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Momordica tuberosa (Cucurbitaceae) is traditionally used as abortifacient in India. Morphoanatomy, physicochemical and phytochemical nature of fruits and seeds of this plant were studied in order to contribute to complet...

This study evaluates the in vitro anti-trichomonads activity of a saponin enriched fraction (MSF) obtained from the fruits of Ilex paraguariensis A. St. Hil. (Aquifoliaceae). The MSF showed better anti-trichomonads act...

Traditional usage of Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi, popularly known as Brazilian pepper, includes the treatment of inflammatory diseases. Chemical composition of the essential oil extracted of fruits of S. terebinthifol...

D-004, a lipid extract from Roystonea regia fruits, consists in a mixture of free fatty acids, mainly of oleic, lauric, myristic and palmitic acids, whereas other free fatty acids are present in minor proportions. D-004 ...

Short-term (14 days) treatment with D-004, a lipid extract from Roystonea regia fruits, has been shown to prevent testosterone (T)-induced prostate hyperplasia (PH) and increased oxidative stress in rat prostate, but n...

The present work was to study the anti-inflammatory activity of Coccinia indica Wight and Arn fruits belonging to family Cucurbitaceae. The fruit powder of C. indica was subjected to successive extraction with petroleum ...

Clusia minor fruits were investigated and three polyprenylated benzophenones were isolated using several chromatographic techniques. All the structures assigned (propolone D, hyperibone B and garcinielliptone I), inclu...

Los compuestos volátiles presentes en frutas de guabiju (Myrcianthes pungens), guabiroba (Campomanesia xanthocarpa), cereja-do-rio-grande (Eugenia involucrata), pitanga (Eugenia uniflora) y araçá (Psidium cattleyanum)...

Sapindus saponaria L., Sapindaceae es una planta arbórea de amplia distribución en el territorio brasileño; sus frutos son usados popularmente para combatir úlceras e inflamaciones de la piel. El presente trabajo tuv...

El látex proveniente de frutos de Morrenia brachystephana Griseb. (Asclepiadaceae) recogido sobre buffer fosfatos 0.1 M (pH 6.9) conteniendo EDTA y cisteína 5 mM y centrifugado a 16.000 x g durante 30 minutos constituy...

In this work, fruits of three cultivars, Caingangue, Cherokee and Guarani, originated from collections from Embrapa, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, were analyzed concerning the anthocyanin content and the essential oils com...

The methanol extract of Corypha taliera fruits as well as its n-hexane, carbon tetrachloride, dichloromethane and aqueous soluble fractions were subjected to screening for antioxidant, antimicrobial and cytotoxic activ...

D-004, a lipid extract of Roystonea regia fruits that prevents testosterone-induced prostate hyperplasia in rodents, and saw palmetto (SP) lipid extract, used to treat benign prostate hyperplasia, have been shown antioxi...

En este trabajo se han comparado los efectos de extractos lipídicos obtenidos de los frutos de Roystonea regia de diferentes estados de maduración sobre la hiperplasia prostática inducida por testosterona en ratas. Fr...

La hiperplasia prostática benigna (HPB) es la causa principal de los síntomas molestos del tracto bajo urinario en el hombre adulto. El finasteride, un inhibidor de la enzima 5α-reductasa prostática es un agente tera...

Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease associated to oxidative stress. In this work, the hypoglycaemic and antioxidant effect of an extract of Physalis peruviana fruits in an experimental diabetes model was evaluated. ...

Se detectó la presencia de actividad proteolítica en frutos de Ficus pumila L. (Ficus repens Hort.). El extracto crudo fue obtenido por clarificación del látex centrifugado a 16.000 x g durante 30 mn y ultracentifuga...

In this study, the essential oil composition, total contents of phenolics and proanthocyanidins, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities from different plant parts (root, stem, leaf and fruit) of Campomanesia pubescens ...

Con el objeto de seleccionar los medios más adecuados para la síntesis enzimática de péptidos, estudiamos el efecto de diferentes solventes orgánicos sobre la estabilidad de araujiaina (la preparación enzimática n...

El presente estudio centra su atención en 4 especies cubanas, pertenecientes al género Zanthoxylum. Se evaluaron 4 extractos etanólicos provenientes de la corteza del tronco de Zanthoxylum. elephantiasis, Macfd., Zant...

El D-004 es un extracto lipídico del fruto de la palma real (Roystonea regia) que inhibe in vitro la 5-α-reductasa prostática, y previene la hiperplasia prostática benigna inducida con testosterona y no por dihidrote...

Semicarpus anacardium Linn. (Anacardiaceae) is a deciduous moderate sized tree. The plant is commonly known as Ballataka (Sanskrit), Bhela (Hindi) and marking nut in English. Fruits are acrid and sweet and used traditi...

The image recognizing process requires the identification of every logical object that compose every image, which first implies to recognize it as an object (segmentation) and then identify which object is, or at least w...

Solanaceous plants are widely distributed around the world and they are traditionally used as drugs for the treatment of cancer and herpes, and include familiar foods such as potato, tomato and eggplant and some berries ...