A polysaccharide was extracted from the roots of Pombalia calceolaria, a plant used in folk medicine in Northeastern Brazil, by decoction followed by precipitation with methanol, yielding a concentration of 13.0% w/w, and purification with acetone. The molar mass peak was estimated to be 4.0 × 103 Da using gel permeation chromatography (GPC). Polarized light photomicrography of histological sections revealed th...
Pombalia calceolaria L., Violaceae, popularly known as ipecac-the-beach, ipecabranca, ipecacunha of healers is a perennial, herbaceous predominant in the northeastern backlands. Although there are no data in the literature proving their pharmacological activity, for decades, its roots are prepared in the form of decoction, licker and maceration, the main indications are popular cough, expectoration, as anthelmi...