Ethnopharmacological relevance Medicinal plants are known to contain numerous
biologically active compounds, and although they have proven pharmacological properties …

Plants/plant-derived components have been used from ancient times to treat/cure several
human diseases. Plants and their parts possess several chemical components that play the …

Traditional knowledge is an important source of obtaining new phytotherapeutic agents.
Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants was conducted in Nossa Senhora Aparecida do …

ABSTRACT Peumus boldus Mol.(“Boldo”) and Cryptocarya alba Mol. Looser (“Peumo”) are
medicinal shrubs with wide geographical distribution in South America. Their leaves and …

Abstract Background Stem bark of Luehea ochrophylla (L. ochrophylla) is used by the
traditional Brazilian medicine for treatment of rheumatic diseases and tumors. This study …

Huntington's disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disease.
Accordingly, 3‐nitropropionic acid (3‐NP) has been found to effectively produce HD‐like …

In this work, comminuted seedpods of the forest species Luehea divaricata (LDPR) and Inga
laurina (ILPR) were used as alternative and environmental-friendly adsorbents for the …

Popularly known as “açoita‐cavalo”(whips‐horse), Luehea species (Malvaceae‐Tilioideae)
are native to America and are used in folk medicine as anti‐inflammatory, antidiarrheal …

Abstract Ethnopharmacological relevance Although Luehea divaricata Mart.(Malvaceae) is
popularly used by the population of the Brazilian Pantanal for the treatment of different types …

Oxidative stress has been implicated as a major cause of a number of clinical abnormalities.
This effect of oxidative stress on human health has led many research groups to search for …