Myracrodruon urundeuva Allemão (Aroeira-do-Sertão), Anacardiaceae, is one of the most used plants in folk medicine in Northeastern Brazil as an anti-inflammatory, lesion healing and antiulcer agent. This species is threatened with extinction as a result of anthropogenic exploitation. Considering that 40-cm-long shoots produce qualitatively the same pharmacologically active constituents of the inner bark, the go...
Ethnopharmacological relevance: Myracrodruon urundeuva Allemão (Aroeira-do-Sertão), Anacardiaceae, is one of the most used plants in folk medicine in Northeastern Brazil as an anti-inflammatory, healing and antiulcer. This species is threatened with extinction due to anthropogenic exploitation. The importance of this study is to demonstrate the feasibility of a conservationist model of replacement of the M. uru...