In the present paper, we analyze the past, present and future of medicinal plants, both as
potential antimicrobial crude drugs as well as a source for natural compounds that act as new …

Diffusion and dilution methods have been employed to study the antimicrobial activity of
medicinal plants. A number of modifications have been made in the technique in order to obtain …

The hereditary disorder ataxia telangiectasia (AT) is associated with striking cellular
radiosensitivity that cannot be attributed to the characterized cell cycle checkpoint defects. By …

This paper compiles the beneficial effects of cocoa polyphenols on human health, especially
with regard to cardiovascular and inflammatory diseases, metabolic disorders, and cancer …

The naphthoquinone shikonin is the main active principle of Zicao, a traditional Chinese
herbal medicine made from the dried root of Lithospermum erythrorhizon. Studies carried out …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Sarcoidosis is an idiopathic systemic granulomatous
disease, recognized in a patient when clinical and radiologic findings are confirmed by …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.; Lythraceae) has
traditionally been used for the treatment of various inflammatory diseases, including ulcerative …

Lanostanes are a group of tetracyclic triterpenoids derived from lanosterol. They have relevant
biological and pharmacological properties, such as their cytotoxic effects via induction of …

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Taiuiá or tayuya (Cayaponia tayuya, Cucurbitaceae)
is a climbing, lignified plant with a large swollen root that has traditionally been used …

The effects of a supercritical CO 2 (SFE) extract, a dichloromethane (DCM) extract from
Isatis tinctoria leaf and the alkaloidal constituent tryptanthrin were studied in acute and …