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Brazilian plants with anticholinesterase action – a review
Lopes, Francisco Flávio da Silva; Frota, Lucas Soares; Fontenele, Gilson Araújo; Silva, Marcus Vinícius Ferreira da; Fernandes, Victor BorgesBrazil has a large flora distributed throughout its territory, containing the greatest genetic diversity in species in the world, many of them used for therapeutic purposes. Plants are the best sources for discovering bioactive compounds against diseases. Alzheimer's Disease is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by memory loss, mainly affecting the population over 65 years of age. This work describes a s...
Chemical composition and evaluation of antioxidant and anticholinesterase activ...
Frota, Lucas Soares; Lopes, Francisco Flavio Sousa; Alves , Daniela Ribeiro; Freitas, Leonardo Soares; Franco, Gabriela Marinho GonçalvesThe medicinal plant Ouratea fieldinfiana popularly known as batiputá, is commonly found in the coastal region of Ceará, belonging to the Ochnaceae family and with arboreal or shrubby characteristics, an oil can be extracted from its fruit that is used in cooking and in traditional medicine as an anti-inflammatory. This work aimed to characterize the batiputá oil and the polar fraction of this oil, as well as to...