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| Pascoa,Henrique; Diniz,Danielle Guimarães Almeida; Florentino,Iziara Ferreira; Costa,Elson Alves; Bara,Maria Teresa Freitas. |
| This article reports the development of a pharmaceutical product containing vegetable actives from a Brazilian medicinal plant. The possibility of forming a microemulsion using Pterodon emarginatus ("sucupira") oil was evaluated and the anti-inflammatory potential of this microemulsion was also examined. A formulation was developed using P. emarginatus oil, a mixture of ethoxylated Castor Oil (Ultramone(r) R-540/propylene glycol 2:1) (surfactant/cosurfactant) and distilled water at a ratio of 10:15:75, respectively. The microemulsion which was selected was then subjected to the preliminary stability test and analyzed in terms of average diameter of droplets, pH, zeta potential, and polydispersity index, on the 1st, 7th, 15th, and 30th days after... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Pterodon emarginatus; Pterodon emarginatus; Medicinal plants; Microemulsion; Phytomedicine; Pharmaceutical technology. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502015000100117 |
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| Sousa,Sandra Alves de; Pascoa,Henrique; Conceição,Edemilson Cardoso da; Alves,Suzana Ferreira; Diniz,Danielle Guimarães Almeida; Paula,José Realino de; Bara,Maria Teresa Freitas. |
| "Guaraná" (Paullinia cupana) is used as a physical activity enhancer and stimulator due to its methylxanthines and condensed tannins. The aim of this work was to evaluate the dissolution behavior of five herbal medicines in the form of capsules and tablets containing guaraná. Assay and dissolution methods were validated and results obtained allowed simultaneous marker quantification with precision, accuracy, selectivity and robustness. Findings showed that 100% of the herbal medicinal products analyzed did not provide satisfactory results concerning the presence of four markers, 60% had three markers (caffeine, catechin and epicatechin), while 40% had only caffeine at tested dosage forms. In addition, after 30 minutes, only capsule A showed at least 80% of... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Herbal medicines/quality control; Herbal medicines/dissolution behavior; Medicinal plants; Guaraná/pharmacognosy; Paullinia cupana/pharmacognosy. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502011000200008 |
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