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Background:
The Litsea genus has four native species from Mesoamerica. Litsea guatemalensis Mez. is a native tree, traditionally used as a condiment and herbal medicine in the region. It has demonstrated antimicrobial, aromatic, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activity. Bioactive fractionation attributed the anti-inflammatory and anti-hyperalges...
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a chronic diseasewith a high prevalence in rural and indigenous communitiesof Guatemala, in which the use of medicinal plants forits treatment has been reported. In order to know whichplants are used by the population for this condition, anethnopharmacological study was carried out with 36 individualsfrom the Tz'utujil p...
Ethnopharmacological relevance
Snakebite envenoming is a public health problem of high impact in Central America. Bothrops asper, known as barba amarilla, terciopelo, and equis, is the snake species responsible for most snakebites in Central America. In this region, there is a long-standing tradition on the use of plants in the management of snakeb...
Neurolaena lobata es utilizada tradicionalmente en Centroamérica para tratar la mordedura de serpiente, pero su efectividad para contrarrestar el envenenamiento producido por Bothrops asper ha sido poco estudiada. Se evaluó la capacidad del extracto etanólico de sus hojas para inhibir las actividades proteolítica, fosfolipasa A2 (PLA2; evaluada com...
Existen pocos estudios científicos que demuestren el valor terapéutico de las plantas en la medicina tradicional centroamericana para tratar el envenenamiento ofídico. En este estudio se evaluó la capacidad de los extractos etanólicos de nueve plantas de uso etnomédico en Centroamérica (Acacia hindsii, Aristolochia maxima, Bursera simaruba, Cissamp...
Mangrove populations were selected in Multiple Use Natural Reserve of Monterrico, Guatemala, for the chemical characterization and biological evaluation of leaves, roots and bark. Ethanol extract were prepared and secondary metabolites identified by macro and semi-micro tests. The antioxidant activity was determined by ABTS and DPPH tests and antib...
Litsea genus comprises about 100 species worldwide, four from Mexico and Central America which are characterized for their aromatic, seasoning and medicinal uses. The most prominent biological activities of this genus are antimicrobial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, insecticidal and recently antiviral, cytotoxic and antioxidant, mainly from Asian...
There is growing evidence that many diseases are caused by cellular oxidative processes involved in biomolecular damage, contributing to the etiology of chronic and degenerative diseases. Different phenolic compounds, such as flavonoids, are reported within the secondary metabolites in the Passifloraceae family, compounds associated with antioxidan...
There is growing evidence that many diseases are caused by cellular oxidative processes involved in biomolecular damage, contributing to the etiology of chronic and degenerative diseases. Different phenolic compounds, such as flavonoids, are reported within the secondary metabolites in the Passifloraceae family, compounds associated with antioxidan...
There is growing evidence that many diseases are caused by oxidative processes, contributing to the etiology of chronic and degenerative diseases. Antioxidant activity is also interesting in industry for food conservation and cosmetics. Piper is an important tropical genus with high chemical and biological diversity; one of the important molecules...
