of Superagui, Guaraqueçaba/PR/Brazil

Cataia es una Myrtaceae de gran potencial aromático y medicinal. En la costa de Paraná hay registro de uso comercial creciente de sus hojas en la aromatización de aguardiente. Buscando comprender mejor la explotación de cataia desde una perspectiva histórica, así como elucidar el conocimiento ecolÃ...

Polygonum hydropiper extract attenuates ethanol-induced gastric damage through antioxidant and anti-inflammatory pathways

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 54 (8), 2021
The present study was conducted to investigate the underlying mechanisms and effective components of Polygonum hydropiper in ethanol-induced acute gastric mucosal lesions. The ethanol extract was purified on an AB-8 macroporous resin column and eluted with 60% ethanol and was then injected into the HPLC ...

Isolation of dihydrobenzofuran derivatives from ethnomedicinal species Polygonum barbatum as anticancer compounds

Biol. Res; 52 (), 2019
BACKGROUND: Ethnomedicinally, the family Polygonaceae is famous for the management of cancer. Various species of this family have been reported with anticancer potentials. This study was designed to isolate anticancer compounds from ethnomedicinally important species Polygonum barbatum. METHODS: The colu...

Effectual components of Polygonum ciliinerve protects against Staphylococcus aureus infection with immunomodulatory functions in C57BL/6 mice

Acta cir. bras; 33 (11), 2018
Abstract Purpose: To investigate the efficacy and mechanisms of root tuber of Polygonum ciliinerve (Nakai) ohwi (rPC) which has been used to treat bacterial infection in traditional Chinese medicine. Methods: With the mouse model of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) pneumonia, the phenotype of rPC tre...

Endophytic fungi from tropical ethnoveterinary plants and their antibacterial efficacy against Pasteurella multocida Capsular Type A strain

Rev. biol. trop; 64 (2), 2016
AbstractPasteurella multocida is an important veterinary pathogen causing infections in animals and birds. Nowadays, different reports have described the severity of infections, increasing resistance of micro-organisms to antibiotics, and the contribution of ethnoveterinary practices towards the treatmen...