It is reported the case of a 21-year-old female bather with a skin lesion, heart-shaped ,characteristic of attack by jellyfish.

This work attempts to establish dermatological identification patterns for Brazilian cnidarian species and a probable correlation with envenoming severity. In an observational prospective study, one hundred and twenty-eight patients from the North Coast region of São Paulo State, Brazil were seen between 2002 and 2008. About 80% of these showed only local effects (erythema, edema, and pain) wit...

Entre os diversos gêneros de Solanaceae, Physalis destaca-se por apresentar potencialidades comerciais relacionadas à culinária e farmacologia (TANAN, 2015), nesse a espécie angulata.

BACKGROUND Despite development of current targeted therapies for medullary thyroid cancer (MTC), long-term survival remains unchanged. Recently isolated novel withanolide compounds from Solanaceae physalis are highly potent against MTCs. We hypothesize that these withanolides uniquely inhibit RET phosphorylation and the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway in MTC cells as a mechanism of...

Ciplukan (Physalis angulata L.) telah banyak digunakan sebagai obat tradisional di beberapa negara dan berbagai daerah Indonesia seperti untuk menambah darah, menghilangkan pegal linu, asma, kencing manis, cacar air, batuk, demam, diare, hipertensi, juga sakit pinggang. Artikel ini merupakan suatu review tentang potensi ciplukan dalam mengatasi masalah kesehatan. Penyusunan artikel menggunakan ...

The present investigation was carried out to determine the antioxidant properties in methanolic extract of leaves, stem, fruit and roots of Physalis angulata (L). The antioxidant assay was carried out using free radicals DPPH, superoxide, nitric oxide, hydrogen peroxide and hydroxyl radical. Among the extracts tested fruit and leaf extracts were found to be significant in their antioxidant prop...

Several species of Nicotiana and Solanum and further members of the Solanaceae have been examined for their exudate flavonoids. Most of the aglycones are widespread flavonols, but rare and unusual flavonols were also found, e.g. in exudates of Physalis and Solanum species. Flavones occur throughout the family, but flavanones are rare. Our data are presented in comparison to previous results. Th...