Ethnopharmacological relevance The global problem of diabetes, together with the limited
access of large numbers of patients to conventional antidiabetic medicines, continues to …

ABSTRACT Introduction: Diabetes Mellitus has been considered an epidemic by the World
Health Organization, with a high risk of morbidity and mortality. The treatment of this …

Pancreatic beta cells are very sensitive to oxidative stress, which is one of the major causes
of cell damages in diabetes. Growing interest has focused on the development of effective …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Achyrocline satureioides (“macela or marcela”) is a
medicinal plant, traditionally collected in “Good Friday” before sunrise. In traditional …

Abstract Ethnopharmacological relevance Bauhinia forficata Link, is a Brazilian native plant
and popularly known as pata-de-vaca (“paw-of-cow”). The tea prepared with their leaves …

Abstract Ethnopharmacological relevance Eugenia brasiliensis Lam., popularly known as
“grumixama” or “Brazilian cherry”, is widely used in folk medicine with astringent, diuretic …

Aim To determine the dose of monosodium iodoacetate (MIA) required to induce oxidative
stress, as well as pain and edema; to confirm the induction of knee osteoarthritis (OA) …

In the present work a promising method for elemental impurities quantification, such as As,
Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni and Pb in medicinal plants, called Multi-Wavelength Calibration-MWC, is …

Several plants have been studied for their medicinal properties, especially concerning the
management of chronic diseases, such as diabetes, aiming at a more accessible form of …

Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic disease that causes pain and gradual degeneration of
the articular cartilage. In this study, MIA‐induced OA knee model was used in rats to test the …