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There have been ethnoveterinary reports from around the world investigating plant usage in therapeutic protocols; however, there is no information regarding the ethnoveterinary practices in Brazilian Amazonia. The object...

Annona coriacea Mart. (Annonaceae) is used in Brazilian folk medicine for the treatment of various medical conditions such as stomatitis, neuralgia, headaches, furuncles and ulcers. In the current investigation, we evalu...

In an attempt to identify new antimicrobial compounds with potential to be used as a bactericidal/ fungicidal agent, a biomonitored study of extracts of Alternanthera brasiliana, which is used in Brazilian folk medicin...

Bixa orellana Linn., commonly known as "lipstick plant", is used in folk medicines to treat infections of microbial origin as well as coloring agents in food stuffs in the LDCs like Bangladesh. The minimum inhibitory con...

Endopleura uchi (Huber) Cuatrec. (Humiriaceae), a Brazilian Amazon plant, is used in folk medicine for the treatment of arthritis. Bergenin, one of the chemical constituents of E. uchi, has several biological activities,...

Cuscuta racemosa Mart. is a parasitic plant, commonly known in Brazil as "cipó chumbo". It is used in folk medicine as an anti-inflammatory and a diuretic, a remedy for stomach disorders and hepatic problems, as well as...

Infusions of the inflorescences of Tilia are widely used for their tranquilizing properties around the world and have been regarded as non-toxic. Despite the widespread use of the tea of silver Linden in folk medicine, t...

Cordia americana (L.) Gottschling & J.S. Mill. is a tree which belongs to the Boraginaceae family and is native to the South of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentine, where it is commonly known as guajuvira and guayaibí. In fo...

Randia armata (Sw.) DC., Rubiaceae is a shrub or small tree known as limoeiro-do-mato in Portuguese and widely distributed in Brazil. The vegetative parts are used as wound healing and anti-inflammatory in folk medicine....

Lucilia nitens is a herb used in folk medicine for treating diarrhoea and popularly called in Brazil "erva-pombinha". Aiming to expand the knowledge on this medicinal plant, this work has dealt with anatomical analysis o...

Baccharis is an important genus of Asteraceae and it comprehends approximately 400 species, many of which are frequently used in folk medicine as analgesic, diuretic, spasmolytic, antidiabetic, antiseptic and stomachic. ...

Valeriana wallichii D.C. (Valerianaceae) is widely used in folk medicine for the treatment of hypo-motility disorder of the gut. The aim of the present study was to scientifically rationalize its usefulness in the consti...

Calotropis gigantea (Linn.) R.Br. (Asclepiadaceae), commonly known as milkweed or swallow- wort, is found chiefly in wasteland throughout India. It has been reported as a traditional folkloric medicine in treatment of as...