August 2016

Versatility and consensus of the use of medicinal plants in an area of cerrado in the Chapada do Araripe, Barbalha - CE- Brazil

This study aimed to conduct an ethnobotanical survey of medicinal species in an área of cerrado vegetation in the chapada do Araripe, Ceara, as well as evaluating and selecting species with potential for bioprospecting, based on the relative importance of the species and the consensus among the informants. The ethnobotanical data were collected through semi-structured interviews and a free list, and by using the...

Author(s): Delmacia G. Macêdo, Irwin R. A. Menezes, Sirleis R. Lacerda, Maria A. P. da Silva, Daiany A. Ribeiro, Maria S. Macêdo, Liana G. S. Oliveira, Manuele E. Saraiva, Sarah R. Alencar, Samara F. Oliveira,  Maria O. Santos, Bianca V. de Almeida, Julimery G. F. Macedo, Francisca F. S. Sousa, Marília A. Soares, Thatiane M. S. de Araújo and Marta M. A. Souza

August 2016

Investigation of the inhibitory effects from the Brazilian medicinal plant Pothomorphe umbellata L. (Piperaceae) on the molecular pathways of cyclooxygenase-2 and nuclear factor kappa B

Presently, medicinal plants, such as Pothomorphe umbellata L. (Piperaceae), have been assessed as sources of potential therapeutic medicines. The inhibitory effects of the crude extract, fractions and 4-nerolidylcathecol, a phenolic compound which has been assigned significant activity in several beneficial properties performed by the plant, on the molecular pathways of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and nuclear factor kappa...

Author(s): Andrey Pereira Lopes, Bianca Souza Bagatela, Fernando Luiz Affonso Fonseca, Edson Luis Maistro, Jairo Kenupp Bastos, Dhammika Nanayakkara and Fábio Ferreira Perazzo

August 2016

Indigenous knowledge and antibacterial activity of selected herbs used locally to treat common cold in Central Uganda

The study documented the medicinal plants used in the treatment of influenza and common cough and established efficacy of some plants locally used against bacteria causing upper respiratory tract infections in Uganda. It involved an ethnobotanical survey and laboratory experimental investigation to determine the bioactivity against selected bacteria that cause upper respiratory tract infections. Data on medicinal...

Author(s): Joel Walugembe, Jacob S. Iramiot and Esther Katuura