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| Santos,Kely Cristina dos; Kurtz,Stella Maris Tessaro Figura; Müller,Simony Davet; Biavatti,Maique Weber; Oliveira,Rúbia Maria Monteiro Weffort de; Santos,Cid Aimbiré de Moraes. |
| Leaves from several Passiflora species are largely employed in the Brazilian folk medicine as anxiolytic and sedative. In this work the anxiolytic, sedative-like properties and liquid chromatography analysis of methanolic extract of Passiflora actinia were evaluated. The methanol extract and all of its fractions presented significant sedative-like effect in elevated plus-maze and open field tests. Only the aqueous fraction of the methanol extract showed selective anxiolytic activity (30 mg/kg). Chromatographic analysis of the active fractions showed the presence of isovitexin and absence of the classical Passiflora beta-carboline alkaloids or flavonoids such as vitexin, rutin, swertisin, hesperidin and orientin. The tincture obtained from P. actinia leaves... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Anxiolytic; Sedative; Isovitexin; Passiflora actinia; Passifloraceae. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132006000500005 |
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| Presibella,Mayra Marinho; Villas-Bôas,Larissa De Biaggi; Belletti,Klézia Morais da Silva; Santos,Cid Aimbiré de Moraes; Weffort-Santos,Almeriane Maria. |
| Several essential oil samples from dried flower-heads of Chamomilla recutita (L.) Rauschert, grown and commercially available around Curitiba metropolitan area, South of Brazil, were analyzed by GC-MS and the chemical constituents were compared with an Egyptian sample obtained under similar conditions and used as a control. The local grown herbs showed levels of essential oil below the standards recommended by the Brazilian Pharmacopoeia. Also, differences in their composition as well as in the quantity of several components were found such as the unexpected inversion of the relative constitution of the A and B alpha-bisabolol oxides. Of particular interest was the striking effect of the chamomile extracts upon human leukocyte chemotaxis, a biological... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Chamomilla recutita; Asteraceae; Essential oil; Chemotaxis; Bisabolol oxide. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132006000600005 |
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| Baratto,Leopoldo Clemente; Duarte,Márcia do Rocio; Santos,Cid Aimbiré de Moraes. |
| Rauvolfia sellowii Müll. Arg. (Apocynaceae), a Brazilian native tree rich in indole alkaloids, is known as "pau-pra-tudo" and popularly used as hypocholesterolemic, hypoglycemic and antihypertensive. The aim of this work was to study the anatomy of the young stems and stem barks of this medicinal plant, in order to contribute to the identification of the species as a drug. The plant material was fixed and prepared according to standard microtechniques. The young stems have remaining epidermis, but a suberified peridermis is evident. The phellogen is located in the cortical region, forming suber externally. Underneath the phellogen, lies the phelloderm and collenchymatic region. In the cortex, there are numerous laticifers and some fibers. There is an... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Rauvolfia sellowii/pharmacognosy; Apocynaceae/pharmacognosy; Medicinal plants; Vegetal anatomy; Internal phloem; Laticiferous ducts; Calcium oxalate crystals. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502010000300020 |
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| Lima,Melissa Pires de; Hilst,Luciana Farhat; Mattana,Fernanda Vanessa Rechinbach; Santos,Cid Aimbiré de Moraes; Weffort-Santos,Almeriane Maria. |
| The effects of the alkaloid-rich fraction of Himatanthus lancifolius (Müll. Arg) Woodson on normal marrow cells and leukemic cell lines were investigated. After 48 h exposure, the proliferation assay showed significant cell growth inhibition for Daudi (0.1-10 µg/mL), K-562 (1-10 µg/mL), and REH cells (10-100 µg/mL), yet was inert for normal marrow cells. A similar inhibition profile was observed in clonogenic assays. This alkaloid-rich fraction, in which uleine is the main compound, showed no signs of toxicity to any cells up to 10 µg/mL. Cell feature analyses after induction of differentiation showed maintenance of the initial phenotype. Flow cytometric expression of Annexin-V and 7-AAD in K-562 and Daudi cells has indicated that the cells were not... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Apocynaceae; Cell proliferation; Himatanthus lancifolius; Indole alkaloids; Leukemia; Plant extract. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502010000200014 |
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