Ethnopharmacological relevance Obesity is a pandemic disease and its prevalence is still
increasing. Moreover, it has important costs to public health. In Brazil, many plants are used …

Diabetes, characterized by hyperglycemia, is one of the most significant metabolic diseases,
reaching alarming pandemic proportions. It can be due to the defects in insulin action, or …

Polyphenols in Plants: Isolation, Purification and Extract Preparation, 2nd edition, provides a
detailed insight into polyphenols that occur naturally in plants and how they can be affected …

Ethnopharmcological relevance Microbial biofilm formation, a quorum sensing (QS)
regulated process, is one of the major causes of nosocomial and chronic infections …

In this study, 14 herbalists (herb sellers) were interviewed about popular use of plants with
weight loss purpose in Porto Alegre, a South Brazil city. For all identified species, scientific …

Este trabalho teve como objetivo investigar as plantas medicinais utilizadas por idosos
assistidos em uma Unidade Básica de Saúde de Pelotas-RS, com diagnóstico de Diabetes …

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: In Southern Brazil, the plant Campomanesia
xanthocarpa Berg.(Myrtaceae), popularly known as “guavirova”, has been empirically used …

The volatile aroma compounds of fresh edible fruit of guabiju (Myrcianthes pungens),
guabiroba (Campomanesia xanthocarpa), cereja-do-rio-grande (Eugenia involucrata) …

The aerial parts of Cuphea carthagenensis (Jacq.) JF Macbride (Lythraceae) are
traditionally employed in Brazil to treat cardiovascular diseases. The aim of this study was to …

A new source of pectin with a cytotoxic effect on glioblastoma cells is presented. A
homogeneous GWP-FP-S fraction (M w of 29,170 g mol− 1) was obtained by fractionating …