Evaluation of the wound-healing activity of selected traditional medicinal plants from Perú
Autor: | León Villegas, Abraham Vaisberg, Irma Fernández, Alfonso Zavaleta, Rosa Torres, Holger Maldonado, Gerald B. Hammond |
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Rok vydání: | 1997 |
Předmět: |
Pharmacology
Male Wound Healing Peperomia galioides Plants Medicinal biology Traditional medicine business.industry Drug Evaluation Preclinical Himatanthus Anredera biology.organism_classification Mice Drug Discovery Botany Peru Medicine Mentzelia Animals Medicine Traditional business Medicinal plants Jatropha curcas Spondias mombin Eleutherine bulbosa |
Zdroj: | Journal of ethnopharmacology. 55(3) |
ISSN: | 0378-8741 |
Popis: | Folk medicine practitioners in Peru employ plant preparations as wound-healing agents on superficial and internal wounds (gastric ulcers). The results of a scientific evaluation of the wound-healing activity of nine plants found in the Amazon jungle near Iquitos and in the Andes mountains is presented. The species studied were: Peperomia galioides, Mentzelia cordifolia, Mutisia acuminata, Himatanthus sucuuba, Spondias mombin, Eleutherine bulbosa, Muehlenbeckia tamnifolia, Anredera diffusa and Jatropha curcas. These plants have also been examined for their toxicological properties, their effect on blood pressure, smooth muscle and capillary permeability. Significant wound-healing activity was detected in Peperomia galioides, Anredera diffusa and Jatropha curcas. Extracts from Peperomia galioides and Anredera diffusa had no effect on cell proliferation and did not exhibit mutagenic activity. |
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