Hypertension is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease, kidney disease, and stroke.
Interest in medicinal or nutraceutical plant bioactives to reduce hypertension has increased …

The Cecropia genus consists of about 60 species distributed throughout Latin America,
mostly in Brazil. These species are widely used in traditional medicine to treat cough …

Background Spirulina maxima is a filamentous cyanobacterium used as food supplement
because of its high nutrient contents. It has been experimentally proven, in vivo and in vitro …

Traditional uses of Achillea millefolium L.(Asteraceae) include the treatment of
cardiovascular diseases. In the present study, we used anesthetized rats to assess the …

The plant Cecropia pachystachya Trécul is widely used in Brazilian ethnomedicine to treat
hypertension, asthma, and diabetes. Arginase is an enzyme with levels that are elevated in …

Plant species of the genus Cecropia (Urticaceae) are used as traditional medicine in Latin-
America, and are commercially available as food supplements. The aim of this study was to …

Oral bioavailability of C-glycosyl flavonoid enriched fraction of Cecropia glaziovii (EFF-Cg) is
limited due to its chemical complexity. The purpose of this study is the prospective …

An efficient and reproducible HPLC-DAD method was developed and validated for the
simultaneous quantification of major compounds (chlorogenic acid, isoorientin, orientin and …

Abstract Ethnopharmacological relevance Cecropia glaziovii Sneth leaves extract is widely
used as a traditional folk medicine in Brazil, especially for the treatment of diabetes, and as …

Abstract Context: Several Cecropia (Cecropiaceae) species are traditionally used in Latin
America for the treatment of a variety of diseases including diabetes, arterial hypertension …