Evaluation of the toxicity and antimicrobial activity of hydroethanolic extract of Arrabidaea chica (Humb. & Bonpl.) B. Verl.

Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants by population of Valley of Juruena Region, Legal Amazon, Mato Grosso, Brazil

“…However, the highest UR of this plant was in the FI group, and it will therefore be discussed in this use-category. This present result corroborates previous studies that reported its widespread use as a medicinal plant especially in the Amazon region (Barbosa et al, 2008;Bieski et al, 2012;Lorenzi and Matos, 2008;Mafioleti et al, 2013).…”

“…The activities include among others, hepatoprotective (hydroethanolic extract), antimicrobial (hydroethanolic and dichloromethane extracts), wound healing (methanolic and ethanolic extracts), anti-inflammatory (aqueous extract), analgesic, antihelminthic and anti-Leshmania activities (hexanic extract) (Barbosa et al, 2008;Höfling et al, 2010;Mafioleti et al, 2013;Paula et al, 2014;Rodrigues et al, 2014). Recently also the ethanol and aqueous extracts of Arrabidaea chica were shown to be anti-inflammatory, antiangiogenic and antiproliferative activities in a murine model (Michel et al, 2015).…”

“…The ethnobotany of this region was of particular interest to us, because, despite being located in one of the biodiversity rich environments, there is lack of comprehensive studies regarding the uses of medicinal plants by the local population, however, there is a report on the pharmacological activity of a medicinal plant species from this region (Mafioleti et al, 2013).…”

Medicinal plants in the treatment ofHelicobacter pyloriinfections

“…Antimicrobial activity of hydroethanol extract of A. chica leaves was tested by the broth microdilution method using a panel of bacteria and yeast of clinical interest. The results demonstrated a pronounced activity against H. pylori (MIC ¼ 12.5 mg/mL) (Mafioleti et al, 2013).…”

A Mini Review of Indonesian Medicinal Plants for Vulvovaginal Candidiasis

“…5,6 Currently, according to the literature, many researchers are focused on finding plant-derived medicines [7][8][9] and related bioactive due to efficacy effects for anti-Candida 10-12 because medicinal plants had been reported to be safe and without side effect. [13][14][15] Indonesia, a country in southeast Asia, has a diverse flora that potential as medicinal plants for antiCandida applications. The present review reports the Indonesian medicinal plants to be efficient against C. albicans by carrying out their anti-Candida activity and their mechanism of action.…”