Glucuronides of drugs often accumulate during long term therapy. The hydrolysis of
glucuronides can be catalysed by β-glucuronidase, an enzyme expressed in many tissues …

Medicinal plant use has persisted as a long standing tradition in the Mapuche communities
of Southern Argentina and Chile. An ethnobotanical survey was conducted in the rural …

The β-glucuronidase (GUS) gene is to date the most frequently used reporter gene in plants.
Marketing of crops containing this gene requires prior evaluation of their biosafety. To aid …

Summary The fungus Aspergillus terreus Thorn var. terreus isolated from an Ecuador soil
sample was cultured in liquid and solid media and yielded three main metabolites identified …

The proximate composition and biological activity of food plants and mushrooms gathered
by Chilean Amerindians were assessed. The gathered plants served primarily as sources of …

Using structure-based virtual screening approach, a coumarin derivative (1) was identified
as β-glucuronidase inhibitor. A focused library of coumarin derivatives was synthesized by …

Según la Real Academia Española, herboristería (del francés herboristerie), es una tienda
donde se expenden plantas medicinales. Por otra parte, herbolario/a (del latín herbŭla …

The biological activity and nutritional composition of Chilean collections of Cyttaria berteroi
C. darwinii, C. espinosae, C. harioti and C. johowii have been determined. The crude …

Abstract Ethnopharmacological relevance Fabiana imbricata (Solanaceae) is a Patagonian
medicinal plant with a long tradition of use. The aim of this review is to provide an integrative …

Phyllanthus sellowianus Muell. Arg.(Euphorbiaceae) is used widely as a hypoglycemic and
diuretic agent in South American folk medicine. In order to assess the diuretic activity of this …