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Title: 
Brosimum gaudichaudii Trecul (Moraceae): Da planta ao medicamento
Other Titles: 
Brosimum gaudichaudii Trecul (Moraceae): From plant to medicine
Author(s): 
Pozetti, Gilberto Luiz
Institution: 
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
ISSN: 
1808-4532
Abstract: 
  • The chemical, biological, pharmacological and toxicological study of plants used in medical treatments by different societies around the world has been intensifying over the years, primarily in the search for new herbal, homeopathic or even allopathic medicines. Motivated by this interest, we are investigating some Brazilian plant species, among them a tree, Brosimum gaudichaudii Trecul (Moraceae), found in Brazil's savannah-like prairies and scrub-forest (cerrado) and mesophytic forest. Several extracts have been made and separated into fractions and some compounds have been isolated - principally coumarins - and their respective structures analyzed by spectrophotometric and other methods. By collaborating with researchers in other fields, we have been able to carry out various bioassays and even basic clinical tests, namely: determination of anti-helminthic, anti-microbial, photosensitizing, anticancer and mutagenic activities, toxicological and pathogenic studies, with the aim of discovering a genuinely Brazilian herbal or homeopathic medicine.
  • O estudo químico, biológico, farmacológico e toxicológico de plantas empregadas como medicamentosas por diferentes populações vem sendo incrementado ao longo dos anos, principalmente na busca de novos medicamentos, quer eles sejam fitoterápicos, homeopáticos ou alopáticos. Envolvido por esse mesmo interesse, buscamos desenvolver pesquisas com a planta brasileira Brosimum gaudichaudii Trecul (Moraceae), entre outras, a qual ocorre nos campos e cerrados e mata mesofítica do país. Com tal finalidade foram obtidos diferentes extratos, separadas frações, isoladas substâncias, principalmente cumarinas – e determinadas as respectivas estruturas empregando métodos espectrométricos e outros. Com a colaboração de outros pesquisadores foi possível realizar diferentes ensaios biológicos e mesmo pesquisa clínica básica, a saber: determinação das atividades anti-helmíntica, antimicrobiana, fotossensibilizante, anticancerígena, toxicológica, mutagênica e estudo patogenético, com a finalidade de se chegar a um medicamento genuinamente brasileiro, seja fitoterápico, seja homeopático.
Issue Date: 
1-Dec-2005
Citation: 
Revista de Ciencias Farmaceuticas Basica e Aplicada, v. 26, n. 3, p. 159-166, 2005.
Time Duration: 
159-166
Keywords: 
  • Biological, pharmacological and toxicological tests
  • Brosimum gaudichaudii Trecul
  • Chemical study
  • Herbal and homeopathic medicine
  • bergapten
  • Brosimum gaudichaudii trecul extract
  • coumarin
  • herbaceous agent
  • psoralen
  • umbelliferone
  • bioassay
  • Brosimum gaudichaudii trecul
  • chromatography
  • cytotoxicity
  • drug activity
  • drug effect
  • drug structure
  • forest
  • human
  • IC 50
  • liver toxicity
  • Moraceae
  • review
  • spectrophotometry
Source: 
http://serv-bib.fcfar.unesp.br/seer/index.php/Cien_Farm/article/view/417
URI: 
Access Rights: 
Acesso aberto
Type: 
outro
Source:
http://repositorio.unesp.br/handle/11449/68632
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