Medicinal plants from Brazilian Cerrado: antioxidant and anticancer potential and protection against chemotherapy toxicity

JT de Giffoni de Carvalho… - Oxidative Medicine …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The use of natural antioxidants in cancer therapy has increased: first, due to the potential of
natural antioxidants to kill tumour cells and second, because of their capacity to protect …

Discovery of a selective NaV1.7 inhibitor from centipede venom with analgesic efficacy exceeding morphine in rodent pain models

S Yang, Y Xiao, D Kang, J Liu, Y Li… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Loss-of-function mutations in the human voltage-gated sodium channel NaV1. 7 result in a
congenital indifference to pain. Selective inhibitors of NaV1. 7 are therefore likely to be …

Dietary ursolic acid improves health span and life span in male Drosophila melanogaster

S Staats, AE Wagner, K Lüersen, A Künstner… - Biofactors, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The health and life span of Drosophila melanogaster are partly determined by intestinal
barrier integrity, metabolic rate as well as stress response and the expression of longevity …

Anti-inflammatory effects of 4-methylcyclopentadecanone on edema models in mice

Y Ma, Y Li, X Li, Y Wu - International journal of molecular sciences, 2013 - mdpi.com
The present study evaluated the anti-inflammatory effects of 4-methylcyclopentadecanone (4-
MCPC) on edema models in mice and aimed to determine the safety of 4-MCPC after acute …

Anti-inflammatory Evaluation and Toxicological Analysis of Campomanesia xanthocarpa Berg

ÉRS da Silva, GR Salmazzo, J da Silva Arrigo… - Inflammation, 2016 - Springer
Campomanesia xanthocarpa (Myrtaceae) is used in Brazilian traditional medicine against
fever, diabetes, hypercholesteremic, obesity, and urinary diseases. In the present study, the …

Toxicological analysis and anti-inflammatory effects of essential oil from Piper vicosanum leaves

DRH Brait, MSM Vaz, J da Silva Arrigo… - Regulatory Toxicology …, 2015 - Elsevier
This study assessed the anti-inflammatory effects of the essential oil from Piper vicosanum
leaves (OPV) and evaluated the toxicological potential of this oil through acute toxicity …

Phenolic acids isolated from the fungus Schizophyllum commune exert analgesic activity by inhibiting voltage-gated sodium channels

YAO Hui-Min, W Gan, LIU Ya-Ping… - Chinese journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
The present study was designed to search for compounds with analgesic activity from the
Schizophyllum commune (SC), which is widely consumed as edible and medicinal …

Selective closed-state Nav1. 7 blocker JZTX-34 exhibits analgesic effects against pain

X Zeng, P Li, B Chen, J Huang, R Lai, J Liu, M Rong - Toxins, 2018 - mdpi.com
Jingzhaotoxin-34 (JZTX-34) is a selective inhibitor of tetrodotoxin-sensitive (TTX-S) sodium
channels. In this study, we found that JZTX-34 selectively acted on Nav1. 7 with little effect …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of Parmotrema reticulatum taylor for antibacterial and antiinflammatory activities

AP Jain, S Bhandarkar, G Rai, AK Yadav… - Indian Journal of …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Lichens produce variety of secondary metabolites including depsides, depsidones and
dibenzofurans having multifunctional activity in response to external environmental …

[PDF][PDF] Evaluation of anti-inflammatory activity of Boswellia serrata on carrageenan induced paw edema in albino Wistar rats

SM Ismail, S Rao, M Bhaskar - Int J Res Med Sci, 2016 - researchgate.net
Background: Inflammation is a response of the immune system, guarding the individual
against infection. It is a major burning problem worldwide and billions of individuals are …