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Inhibition of Trypanosoma cruzi by plant extracts used in Chinese medicine.
2004
In this work, we assessed the effect of extracts obtained from 17 plants used in traditional Chinese medicine. These extracts were tested in vitro with the epimastigote form of Trypanosoma cruzi, clone Bra C(15) C(2), at 27 degrees C in F-29 medium at a concentration of 100 microg/ml in axenic cultures. Allopurinol was used as reference drug. Seven plant extracts showed inhibitory activities lower than 25%. Pueraria lobata, Mahonia beaei, Dictamus dasycarpus, Kochia scoparia, Sophora flavescens and Ligustrum lucidum showed effects with inhibition values between 25% and 60%, whereas Lithospermum erythrorhizon, Saussurea lappa, Melia toosendan and Cinnamomum cassia showed the greatest inhibit…
Popular uses of wild plant species for medicinal purposes in the Nebrodi Regional Park (North-Eastern Sicily, Italy)
2014
Ethnopharmacological relevance: The area of the Nebrodi Regional Park (North-Eastern Sicily, Italy) has Q3 been quantitatively investigated in an ethnobotanical study for the first time. A total of 90 wild species are used for medicinal purposes and the uses of 5 species have not previously been reported in ethnobotanical studies in Italy (e.g., the use of Arisarum vulgare O. Targ. Tozz. for the treatment of rheumatic pains, the use of Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke for the treatment of liver diseases). Aim of the study: The aim of this paper was to understand to what extent current knowledge on the medicinal use of plants is still an element of the culture within the rural populations of …
Inhibition of Trypanosoma cruzi growth by medical plant extracts
2002
This study describes the screening of extracts obtained from 18 plants and two fungi used in the Chinese and Mediterranean traditional medicines on epimastigote forms of Trypanosoma cruzi. The extracts were tested against epimastigote of T. cruzi Bra C15C2 clone in vitro at 27 degrees C and at a concentration of 250 microg/ml in axenic culture. Angelica dahurica, A. pubescens, A. sinensis, Astragalus membranaceus, Coptis chinensis, Haplophyllum hispanicum, Phellodendron amurense, Poria cocos, Ranunculus sceleratus and Scutellaria baicalensis showed significant effects against the parasite with a percentage of growth inhibition between 20 and 100%. C. chinensis and R. sceleratus showed the g…
Antioxidant activity of anti-inflammatory plant extracts
2002
The antioxidant properties of twenty medical herbs used in the traditional Mediterranean and Chinese medicine were studied. Extracts from Forsythia suspensa, Helichrysum italicum, Scrophularia auriculata, Inula viscosa, Coptis chinensis, Poria cocos and Scutellaria baicalensis had previously shown anti-inflammatory activity in different experimental models. Using free radical-generating systems H. italicum. I. viscosa and F. suspensa protected against enzymatic and non-enzymatic lipid peroxidation in model membranes and also showed scavenging property on the superoxide radical. All extracts were assayed at a concentration of 100 microg/ml. Most of the extracts were weak scavengers of the hy…
Modulation of P450 enzymes by Cuban natural products rich in polyphenolic compounds in rat hepatocytes.
2008
This paper reports cytotoxic effects and changes in the P450 system after exposing rat hepatocytes to four polyphenol-rich products widely used in Cuban traditional medicine (Mangifera indica L. (MSBE), Thalassia testudinum (Tt), Erythroxylum minutifolium and confusum extracts). Effects of mangiferin, the main polyphenol in MSBE, were also evaluated. Cytotoxicity was assayed by the MTT test after exposure of cells to the products (50-1000 microg/mL) for 24 or 72 h. The results showed that 500 microg/mL MSBE was moderately cytotoxic after 72 h, while mangiferin was not. Marked reductions in cell viability were produced by Erythroxylum extracts at concentrationsor = 200 microg/mL, whereas onl…
Global variation in anastomosis and end colostomy formation following left-sided colorectal resection
2019
Background: End colostomy rates following colorectal resection vary across institutions in high-income settings, being influenced by patient, disease, surgeon and system factors. This study aimed to assess global variation in end colostomy rates after left-sided colorectal resection. Methods: This study comprised an analysis of GlobalSurg-1 and -2 international, prospective, observational cohort studies (2014, 2016), including consecutive adult patients undergoing elective or emergency left-sided colorectal resection within discrete 2-week windows. Countries were grouped into high-, middle- and low-income tertiles according to the United Nations Human Development Index (HDI). Factors associ…
De Platonis "Parmenidis" codicibus quaestiones
2021
Si fa un censimento completo dei manoscritti che contengono il "Parmenide" di Platone e se ne definiscono i rapporti, proponendo innovazioni e integrazioni rispetto agli studi di C. Moreschini (1965-66). A complete census is made of the manuscripts that contain Plato's "Parmenides" and their relationships are defined, proposing innovations and additions with respect to the studies of C. Moreschini (1965-66).
Matka Jezusa w nauczaniu i tradycji apostolskiej wzorem współczesnej katechezy maryjnej
2018
Artykuł próbuje odpowiedzieć na pytanie o model katechezy maryjnej w naszych czasach. Współczesna katecheza maryjna powinna być – na wzór katechezy apostolskiej i patrystycznej – biblijna, chrystologiczna, eklezjalna i antropologiczna, czyli wierna Bogu i człowiekowi. Nie może być ckliwa i egzaltowana czy oparta tylko na emocjach i pobożności ludowej. Domaga się pogłębienia biblijnego i patrystycznego, czyli fachowej interpretacji i aktualizacji tekstów Starego i Nowego Testamentu, odwołujących się do osoby Matki Jezusa. Trzeba też sięgać do Ojców Kościoła i wielkich teologów maryjnych, którzy byli piewcami Matki Słowa. Nie wolno również zapomnieć o rozwoju tradycji maryjnej w kulturze i sz…
“Mel” ~ “fel”: il dolce e l’amaro della doppiezza in alcuni testi poetici mediolatini dei secoli XI-XIII
2021
In questa nota viene proposta una rassegna di testi poetici mediolatini dei secoli XI-XIII – in particolare le commedie elegiache e i componimenti misogini – nei quali compare l’opposizione metaforica, ossimorica e paronomastica "mel" ~ "fel", volta a stigmatizzare la doppiezza che sovente caratterizza i comportamenti degli uomini e, soprattutto, delle donne. This note proposes a review of Middle-Latin poetic texts of the 11th-13th centuries – in particular the elegiac comedies and the misogynistic compositions – in which the metaphorical, oxymorical and paronomastic opposition "mel" ~ "fel" appears, aimed at stigmatizing the duplicity that often characterizes the behavior of men and, above…
Plant genetic resources and traditional knowledge on medicinal use of wild shrub and herbaceous plant species in the Etna Regional Park (Eastern Sici…
2014
Ethnopharmacological relevance: This paper illustrates the results of a study carried out in the Etna Regional Park (Eastern Sicily, Italy) concerning the traditional knowledge on medicinal use of wild plant species. It specifies contains the results of a quantitative analysis carried out for the first time. A total of 71 wild species are used for medicinal purposes. Two species, Astracantha sicula (Biv.) Greuter and Trifolium phleoides Willd., are little known as medicinal in the Mediterranean area. Aim of the study: The main aim of the study was to understand to what extent current knowledge on the medicinal use of plants is still an element of the culture within the elderly population of…