Introduction Jatropha gossypifolia has been used quite extensively by traditional medicine for the treatment of several diseases in South America and Africa. This medicinal plant has therapeutic potential as a phytomedicine ...

Introduction Jatropha gossypifolia has been used quite extensively by traditional medicine for the treatment of several diseases in South America and Africa. This medicinal plant has therapeutic potential as a phytomedicine ...

Seed germ of South American algarrobo (Prosopis species) and European carob (Ceratonia siliqua) contains nutritionally interesting proteins, lipids and phenolics. Using reversed phase-HPLC-diode array detector and nanoflow-HPLC ...

The flavonoids present in sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) extracts were analyzed by liquid chromatography - mass spectrometry (LC-MS), and a study of the fragmentation patterns of selected flavonoids was conducted using ...

The Desmodium genre has been extensively studied due to its wide pharmacologic use associated to flavonoids; which are generally identified by the high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), since for the development ...

Propolis is a complex honeybee product with resinous aspect, containing plant exudates and beeswax. Their color, texture, and chemical composition vary, depending on the location of the hives and local flora. The most ...

The Prosopis alba seed is a waste material in the process to produce pod flour. To suggest a potential use of these seeds it is necessary to determine the nutritional, phytochemical and functional quality of cotyledon flour ...

Costus spiralis (Jaqc) Roscoe (Costaceae), popularly named cana do brejo, is traditionally used in Brazil to treat kidney affections. The anti-inflammatory activity of an ethanol extract from C. spiralis leaves, fractions ...

The control of agriculture plague is relevant to Brazil that has large crop area. The control, by natural product, generally low toxic to humans and to animals and specific to target plague, is recommended. This work ...