Bioactivity and potential therapeutic benefits of some medicinal plants from the Caatinga (semi-arid) vegetation of Northeast Brazil: A review of the literature

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 193-207

  Silva, Maria I G ^a   de Melo, Carla T V ^a   Vasconcelos, Leonardo F ^a   de Carvalho, Alyne M R ^a   Sousa, Francisca C F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caatinga medicinal plants potential therapeutic pharmacological assays

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; 4' METHOXYFISETIN; AFRORMOSIN; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ALNUSENOL; ALPHA AMYRIN; AMBUROSIDE A; AMBUROSIDE B; ANACARDIC ACID; ANTIOXIDANT; APIGENIN; BETA AMYRIN; BETULIC ACID; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CINNAMIC ACID; COUMARIN; ESSENTIAL OIL; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; ISOKAEMPFERIDE; KAEMPFEROL; LUPENONE; LUPEOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHENOL GLUCOSIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTOCATECHUIC ACID; SITOSTEROL; STIGMASTEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AMBURANA CEARENSIS; ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALIS; ANADENANTHERA COLUBRINA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BAUHINIA FORFICATA; BRAZIL; BRENAN; BRONCHODILATING ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CISSUS SICYOIDES; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEGUME; LIVER PROTECTION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MYRACRODRUON URUNDEUVA; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SEMIARID CLIMATE; VEGETATION; ZINGIBER OFFICINALIS;

EID: 83155192389     PISSN: 0102695X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-695X2011005000171     Document Type: Review

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