Folk uses and pharmacological properties of casearia sylvestris: A medicinal review

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1373-1384

  Ferreira, Paulo Michel P ^a   Costa Lotufo, Letícia V ^b   Moraes, Manoel O ^b   Barros, Francisco W A ^b   Martins, Aline M A ^b   Cavalheiro, Alberto J ^c   Bolzani, Vanderlan S ^c   Santos, André G ^c   Pessoa, Cláudia ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Casearia sylvestris; Folk uses; Pharmacological properties

Indexed keywords

ANTIDOTE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIULCER AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL; CASEARIA; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PLANT LEAF; REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; ANTIDOTES; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CASEARIA; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT OILS;

EID: 82855179392     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: 16782690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0001-37652011005000040     Document Type: Review

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