2006
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-695x2006000500016
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Treatment of drug dependence with Brazilian herbal medicines

Abstract: RESUMO: "Tratamento da dependência de drogas com plantas medicinais brasileiras". O tema "Plantas medicinais no tratamento de dependência" em um país deve ser precedido pela resposta a quatro questões: 1. O país em questão possui biodiversidade sufi ciente para permitir a descoberta de remédios naturais úteis? 2. Seus habitantes possuem tradição e cultura de procurar e utilizar recursos da natureza para aliviar e curar doenças, incluindo dependência de drogas? 3. O problema de dependência de drogas está presen… Show more

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“…Close to 100 species have been identifi ed in the kind of Thymus across the world (Richard et al, 1985).They are reported to possess some biological effects such as antispasmodic (Meister et al, 1999), antibacterial (Essawi;Srour, 2000 andDob et al, 2006), antifungal (Soliman;Badeaa, 2002), antitabagism (Carlini et al, 2006), giardicidal (Amaral et al, 2006) and antioxidant activities (Tepe et al, 2005). The First Edition of Brazilian Offi cial Pharmacopoeia, published in 1926, includes 1702 Monographs for medicinal products.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Close to 100 species have been identifi ed in the kind of Thymus across the world (Richard et al, 1985).They are reported to possess some biological effects such as antispasmodic (Meister et al, 1999), antibacterial (Essawi;Srour, 2000 andDob et al, 2006), antifungal (Soliman;Badeaa, 2002), antitabagism (Carlini et al, 2006), giardicidal (Amaral et al, 2006) and antioxidant activities (Tepe et al, 2005). The First Edition of Brazilian Offi cial Pharmacopoeia, published in 1926, includes 1702 Monographs for medicinal products.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Essas plantas crescem essencialmente nas regiões tropicais, mas também estão presentes nas áreas subtropicais e temperadas do mundo. Várias espécies desse gênero, conhecidas vulgarmente como maracujá, têm amplo uso na medicina popular, sendo suas partes aéreas utilizadas tradicionalmente na Europa e na América no tratamento da ansiedade, insônia e irritabilidade (Petry et al, 2001;De Paris et al, 2002;Bello et al, 2002;Ritter et al, 2002;Pereira et al, 2004;Morais et al, 2005;Ribeiro et al, 2005;Carlini et al, 2006;Silva et al, 2006;Agra et al, 2007). Segundo Córdova et al (2005) estudos têm evidenciado as propriedades funcionais da casca do maracujá, especialmente àquelas relacionadas ao teor e o tipo de fi bra.…”
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“…However, many species of the genus Centaurea have long been used in traditional medicine to cure various ailments, e.g. diabetes, diarrhoea, rheumatism, malaria, hypertension, treatment of drug dependence etc., and a variety of secondary metabolites have been reported from different species of this genus (Sarker et al, 1997;Carlini et al, 2006). As a part of our continuing phytochemical and bioactivity studies on the species of the genus Centaurea (Shoeb et al, 2006a,b;2004a,b;Sarker et al, 2005;2001;1998;1997), we now report on the assessment of the extracts of C. urvillei subs.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 90%