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Promising medicinal plants for bioprospection in a Cerrado area of Chapada do Araripe, Northeastern Brazil.
Daiany Alves Ribeiro,Liana Geraldo Souza de Oliveira,Delmacia Gonçalves de Macêdo,Irwin Rose Alencar de Menezes,José Galberto Martins da Costa,Maria Arlene Pessoa da Silva,Sírleis Rodrigues Lacerda,Marta Maria de Almeida Souza +7 more
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This study investigated the diversity of medicinal plants in a disjunct area of cerrado in Chapada do Araripe, Ceará, Brazil, and assessed the species of interest for bioprospecting.About:
This article is published in Journal of Ethnopharmacology.The article was published on 2014-09-29. It has received 79 citations till now.read more
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Plant species as a therapeutic resource in areas of the savanna in the state of Pernambuco, Northeast Brazil.
Manuele E. Saraiva,Ana Vartan Ribeiro de Alencar Ulisses,Daiany Alves Ribeiro,Liana Geraldo Souza de Oliveira,Delmacia Gonçalves de Macêdo,Francisca de Fátima Silva de Sousa,Irwin Rose Alencar de Menezes,Everardo Valadares de Sá Barretto Sampaio,Marta Maria de Almeida Souza +8 more
TL;DR: Most of the species cited by the key informants are well known scientifically, but it is interesting that some have been studied little or not all with regard to confirming their purported medicinal properties and can contribute substantially to pharmacological and phytochemical investigations in the search for new drugs.
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Ethnopharmacological study of plants sold for therapeutic purposes in public markets in Northeast Brazil
Vanessa de Carvalho Nilo Bitu,Valdeneide de Carvalho Nilo Bitu,Edinardo F.F. Matias,Wenderson Pinheiro de Lima,Aline da Costa Portelo,Henrique Douglas Melo Coutinho,Irwin Rose Alencar de Menezes +6 more
TL;DR: A survey of plants sold for therapeutic purposes in public markets in the Crajubar Triangle in Northeast Brazil indicated 91 useful species from a therapeutic point of view, distributed in 49 plant families and 89 genera.
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Fabaceae medicinal flora with therapeutic potential in Savanna areas in the Chapada do Araripe, Northeastern Brazil
Márcia Jordana Ferreira Macêdo,Daiany Alves Ribeiro,Maria de Oliveira Santos,Delmacia Gonçalves de Macêdo,Julimery Gonçalves Ferreira Macedo,Bianca Vilar de Almeida,Manuele E. Saraiva,Maria Natália Soares de Lacerda,Marta Maria de Almeida Souza +8 more
TL;DR: The study evidences that the information of use and/or knowledge are shared among the people within the community, proving the great importance of Fabaceae in the use of medicinal plants.
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Influence of seasonal variation on phenolic content and in vitro antioxidant activity of Secondatia floribunda A. DC. (Apocynaceae).
Daiany Alves Ribeiro,Cicera Janaine Camilo,Carla de Fatima Alves Nonato,Fabíola Fernandes Galvão Rodrigues,Irwin Rose Alencar de Menezes,Jaime Ribeiro-Filho,Jianbo Xiao,Marta Maria de Almeida Souza,José Galberto Martins da Costa +8 more
TL;DR: The phenolic content and in vitro antioxidant activity are correlated, and both are influenced by seasonality.
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Evidence of traditionality of Brazilian medicinal plants: the case studies of Stryphnodendron adstringens (Mart.) Coville (barbatimão) barks and Copaifera spp. (copaíba) oleoresin in wound healing.
Letícia M. Ricardo,Bianca Menezes Dias,Fernanda L. B. Mügge,Viviane V. Leite,Maria G.L. Brandão +4 more
TL;DR: The traditional secular use of barks of barbatimão and oleoresin of copaiba to treat wounds was confirmed based on the historic bibliographic research and can be considered effective in the treatment of wounds.
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