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Secondary metabolites and antioxidant action of Croton heliotripifolius and Cro...
Aquino, Vitória Viviane Ferreira; Costa, José Galberto Martins; Angélico, Elissandra Couras; Medeiros, Rosália Severo; Lucena, Maria de Fatima AraujoAntioxidants are compounds that, at optimal concentrations in relation to oxidable substrates, react with free radicals preventing or reducing oxidative stress. Many diseases and degenerative processes are associated with overproduction of free radicals. This stimulated several research groups to investigate the antioxidant potential of substances produced by several families of the world flora. This study iden...
Matricaria recutita extract associated with norfloxacin or cephalexin enhances ...
Maia, Rodrigo Rafael; Pereira, Andréia Vieira; Góis, Marcelo Biondaro; Souza, Karine Delgado; Cavalcanti-Dantas, Vanessa de MeloEmergence of bacterial infections, including those associated with Staphylococcus aureus, brings up a need for searching new and more effective strategies for clinical treatment. The use of medicinal plants associated with conventional antibiotics may represent a therapeutic option. Currently, studies evidence the synergistic effect achieved by combining plant extracts with antibiotics. Our objective was evalua...
Phytochemical approach, bromatologic composition and antibacterial activity of ...
Bezerra, Denise Aline Casimiro; Rodrigues, Fabíola Fernandes Galvão; Costa, José Galberto Martins da; Pereira, Andréia VieiraThe need to find new efficient drugs to combat microbes has increased the search for new natural compounds with biological activities. In this work, phytochemical studies and microbiological analysis were carried out with the ethanol extracts of Mimosa tenuiflora (Wild) Poiret and Piptadenia stipulacea (Benth) Ducke on pathogenic bacteria strains. The bark powders of both species were submitted to bromatologic ...