Ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry and pharmacology: A successful combination in the study of Croton cajucara

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-55

  Maciel, Maria Aparecida M ^a   Pinto, Angelo C ^a   Arruda, Alberto C ^b   Pamplona, Sônia G S R ^b   Vanderlinde, Frederico A ^c   Lapa, Antonio J ^d   Echevarria, Aurea ^c   Grynberg, Noema F ^c   Côlus, Ilce M S ^e   Farias, Rômulo A F ^f   Luna Costa, Angelica M ^f   Rao, Vietla S N ^f  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d EPM U   (Brazil)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acetyl aleuritolic acid; Clerodane; Croton cajucara; Pharmacological properties; trans Crotonin; trans Dehydrocrotonin

Indexed keywords

ANTIESTROGEN; ANTIULCER AGENT; CROTON EXTRACT; CROTONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DITERPENE; FLAVONOID; STEROID; TERPENOID; TRITERPENE;

ALLOXAN DIABETES MELLITUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICH ASCITES TUMOR; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; RAT; SARCOMA; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; STOMACH ULCER;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; BRAZIL; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; GASTRIC ACID; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; PARIETAL CELLS, GASTRIC; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOLVENTS;

EID: 0034055419     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(99)00159-2     Document Type: Article

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