World is rich in medical lore. Plants are the basis of life on earth and are central to people's
livelihoods. The use of plants in religious ceremonies as well as for magic and medicinal …

Os conhecimentos tradicionais dos usos mais comuns dados aos vegetais podem ser
resgatados pela etnobotânica e utilizados para a valorização das plantas do Cerrado no …

Byrsonima crassa Niedenzu (IK)(Malpighiaceae) is used in Brazilian folk medicine for the
treatment of diseases related mainly to gastric ulcers. In this study, we evaluated the …

Peptic and/or duodenal ulcers are characterized by diverse acute and chronic ulcerative
lesions that commonly arise in any portion of the gastric mucosa that is exposed to the …

Tropical savanna ecosystems play a major role in the seasonality of the global carbon cycle.
However, their ability to store and sequester carbon is uncertain due to combined and …

The seed-bank dynamics of cerrado, a savanna-like vegetation type in central Brazil, was
monitored for a year after a fire event in the mid-dry season. Fifty paired soil and litter …

Background Several in vitro studies have looked at the effect of medicinal plant extracts
against Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori). Regardless of the popular use of Byrsonima crassa …

Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park is one of the most important protected areas of the
Brazilian Cerrado and is inhabited by diverse species, but the area has seldom been …

Byrsonima crassa is a plant pertaining to the Brazilian central savannah-like belt of
vegetation and popularly used for the treatment of gastric dysfunctions and diarrhoea. The …

Byrsonima intermedia is a native species of the cerrado formation (tropical American
savannah). In Brazil, this plant has been used for the treatment of fever, in ulcers, as a …