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Wendy Marisol Torres Avilez
Researcher at Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco
Publications - 3
Citations - 55
Wendy Marisol Torres Avilez is an academic researcher from Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco. The author has contributed to research in topics: Minimum inhibitory concentration & Gram-negative bacteria. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 3 publications receiving 43 citations.
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Are ethnopharmacological surveys useful for the discovery and development of drugs from medicinal plants
Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque,Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros,Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros,Marcelo Alves Ramos,Marcelo Alves Ramos,Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior,André Luiz Borba do Nascimento,Wendy Marisol Torres Avilez,Joabe Gomes de Melo +8 more
TL;DR: It is believed that ethnopharmacological and ethnobotanical studies are poorly suited to contribute to the advancement of research aimed at the development of novel drugs.
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Psidium guajava L. and Psidium brownianum Mart ex DC. potentiate the effect of antibiotics against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria
Maria Flaviana Bezerra Morais-Braga,Débora Lima Sales,Flávia dos Santos Silva,Thiago Pereira Chaves,Vanessa de Carvalho Nilo Bitu,Wendy Marisol Torres Avilez,Jaime Ribeiro-Filho,Henrique Douglas Melo Coutinho +7 more
TL;DR: The results demonstrated the effectiveness of P. guajava and P. brownianum on modulating bacterial growth, suggesting that these natural products might be used in drug development in association with antibiotics, reducing bacterial resistance and thus, improving the treatment of bacterial infections.
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Dynamics of social-ecological systems: gender influence in local medical systems
TL;DR: In this paper, the importance of analyzing the variation of knowledge between genders with a multifactorial and non-unidirectional perspective was discussed, considering the dynamics of social-ecological systems.