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Medicinal plants and their relevance in oxidative and inflammatory processes
Laranjeira, Inês MartinsAs plantas aromáticas e medicinais têm sido uma parte integrante da civilização humana desde a antiguidade, como terapias para várias doenças e contribuindo para o desenvolvimento da medicina tradicional em todo o mundo. Estas plantas contêm uma diversidade de compostos bioativos com propriedades terapêuticas, tornando-as recursos valiosos para as indústrias da saúde e farmacêutica. Com o crescente interesse em...
Anti-inflammatory effect of Pterospartum tridentatum leaf extract in acute and ...
Laranjeira, Inês Martins; Gonçalves, João N. D.; Gonçalves, Cátia; Silva, Marlene; Mouta, Nuno; Dias, Alberto C. P.; Pinto-Ribeiro, FilipaPterospartum tridendatum is an important source of active compounds with anti-inflammatory properties. The ability of P. tridentatum leaves methanolic extract in preventing/reversing inflammation was studied in adult rats using a model of experimental osteoarthritis (OA) and ear edema. Control animals (SHAM) were administered phosphate buffer solution (PBS), while OA animals received either P. tridentatum 100 m...
Pharmacological potential of Baccharis dracunculifolia in the control of emotio...
Laranjeira, Inês MartinsIn osteoarthritis (OA) the progressive degeneration of articular structures persistently activates nociceptors leading to chronic pain. Chronic pain is often accompanied by the comorbid development of emotional impairments, including anxiety and depression, an effect recently associated to changes in the activation level of microglia in the brain. Baccharis dracunculifolia DC (Asteraceae) (Bd) is a Brazilian me...