Polyphenols, antioxidants, and antimutagenic effects of Copaifera langsdorffii fruit

Genetic diversity and mating system of Copaifera langsdorffii (Leguminosae/Caesalpinioideae).

Copaifera langsdorffii, locally known as copaíba, is a valuable tropical tree with medicinal properties of its oil. We studied the genetic variation, genetic structure, and the mating system of trees in stands of C. langsdorffii (Leguminosae/Caesalpinioideae) located in an extensive area between the Pardo and Mogi-Guaçu basins in São Paulo State, Brazil, and their offspring, conserved in an ex ...

Antifungal activity of Copaifera langsdorffii Desf oleoresin against dermatophytes.

Dermatophytoses are mycoses that affect keratinized tissues in both humans and animals. The aim of this study was to investigate the antifungal activity of the oleoresin extracted from Copaifera langsdorffii Desf. against the strains Microsporum canis ATCC 32903, Microsporum gypseum ATCC 14683, Trichophyton mentagrophytes ATCC 11481 and Trichophyton rubrum CCT 5507. The antimicrobial activity w...

Polyphenols: antioxidants and beyond.

Research on the effects of dietary polyphenols on human health has developed considerably in the past 10 y. It strongly supports a role for polyphenols in the prevention of degenerative diseases, particularly cardiovascular diseases and cancers. The antioxidant properties of polyphenols have been widely studied, but it has become clear that the mechanisms of action of polyphenols go beyond the ...

Parsley, polyphenols and nutritional antioxidants.

Readers of this journal will be well aware of the strong evidence that diets rich in fruit and vegetables inhibit the development of major diseases such as CHD and certain cancers (Block et al. 1992; Ness & Powles, 1997). This beneficial effect is ascribed, in part, to the antioxidants in such foods which protect biomolecules in our cells, such as lipids, proteins and DNA, from oxidative damage...

Copaifera langsdorffii supercritical fluid extraction: chemical and functional characterization by LC/MS and in vitro assays