COVID-19: is there evidence for the use of herbal medicines as adjuvant symptomatic therapy?

D Silveira, JM Prieto-Garcia, F Boylan… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background Current recommendations for the self-management of SARS-Cov-2 disease
(COVID-19) include self-isolation, rest, hydration, and the use of NSAID in case of high fever …

Complementary and alternative medicines use in COVID-19: A global perspective on practice, policy and research

V Paudyal, S Sun, R Hussain, MH Abutaleb… - Research in Social and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has met international health systems with a low level of
preparedness and emergency response. While the emergence of effective vaccines has …

[HTML][HTML] Borreria and Spermacoce species (Rubiaceae): A review of their ethnomedicinal properties, chemical constituents, and biological activities

LM Conserva, J Jesu Costa Ferreira - Pharmacognosy reviews, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Borreira and Spermacoce are genera of Rubiaceae widespread in tropical and subtropical
America, Africa, Asia, and Europe. Based on its fruits morphology they are considered by …

[HTML][HTML] Native foods from Brazilian biodiversity as a source of bioactive compounds

VB Oliveira, LT Yamada, CW Fagg… - Food Research …, 2012 - Elsevier
The interest in South American native plant species has been growing in recent years due to
their health benefits. Brazil is one of the world's mega-diverse locations with over 40,000 …

Ethno-medicinal study of plants used for treatment of human ailments, with residents of the surrounding region of forest fragments of Paraná, Brazil

M Bolson, SR Hefler, EI Dall, O Chaves… - Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance This study aims to document the traditional knowledge on
the use of medicinal plants in the neighborhood of the protected area “Parque Estadual da …

Recent progess in phytotherapy: A Brazilian perspective

PM Leite, LM Camargos, RO Castilho - European Journal of Integrative …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction Phytotherapy has very old origins and it is based on the use of medicinal plants
to treat and prevent diseases. Brazil, because it is a country with wide biodiversity and …

Evidence of traditionality of Brazilian medicinal plants: The case studies of Stryphnodendron adstringens (Mart.) Coville (barbatimão) barks and Copaifera spp …

LM Ricardo, BM Dias, FLB Mügge, VV Leite… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Ethnopharmacological relevance The World Health Organization (WHO)
recognizes the potential of plants used in secular traditional medicine and considers this an …

[HTML][HTML] Useful Brazilian plants listed in the field books of the French naturalist Auguste de Saint-Hilaire (1779–1853)

MGL Brandão, M Pignal, S Romaniuc… - Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Information regarding the use of beneficial,
native Brazilian plants was compiled by European naturalists in the 19th century. The …

[HTML][HTML] Plants from the Brazilian traditional medicine: species from the books of the Polish physician Piotr Czerniewicz (Pedro Luiz Napoleão Chernoviz, 1812–1881)

LM Ricardo, J de Paula-Souza, A Andrade… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2017 - Elsevier
The Brazilian flora is very rich in medicinal plants, and much information about the traditional
use of the Brazilian plants is only available from early literature and we are facing a rapid …

Promising medicinal plants with diuretic potential used in Brazil: State of the art, challenges, and prospects

P de Souza, LNB Mariano… - Planta …, 2021 - thieme-connect.com
Medicinal plants are used in traditional medicine to treat a wide range of ailments. The
knowledge of them is handed down from generation to generation and is described in …