Medicinal plants in Brazil: Pharmacological studies, drug discovery, challenges and perspectives

RC Dutra, MM Campos, ARS Santos… - Pharmacological research, 2016 - Elsevier
This review article focuses on pre-clinical and clinical studies with some selected Brazilian
medicinal plants in different areas of interest, conducted by research groups in Brazil and …

Jamu: Indonesian traditional herbal medicine towards rational phytopharmacological use

HJ Woerdenbag, O Kayser - Journal of herbal medicine, 2014 - Elsevier
Jamu is the Indonesian traditional herbal medicine that has been practised for many
centuries in the Indonesian community to maintain good health and to treat diseases …

In vitro antioxidant activities of methanol extracts of five Phyllanthus species from India

A Kumaran, RJ Karunakaran - LWT-Food Science and Technology, 2007 - Elsevier
In this study, the antioxidant activity of methanol extracts of five plants from the genus
Phyllanthus was evaluated by various antioxidant assays, including total antioxidant, free …

Novel antiviral agents: a medicinal plant perspective

SAA Jassim, MA Naji - Journal of applied microbiology, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Several hundred plant and herb species that have potential as novel antiviral agents have
been studied, with surprisingly little overlap. A wide variety of active phytochemicals …

Inhibitory action of Phyllanthus amarus extracts on the corrosion of mild steel in acidic media

PC Okafor, ME Ikpi, IE Uwah, EE Ebenso, UJ Ekpe… - Corrosion …, 2008 - Elsevier
The inhibitive action of leaves (LV), seeds (SD) and a combination of leaves and seeds
(LVSD) extracts of Phyllanthus amarus on mild steel corrosion in HCl and H2SO4 solutions …

[HTML][HTML] An insight into the modulatory effects and mechanisms of action of phyllanthus species and their bioactive metabolites on the immune system

I Jantan, MA Haque, M Ilangkovan… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Phyllanthus species (family; Euphorbiaceae) have been intensively studied for their
immunomodulating effects due to their wide-ranging uses to treat immune-related diseases …

Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants by population of valley of Juruena region, legal Amazon, Mato Grosso, Brazil

IGC Bieski, M Leonti, JT Arnason, J Ferrier… - Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological importance The use of medicinal plants for treatment, cure and
prevention of diseases has been described by many people since time immemorial …

Herbal medicine in the treatment of liver diseases

F Stickel, D Schuppan - Digestive and liver disease, 2007 - Elsevier
Herbal drugs have become increasingly popular and their use is widespread. Licensing
regulations and pharmacovigilance regarding herbal products are still incomplete and …

Naturally occurring antinociceptive substances from plants

JB Calixto, A Beirith, J Ferreira… - … Journal Devoted to …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the progress that has occurred in recent years in the development of therapy, there
is still a need for effective and potent analgesics, especially for the treatment of chronic pain …

In vitro antiplasmodial activity of extracts and fractions from seven medicinal plants used in the Democratic Republic of Congo

L Tona, RK Cimanga, K Mesia, CT Musuamba… - Journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
The in vitro antiplasmodial activity of seven EtOH extracts and twenty fractions from the
partition of the initial ethanolic extracts from seven African medicinal plants used in the …