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Seveal Baccharis species known as "carquejas" are used in Argentinean folk medicine as phytotherapics. B. crispa, B. articulata, B. trimera, B. sagittalis and B. triangularis have been evaluated for their choleretic acti...

Trece especies de plantas vasculares usadas en la medicina popular argentina, fueron estudiadas para evaluar las actividades citotóxicas y mitodepresivas de sus extractos acuosos a diferentes concentraciones usando los ...

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...

Multielement analysis of crude drug and infusions from Achyrocline satureioides and A. tomentosa (Asteraceae), "marcelas", were carried out by ICP-OES, to know both mineral composition and safety. These plants are used a...

THE growth of solid neoplasms is always accompanied by neovascularization. This new capillary growth is even more vigorous and continuous than a similar outgrowth of capillary sprouts observed in fresh wounds or in infla...

La fracción acuosa del extracto etanólico obtenido de las hojas (AFL) de Cissampelos sympodialis ha sido evaluada con respecto a la actividad antiinflamatoria, ya que en medicina popular es usada para esta finalidad. E...

The present study investigated analgesic and some neuropharmacological effects of hydromethanolic extract of the leaves of Xanthium indicum Koenig in mice models. The analgesic activity was evaluated using hot plate ant ...

The present study describes some in vitro experiments with hydroalcoholic extract of leaves from Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng (Lamiaceae) in several Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains in...

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...

Species of Sapindus (Sapindaceae) are widespread throughout the tropics (e.g., Brazil, China and India). The present report is based on available data and references on species of this genus. The main substances found ...

Melampodium camphoratum (L.f.) Baker (Asteraceae) es una especie vegetal usada en la medicina popular brasile- ña para el tratamiento de problemas gastrointestinales. El extracto seco (LE) obtenido de su parte aérea fu...

Caesalpinia ferrea and Chrysobalanus icaco are plants commonly used by the folk medicine for the treatment of diabetes mellitus. In this work, the effects of the chronic treatment with aqueous extracts of C. ferrea (AECF...

Han sido estudiados los extractos acouosos de siete especies utilizadas en el NE de Argentina para el tratamiento de la hipertensión, con el propósito de evaluar su acción sobre la mitosis como indicador de presunció...

Se encontró que la Xantolina, un principio activo aislado de hojas y tallos de Sebastiania schottiana y de Phyllantus sellowianus, posee actividad antifúngica. Los resultados demostraron que la Xantoxilina inhibió el ...

El Propóleo es ampliamente usado en Brasil en la medicina popular en las enfermedades inflamatorias. Ese trabajo estudió la composición química y las actividades antiinflamatoria y antinociceptiva del extracto hidroa...

The combination of the bulb of Fritillaria ussuriensis Maxim. (Bulbus Fritillariae ussuriensis, BFU) and the fruit of Pyrus bretschneideri Rehd. (Xuehua pear, PBR), as folk medicine, is widely used in treatment with resp...

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....

Species of Brunfelsia, whose flowers change colour progressively from violet to white, are popularly known as yesterday-today-tomorrow and used in folk medicine, mainly as anesthetic and diuretic. Based on ethnobotanical...

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...