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Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Wild Medicinal Plants of Piauí State-Brazil
Published in Mahendra Rai, Shandesh Bhattarai, Chistiane M. Feitosa, Ethnopharmacology of Wild Plants, 2021
Valdiléia Teixeira Uchôa, Mahendra Rai, Gilmânia Francisca Sousa Carvalho, Herbert Gonzaga Sousa, Patrícia e Silva Alves, Renata da Silva Carneiro, Ariane Maria da Silva Santos Nascimento, Felipe Pereira da Silva Santos, Gabriel e Silva Sales
Pharmacological studies of the plant Anadenanthera colubrina Brenam has shown that the ethanolic extract of its bark has an important anti-inflammatory effect, demonstrated by its ability to inhibit neutrophil migration in a dose-dependent manner and decreased vascular permeability. These results provide experimental evidence for the efficacy of traditional use of A. macrocarpa in treating various diseases associated with inflammation and pain (Rodrigues et al. 2014, Xavier et al. 2018).
Environmental Factors Impacting Bioactive Metabolite Accumulation in Brazilian Medicinal Plants
Published in Luzia Valentina Modolo, Mary Ann Foglio, Brazilian Medicinal Plants, 2019
Camila Fernanda de Oliveira Junkes, Franciele Antonia Neis, Fernanda de Costa, Anna Carolina Alves Yendo, Arthur Germano Fett-Neto
In Bauhinia cheilantha (Bong.) D. Dietr., a native species of the caatinga, leaf flavonoid contents responded negatively to higher rainfall rates, but without significant effects (Sobrinho et al., 2009). Water restriction resulted in decreased total phenolic compounds in Amburana cearensis (Allemão) A.C.Sm. seeds, an endemic tree from semiarid region of Northeastern Brazil (Pereira et al., 2014). Hydrocotyle umbellata L., found in all Brazilian states, on the other hand, did not suffer decreases either in biomass production or in flavonoid content when cultivated under two intensities of irrigation for three months (Alves et al., 2015). Rainfall did not correlate with phenolic compounds concentration in bark of Anadenanthera colubrine (Vell.) Brenan, a tree of the Brazilian caatinga and semideciduous forest (Araújo et al., 2015).
Ethnobotany of Plant Contraceptives
Published in T. Pullaiah, K. V. Krishnamurthy, Bir Bahadur, Ethnobotany of India, 2017
In a new mud pot, root of Nilkantha (Polygala chinensis), Ananta (Hemidesmus indicus), Kantikiari (Solanum surattense) and stem of Rakta chandan (Anadenanthera pavonia) and Swet chandan (Santalum album) is cooked in fire. Rasamanik, Rasasindur, Makaradhwaj, Golmarich (Piper nigrum), blood of black chicken is mixed. The Women will take as much as they can. The rest of the amount will be prepared in the form of pills. 3 pills in each day will be taken for one month. It prevents pregnancy permanently but if the women want to revive pregnancy they have to take different medicines from medicine men (Basak et al., 2016).
Antimicrobial activity of flavonoids glycosides and pyrrolizidine alkaloids from propolis of Scaptotrigona aff. postica
Published in Toxin Reviews, 2023
T. M. Cantero, P. I. Silva Junior, G. Negri, R. M. Nascimento, R. Z. Mendonça
Melissopalynological studies carried out on pollen grains found in the sediments of products elaborated by bees, can help determine their botanical and geographical origins. In the northeast region of Brazil, the pollen types most collected by bees were from Borreria verticillata, Croton, Cecropia, Eucalyptus, Mikania, Mimosa caesalpiniifolia, Myrcia, Poaceae type, Solanum and Schinus, while in the southeast, the pollen types most collected were from Anadenanthera, Cecropia, Citrus, Eucalyptus, Eupatorium, Mimosa caesalpiniifolia, Myrcia and Poaceae type (de Souza et al. 2019). Gluconic acid, quercetin-3,4-diglucoside, apigenin-6-C-glucoside, isoorientin-2”-O-rhamnoside, kaempferol 3,7-di-O-rhamnoside and ellagic acid were detected in pollen extract collected from Scaptotrigona aff. postica, in Maranhão state, Brazil (Lopes et al. 2020).
Use of Benefit Enhancement Strategies among 5-Methoxy-N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT) Users: Associations with Mystical, Challenging, and Enduring Effects
Published in Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 2020
Rafael L. Lancelotta, Alan K. Davis
Regarding the historical use of 5-MeO-DMT, there is evidence of spiritual and recreational use via snuffs derived from Virola theiodora resin or Anadenanthera peregrina seeds (Agurell et al., 1969; Mckenna, Towers, and Abbott 1984; Schultes 1984; Torres and Repke 2006; Trout 2015). However, although some research has proposed that toad venom containing 5-MeO-DMT may have been used by indigenous cultures (Weil and Davis 1994), anecdotal evidence does not support this claim (VICELAND 2017). The recent discovery of 5-MeO-DMT in Incilius alvarius toad venom secretions has led to a popularization of its recreational and spiritual use (Weil and Davis 1994; Uthaug et al., 2019; Davis et al. 2018), but seems to be of more recent origin.
Brazilian medicinal plants with corroborated anti-inflammatory activities: a review
Published in Pharmaceutical Biology, 2018
Victor Pena Ribeiro, Caroline Arruda, Mohamed Abd El-Salam, Jairo Kenupp Bastos
Another plant used in folk medicine is Anadenanthera colubrina (Vell.) Brenan (‘angico’) and its pharmacological potential was evaluated in vivo. The aqueous extract of the bark at 100, 200 and 400 mg/kg reduced the peritonitis caused by carrageenan. This plant contains flavonoids, saponins, catechins, phenols, steroids, tannins and terpenoids. Some flavonoids, tannins and saponins can inhibit enzymes or mediators involved in the inflammation pathway (Santos et al. 2013).