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Los invertebrados marinos representan un componente importante de la biota oceánica y una fuente rica de compuestos nuevos y biológicamente activos, tales como antibacterianos, anticancerígenos, antiinflamatorios y an...

Ochna serrulata (Ochnaceae) is an ornamental plant introduced into Brazil from Asia and Africa. Species of the Ochna genus are rich in phenolic compounds, mainly flavonoids. The biological screening of extracts and fract...

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...

The total phenolic content and in vitro and in vivo antioxidant activities of the whole plants of Hedyotis puberula (G. Don) R.Br. ex Arn. were appraised. The methanol extract of the plant contained higher levels of to...

In the present study antioxidant and antiulcer potential of Citrullus lanatus seeds were evaluated. Antioxidant activity of all the extracts (chloroform, ethylacetate and methanol) was measured by DPPH method. Methanolic...

Different extractives of Syzygium cumini seeds were evaluated by free radical (DPPH) scavenging assay, phosphomolybdenum total antioxidant assay and reducing power determination in order to identify promising sources of ...

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...

Infusions of leaf and bark of Castela coccinea Griseb. (Simaroubaceae) were traditionally used against dysentery. In this work, anti-bacterial and antioxidant activity were studied in C. coccinea extracts. The higest DP...

Extracts from Ledum palustre (LP) have shown many benefit activities, while, the toxicity of extracts from LP was seldom reported. In the present study, we evaluated the genotoxicity of crude extract from LP. Our resul...

Immunomodulating effects of Hypoxis hemerocallidea, Sutherlandia frutescens and standard compounds found in these plants were determined. Neither of the extracts, nor the standard compounds were cytotoxic to THP-1 and U9...