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Review of the medicinal use of Rhaphiodon echinus Schauer (Lamiaceae): biologic...
Cruz Neto, João; Viana, José Wellington Macêdo; Silva, Viviane Bezerra da; Costa, Adrielle Rodrigues; Costa, Maria Haiele Nogueira daThe objective was to conduct a literature review on the biological and pharmacological activities of Rhaphiodon echinus. This is an integrative review guided by the following question: What is the scientific evidence about the biological and pharmacological activity of R. echinus? The databases MEDLINE, PUBMED, BDENF, SCOPUS and WoS were chosen for the search. A population of 54 studies was identified whose sam...
Scientometric data in the context "sustainable development in Brazil" in the la...
Sampaio, Raimundo Samuel Leite; Lima, Elvis Estilak; Bezerra, Janete de Souza; Pereira, Kyhara Soares; Santos, Luciano Temoteo dosThe concern with sustainable development represents the possibility of guaranteeing socio-political changes that do not compromise the ecological and social systems that sustain life. In this context, a bibliographic and scientometric survey was carried out in terms of sustainable development, important tools to study and measure the progress of science in quantitative and qualitative analyzes. Productivity was...
Mesosphaerum suaveolens (Lamiacae): Source of antimicrobial and antioxidant com...
Bezerra, José Weverton Almeida; Rodrigues, Felicidade Caroline; Costa, Adrielle Rodrigues; Pereira, Kyhara Soares; Vieira, Natália RodriguesThe use in folk medicine of leaves of Mesosphaerum suaveolens for the treatment of diseases of the digestive system and respiratory system, raised the hypothesis that its volatile oil has biological properties against pathogenic microorganisms. To evaluate this hypothesis, the antibacterial, antifungal activity against Candida yeast strains, which modifies the action of antibiotics and antioxidants (DPPH) was e...
In vitro antibiotic and modulatory activity of Mesosphaerum suaveolens (L.) kun...
Costa, Adrielle Rodrigues; Bezerra, José Weverton Almeida; Cruz, Rafael Pereira da; Freitas, Maria Audilene de; Silva, Viviane Bezerra daThe emergence of fungal resistance to commercial drugs has been a major problem for the WHO. In this context, research with natural products is promising in the discovery of new active substances. Thus, this work evaluated the antifungal effect of a medicinal plant (i.e., Mesosphaerum suaveolens) against strains of the genus Candida, tested the combined effect with the drug fluconazole, and, finally, determined...