Piper species are aromatic plants used as spices in the kitchen, but their secondary
metabolites have also shown biological effects on human health. These plants are rich in …

Essential oils are complex mixtures of hydrocarbons and their oxygenated derivatives
arising from two different isoprenoid pathways. Essential oils are produced by glandular …

Several studies have assessed the potential of essential oils as substitutes for synthetic
pesticides, in order to counter insect resistance to commercial pesticides. Piper aduncum L …

Piper cubeba Lf (Piperaceae), known as cubeb, is a popular traditional herbal medicine
used for the treatment of many diseases, especially digestive and respiratory disorders. The …

Essential oils from fresh Piperaceae leaves were obtained by hydrodistillation and analyzed
by gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC–MS), and a total of 68 components were …

The term neglected diseases refers to a group of infections caused by various classes of
pathogens, including protozoa, viruses, bacteria, and helminths, most often affecting …

Leishmaniasis is the neglected disease among parasitic diseases with an increasing rate of
infections. Recently, numerous studies have been conducted on the leishmanicidal …

BACKGROUND Recent studies showed that essential oils from different pepper species
(Piper spp.) have promising leishmanicidal and trypanocidal activities. OBJECTIVES In …

Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis is a protozoan that causes mucocutaneous leishmaniasis,
which is an infectious disease that affects more than 12 million people worldwide. The …

Current treatment guidelines for leishmaniasis is based on chemotherapy with drugs that
show a set of limitations such as high cost, toxicity, difficult route of administration, and lack …