Levels of tannins and flavonoids in medicinal plants: Evaluating bioprospecting strategies

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Siqueira, Clarissa Fernanda De Queiroz ^a   Cabral, Daniela Lyra Vasconcelos ^a   Peixoto Sobrinho, Tadeu José Da Silva ^a   De Amorim, Elba Lúcia Cavalcanti ^a   De Melo, Joabe Gomes ^b   Araújo, Thiago Antônio De Sousa ^b   De Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM CHLORIDE; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FLAVONOID; TANNIN;

AMBURANA CEARENSIS; ANADENANTHERA COLUBRINA; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BAUHINIA CHEILANTHA; BRAZIL; CAESALPINIA PYRAMIDALIS; CAPPARIS JACOBINAE; CEDRELA ODORATA; CEREUS JAMACARU; CRATAEVA TAPIA; CROTON ARGYROGLOSSUM; CROTON BLANCHETIANUS; CROTON RHAMNIFOLIUS; DRUG ACTIVITY; ERYTHRINA VELUTINA; EUGENIA UVALHA; GUAPIRA LAXA; HANDROANTHUS IMPETIGINOSUS; HYMENAEA COURBARIL; LANTANA CAMARA; LIBIDIBIA FERREA; MANIHOT GLAZIOVII; MARANTA DIVARICATA; MAYTENUS RIGIDA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIMOSA TENUIFLORA; MYRACRODRUON URUNDEUVA; NICOTIANA GLAUCA; PLANT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHINOPSIS BRASILIENSIS; SERJANIA LETHALIS; SOLANUM ACULEATISSIMUM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPONDIAS TUBEROSA; TABEBUIA IMPETIGINOSA; TILLANDSIA USNEOIDES; ZIZIPHUS JOAZEIRO;

EID: 81555198140     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/434782     Document Type: Article

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