Traditional medicine has a key role in health care worldwide. Obtaining scientific information about the efficacy and safety of the plants from our region is one of the goals of our research group. In this report, 17 plants were selected and collected in different localities from northeast Mexico. The dried plants were separated into leaves, flowers, fruit, stems, roots and bark. Each part was ...

Hydro-alcoholic fruit extract of Cordia myxa was considerably effective on curing acute inflammation in mouse model. Previous studies suggested significant anti-inflammatory activities as well as potential anticancer agent of α-amyrins in seeds. Inhibition of Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and 5-Lipooxygenase (5-LOX) is significant in cancer prevention and therapeutics although this inhibition with c...

BACKGROUND Dermal wound healing involves a cascade of complex events including angiogenesis and extracellular matrix remodeling. Several groups have focused in the study of the skin wound healing activity of natural products. The phytomedicine Acheflan®, and its main active constituent is the oil from Cordia verbenacea which has known anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antimicrobial activities. T...

Erythrina mulungu Benth. (Fabaceae), Cordia verbenacea A. DC. (Boraginaceae), Solanum paniculatum L. (Solanaceae) and Lippia sidoides Cham. (Verbenaceae) are medicinal plant species native to Brazil shortlisted by the Brazilian National Health System for future clinical use. However, nothing is known about their effects in metabolic and transporter proteins, which could potentially lead to herb...

There are several infections and diseases that can affect plants. Diagnosis of plant is a challenging task. A fascinating method for identifying computer-based diagnosis using digital images plant’s leaves. Most the earlier research in this field has been devoted to feature engineering traditional machine learning (ML) techniques. Based on hand-crafted features taken from photographs leaves, th...

En Nicaragua no existen estudios recientes sobre descripciones anatómicas de las características y propiedades que poseen maderas. El objetivo este estudio fue determinar macroscópicas, organolépticas dos físicas especies comerciales del país: Cedro (Cedrela odorata L.) Laurel [Cordia alliodora (Ruiz & Pav.) Oken]. Se seleccionaron individuos cada especie; muestras Cedrela se recolectaron e...