PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF HYDROETHANOLIC EXTRACTS FROM POWDERED ROOTS OF Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer AND Heteropterys tomentosa A. Juss AND EVALUATION OF THEIR EFFECTS ON ASTROCYTE CELL DEATH

The medicinal plants Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer (Araliaceae) and Heteropterys tomentosa A. Juss (Malpighiaceae) are widely and separately used by the Brazilian population as phytotherapeutics for the same medicinal purposes as tonics and to improve cognition. A chemical analysis was carried out on hy...

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Main Authors: Andréia Gomes Bezerra, Giuseppina Negri, Joaquim Maurício Duarte-Almeida, Soraya Soubhi Smaili, Elisaldo Araújo Carlini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2016-06-01
Series:Química Nova
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422016000500581&lng=en&tlng=en