RESTRITO; Submitted by Santiago Fabio (fabio.ssantiago@hotmail.com) on 2012-07-10T14:48:21Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DD.pdf: 191921 bytes, checksum: e7e0d97358e281aeda5710f62c757522 (MD5); Made available in DSpace on 2012-07-10T14:48:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DD.pdf: 191921 bytes, checksum: e7e0d97358e281aeda5710f62c757522 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006; The anti-inflammatory pentacyclic triterpene, oleanoli...
The diterpene, 12-acetoxy-hawtriwaic acid lactone (AHAL) isolated from the flower buds of Egletes viscosa Less. (Asteraceae), a popular medicinal plant largely encountered in Ceará State was evaluated in mice for its anti-inflammatory and antinociceptive potential, using capsaicin-induced ear edema and hindpaw nociception as experimental models. AHAL (12.5, 25 and 50 mg/kg, p.o.) significantly attenuated the ea...
Triterpenes are natural compounds with anti-inflammatory and cytoprotective effects relatively non-toxic. Acute pancreatitis, an inflammation of the pancreas, may lead to systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS), conditions that can lead the patient to death. In this study, a mixture of triterpenes isolated from Protium hepthaphyllum was investigated for thei...