The environmental problems caused by the uncontrolled use of synthetic pesticides in crop
production around the world has increased the search for new plant species that have this …

Growing knowledge on the health-promoting impact of antioxidants in everyday foods,
combined with the assumption that a number of common synthetic preservatives may have …

Antioxidantes são compostos que atuam inibindo e/ou diminuindo os efeitos
desencadeados pelos radicais livres e compostos oxidantes. Os chás são bebidas …

Carotenoid-rich fractions (CRF) from pulp and peel of a new variety of purple tomato were
investigated in comparison to a Red Cherry variety regarding carotenoids characterization …

Background Estragole is an aromatic organic compound belonging to the class of
phenylpropanoids derived from cinnamic aldehydes and present in essential oils of plant …

Tendo em vista a importância dos óleos essenciais, objetivou-se, com este trabalho, avaliar
a atividade antioxidante e os efeitos fungitóxicos do óleo essencial de capim-limão e do seu …

The species Croton rhamnifolioides, belonging to the Croton genus, is known in
ethnomedicine as “quebra faca” and is used in the treatment of stomach pain, vomiting and …

This study aimed to investigate the effects of sublethal concentrations of carvacrol (CAR)
and 1, 8-cineole (CIN) alone and in combination on the morphology, cell viability and …

Abstract Croton heliotropiifolius Kunth and Croton argyrophyllus Kunth are endemic plant
species from northeastern Brazil widely used in folk medicine and scarcely studied. In this …

The essential oil obtained from the stem bark of Croton urucurana Baillon (Euphorbiaceae)
was analysed by GC and GC-MS. 83 compounds were identified and borneol (14.7%) …