Ethnopharmacological relevance Piperaceae is the fifth largest family of plants in Panama.
This review focuses on the ethnomedical uses of the most prevalent Panamanian species …

Piperlongumine (PL), a biologically active compound from the Piper species, has been
shown to exert various pharmacological effects in a number of conditions, including tumours …

Background/Aim: Colorectal cancer is a common type of cancer with reported resistance to
treatment, in most cases due to loss of function of apoptotic and cell-cycle proteins …

Diverse mixtures of plant natural products play an important role in plant-herbivore-
parasitoid interactions. In the pursuit of understanding these chemically-mediated …

The hemoflagellate protozoan, Trypanosoma cruzi, mainly transmitted by triatomine insects
through blood transfusion or from mother-to-child, causes Chagas' disease. This is a serious …

Amides are important natural products which occur in a few plant families. Piplartine and
piperine, major amides in Piper tuberculatum and P. nigrum, respectively, have shown a …

The phytochemical study on dichlorometane extracts of leaves, stem and roots of Piper
mollicomum Kunth (Piperaceae) led to isolation of the known piperamides tembamide …

The known kavalactones (E)-4-methoxy-6-styryl-2 H-pyran-2-one, 4-methoxy-6-(3-
phenyloxiran-2-yl)-2 H-pyran-2-one, 6-(1, 2-dihydroxy-2-phenylethyl)-4-methoxy-2 H-pyran …

The traditional medicine all over the world is nowadays revalued by an extensive activity of
research on different plant species and their therapeutic principles. Curcuma plants has an …

A pesquisa por candidatos a fármacos pelas indústrias farmacêuticas e o desenvolvimento
no Brasil de novos produtos aplicados à área da saúde humana e animal são processos …