LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

In vitro and in vivo antioxidant potentials of the methanolic crude extract from Inula glomerata Oliv. & Hiern (Asteraceae) and Salacia kraussii (Harv) Harv (Celastraceae)

Ojo, Michael C; Osunsanmi, Foluso O; Cele, Nkosinathi D; Zharare, Godfrey E; Mosa, Rebamang A; Opoku, Andy R.

Bol. latinoam. Caribe plantas med. aromát; 20 (4), 2021

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

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Mutagenicity and antimutagenicity of Salacia crassifolia (mart. Ex. Schult.) G. Don. evaluated by Ames test

Abstract Salacia crassifolia (Mart. Ex. Schult.) G. Don. is a bush which belongs to Celastraceae family and occurs specially in Brazilian Cerrado. Its leaves, stem, seeds and fruits are popularly used for several medicinal purposes, such as antitumoral, antirheumatic, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial....