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Anthelmintic activity of Stevia multiaristata extract against Echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto
(Cambridge University Press, 2021-12)
Cystic echinococcosis is a zoonotic disease caused by the larval stage of the parasite Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato. The available anti-parasitic treatment is mostly limited to a continuous administration of albendazole. ...
Native and exotic plants with edible fleshy fruits utilized in Patagonia and their role as sources of local functional foods
(BioMed Central, 2020-05)
Background: Traditionally part of the human diet, plants with edible fleshy fruits (PEFF) contain bioactive components that may exert physiological effects beyond nutrition, promoting human health and well-being. Focusing ...
Botanical quality control of digestive tisanes commercialized in an urban area (Bahía Blanca, Argentina)
(Sociedade Brasileira de Farmacognosia, 2019-03-16)
Digestive herbal teas in the form of monoherbal infusions or in mixtures are the most commonly usedform of phytotherapy in Bahía Blanca (Argentina). This practice is based on family tradition reinforced bycurrent trends ...
Different analytical methodologies for the preconcentration and determination of trace chromium by XRF in medicinal herbs with effects on metabolism
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2002-03)
The essentiality of chromium and the disturbances that its deficiency produces in humans are of interest, have the detection and determination of chromium in drugs of vegetable origin used in phytotherapy are of great ...
Effect of the aqueous extract of Lantana grisebachii Stuck: against bioaccumulated arsenic-induced oxidative and lipid dysfunction in rat splenocytes
(Taylor & Francis, 2019-06-29)
Arsenic (As) is a worldwide immunotoxic agent that is in contaminated waters and consumed by mammals. Phytotherapy may counteract its harmful effects. Lantana grisebachii Stuck (LG, Verbenaceae) and its extract are proposed ...
Chinese functional foods and nutraceuticals: plants and products commercialized in the Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
(Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, 2019-08-06)
This article contributes to the study about urban botanical knowledge within the pluricultural context of Buenos Aires-La Plata Metropolitan Area, in particular, the botanical knowledge about plants and its products ...
An antiviral principle present in a purified fraction from Melia azedarach L. leaf aqueous extract restrains Herpes simplex virus type 1 propagation
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2002-04)
Meliacine (MA), an antiviral principle isolated from leaves of Melia azedarach L., exhibits potent antiviral activity against herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) by inhibiting specific infected-cell polypeptides (ICPs) ...
Dehydroleucodine inhibits mitotic clonal expansion during adipogenesis through cell cycle arrest
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2018-08)
Aberrant levels of preadipocyte differentiation, triggered by adipocyte hyperplasia and hypertrophy, results in the obesogenic phenotype. Obesity is a risk factor for several metabolic disorders. In this paper, dehydroleucodine ...
Modulatory effect of an Urera aurantiaca extract on immune and tumoral cells during inflammation
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2016-10)
There is a well known link between inflammation and cancer during initiation, propagation and metastasis.Urera aurantiaca (UA) Wedd. (Urticaceae) is a medicinal plant used in traditional medicine to treatinflammatory ...
Antiretroviral Activity of fucoidans extracted from the Brown Seaweed Adenocystis utricularis
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2009-05)
Treatment of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1, causative agent of AIDS) infection represents a major challenge in antiviral therapeutics. Many difficulties are associated with the treatment, including toxicity, ...