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Botanical, phytochemical and cytotoxic aspects of vegetable species belonging t...
Santana, Rebeca Oliveira de; Ribeiro, Erika Maria de Oliveira; Pacheco, Luciano Vasconcellos; Guimarães, Elisalva TeixeiraThis integrative review aims to present botanical, phytochemical and cytotoxic information about plant species commonly used. As a strategy to search for articles, the databases of Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS), Scientific Electronic Library Online (SCIELO), Science Direct, and Google Scholar were used. selected works in Portuguese, English and Spanish. After reading the ab...
Fulminant hepatic failure caused by herbal supplies
Santos Júnior, Genário Oliveira; Ferreira Filho, Raymundo Paraná; Foulon, Liana Machado de Codes; Noblat, Lúcia de Araújo Costa BeislThe consumption of botanicals for therapeutic purposes has increased significantly in recent years. Druginduced liver disease (DILI) is a frequent cause of acute liver injury, around 50% in the United States, and about 1% is secondary to the use of phytotherapeuticals and herbal supplies. Ruellia bahiensis, a plant species of the Acanthaceae family, is a tropical plant distributed in Northeastern Brazil. In fol...