Biological Activities and Chemical Characterization of Cordia verbenacea DC. as Tool to Validate the Ethnobiological Usage

Knowledge of medicinal plants is often the only therapeutic resource of many communities and ethnic groups. “Erva-baleeira”, Cordia verbenacea DC., is one of the species of plants currently exploited for the purpose of producing a phytotherapeutic product extracted from its leaves. In Brazil, its ma...

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Main Authors: Edinardo Fagner Ferreira Matias, Erivânia Ferreira Alves, Beatriz Sousa Santos, Celestina Elba Sobral de Souza, João Victor de Alencar Ferreira, Anne Karyzia Lima Santos de Lavor, Fernando Gomes Figueredo, Luciene Ferreira de Lima, Francisco Antônio Vieira dos Santos, Flórido Sampaio Neves Peixoto, Aracélio Viana Colares, Aline Augusti Boligon, Rogério de Aquino Saraiva, Margareth Linde Athayde, João Batista Teixeira da Rocha, Irwin Rose Alencar Menezes, Henrique Douglas Melo Coutinho, José Galberto Martins da Costa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/164215