About 1.5 million new cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis and 500 000 new cases of visceral
leishmaniasis occur each year around the world. For over half a century, the clinical forms of …

Copaiba oleoresins are exuded from the trunks of trees of the Copaifera species
(Leguminosae-Caesalpinoideae). This oleoresin is a solution of diterpenoids, especially …

The oleoresin of Copaifera trees has been widely used as a traditional medicine in
Neotropical regions for thousands of years and remains a popular treatment for a variety of …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels (Myrtaceae), commonly
known as “jambolão” in Brazil is widely used in folk medicine against leishmaniasis …

Copaifera is a genus of large trees found in Brazil, mainly in Amazon forest, but also in
Atlantic forest and cerrado biomes. It has also been found in other countries in South …

To discover new possible therapies for Chagas' disease, we evaluated against all
Trypanosoma cruzi life stages the in vitro trypanocidal and synergistic activity of terpenes …

Background The current chemotherapy for cutaneous leishmaniosis (CL) has a series of
drug limitations such as toxic side effects, long duration, high costs and drug resistance …

Copaiba is the oleoresin (OR) obtained from Copaifera (Fabaceae), a neotropical tree which
grows in Amazon regions. The balsam, constituted by an essential oil and a resinous …

The current study investigated the putative antileishmanial and cytotoxic activity of twelve
essential oils (EOs) and their major components on Leishmania (L.) major and Leishmania …

Eugenia uniflora L. is a member of the Myrtaceae family and is commonly known as
Brazilian cherry tree. In this study, we evaluated the chemical composition of Eugenia …