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Antibacterial and Antiparasitic Effects of Bothropoides lutzi venom
Menezes, Ramon R.P.P.B. de; Alba, Torres F. C; Silva, Thiala S. J. da; Sousa, Daniel F. de; Lima, Danya B; Norjosa, Diva B.; Nogueira, Nádia A. PThe therapeutic potential of toxins has aroused great interest in the scientific community. Microbial resistance is a serious current public health problem, in part because of the wide use of antimicrobial drugs. Furthermore, there are several problems in the treatment of parasitic diseases such as leishmaniosis and Chagas’ disease, including the low efficacy in some clinical phases of the diseases and the loss...
Spondias mombin: Quality control and anti-inflammatory activity in human neutro...
Silva, Thiala S. J. da; Soares, Arlete A.; Rocha, Talita M.; Pimenta, Antônia T. Á.; Miron, Diogo; Silva, Rolf J. F.; Viana, Glauce S. B.Spondias mombin L. (Anacardiaceae) is a tree known in Northeast Brazil as “cajazeira”. Besides producing fruit that is widely consumed (yellow mombin or hog plum in English, caja in Portuguese, among others), its leaves are extensively used in traditional medicine for its anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and antiviral properties. This study aimed to develop a standardized hydroalcoholic extract of S. mombin lea...