Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease that presents four main clinical syndromes: cutaneous
leishmaniasis (CL), mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (MCL), visceral leishmaniasis/kala azar …

Garcinia is a genus of Clusiaceae, distributed throughout tropical Asia, Africa, New
Caledonia, Polynesia, and Brazil. Garcinia plants contain a broad range of biologically …

Natural products and their semisynthetic derivatives continue to be an important source of
potential drug leads. Natural products and their analogues structures possess the …

Background Despite the diversity of Brazilian fruit production, many native species; remain
insufficiently exploited, such as Garcinia brasilienses. Scope and approach The goal of this …

Microbes broadly constitute several organisms like viruses, protozoa, bacteria, and fungi
present in our biosphere. Fast-paced environmental changes have influenced contact of …

Endemic in 149 tropical and subtropical countries, neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affect
more than 1 billion people annually with over 500,000 deaths. Among the NTDs, some of the …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Garcinia brasiliensis, a plant native to the Brazilian
Amazon Rainforest, is used in traditional medicine to treat inflammation of the urinary tract …

Purpose Free radicals are considered as the causative agents of a variety of acute and
chronic pathologies. Natural antioxidants have drawn attention of the researchers in recent …

Neglected tropical diseases such as leishmaniasis and American trypanosomiasis represent
an increasing health problem. Current treatments are not satisfactory which remains an …

Phospholipase A 2 toxins present in snake venoms interact with biological membranes and
serve as structural models for the design of small peptides with anticancer, antibacterial and …