The Genus Miconia Ruiz & Pav. (Melastomataceae): Ethnomedicinal Uses, Pharmacology, and Phytochemistry

VB da Silva, JW Almeida-Bezerra, AR Costa… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Species of the genus Miconia are used in traditional medicine for the treatment of diseases,
such as pain, throat infections, fever, and cold, and they used as depuratives, diuretics, and …

Health functions and related molecular mechanisms of Miconia genus: A systematic review

SR Gandhi, GR Gandhi, PJ Antony, VE Hillary… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
The Miconia genus is traditionally used in folk medicine in Brazil and other tropical American
countries and is represented by 282 species in this region. It is a multifaceted genus of …

Evaluation of the antibacterial activity of the methylene chloride extract of Miconia ligustroides, isolated triterpene acids, and ursolic acid derivatives

WR Cunha, GX de Matos, MGM Souza… - Pharmaceutical …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
The methylene chloride extract of Miconia ligustroides (DC.) Naudin (Melastomataceae), the
isolated compounds ursolic and oleanolic acids and a mixture of these acids, and ursolic …

Antioxidant study indicative of antibacterial and antimutagenic activities of an ellagitannin-rich aqueous extract from the leaves of Miconia latecrenata

DC Gontijo, PC Gontijo, GC Brandão, MAN Diaz… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance; Several plant species of Miconia genus are commonly
used in Brazilian folk medicine as anti-inflammatory agents and for the treatment of …

Antileishmanial Activity of the Hydroalcoholic Extract of Miconia langsdorffii, Isolated Compounds, and Semi-Synthetic Derivatives

JA Peixoto, ML Andrade e Silva, AEM Crotti… - Molecules, 2011 - mdpi.com
The in vitro activity of the crude hydroalcoholic extract of the aerial parts of Miconia
langsdorffii Cogn. was evaluated against the promastigote forms of L. amazonensis, the …

[PDF][PDF] An overview of Miconia genus: chemical constituents and biological activities

GOS Cunha, DC da Cruz, ACS Menezes - Pharmacogn. Rev, 2019 - academia.edu
Miconia genus, belonging to Melastomataceae family, is widely distributed in tropical
America and includes some native Brazilian species. This paper reviews the literature on …

Natural Products from Garcinia brasiliensis as Leishmania Protease Inhibitors

IO Pereira, DM Assis, MA Juliano… - Journal of medicinal …, 2011 - liebertpub.com
The infections by protozoans of the genus Leishmania are a major worldwide health
problem, with high endemicity in develo** countries. The drugs of choice for the treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation of nepetolide as a novel lead compound: Antioxidant, antimicrobial, cytotoxic, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, analgesic activities and molecular …

T ur Rehman, A Khan, A Abbas, J Hussain… - Saudi pharmaceutical …, 2018 - Elsevier
In the present study, we describe various pharmacological effects and computational
analysis of nepetolide, a tricyclic clerodane-type diterpene, isolated from Nepeta suavis …

The longer the conditioning, the better the quality? The effects of leaf conditioning time on aquatic hyphomycetes and performance of shredders in a tropical stream

CG Casotti, WP Kiffer Jr, LC Costa, P Barbosa… - Aquatic Ecology, 2019 - Springer
In this study, we aimed to evaluate the effects of leaf conditioning time on aquatic
hyphomycete assemblages and the performance of invertebrate shredders. We …

Anti-inflammatory and antinociceptive activities of the leaf methanol extract of Miconia minutiflora (Bonpl.) DC. and characterization of compounds by UPLC-DAD …

ASSG Gatis-Carrazzoni, FVB Mota, TCC Leite… - Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's …, 2019 - Springer
Some species of the genus Miconia are used in Brazilian folk medicine as analgesic and
anti-inflammatory; however, several species of this genus are still poorly studied. Therefore …