CORNARA , Laura

Rice is used in traditional medicines as a remedy against inflammation, gastrointestinal ailments, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes, and skin diseases. Experimental and clinical evidence indicate that brown rice and bran oil reduce hypercholesterolemia and cardiovascular risk, rice bran is anti-inflammatory and immunostimulatory, the...

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This review concerns five species of trees and palm trees that occur as dominant plants in different rainforest areas of the Amazon region. Due to their abundance, these species can be exploited as sustainable sources of botanical materials and include Carapa guianensis Aubl., family Meliaceae; Eperua falcata Aubl., family Fabaceae; Quassia...

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Phytotoxicity tests were performed to evaluate their application in environmental monitoring on different substrates, e.g. commercial detergents (D1, D2) and surface water from the dismissed Cu and Fe mine of Libiola (NW Italy), respectively. Seeds of Vicia faba were grown in 0, 10, 30, 60, 100 g/l of D1 and D2. Number of germinated seeds and...

Hyperpigmentation is an abnormal darkening of the skin mostly derivedfrom excessive melanin production. It is typical of skin disorders including melasma associated to pregnancy or age, freckles, sun freckles and photoaging, age spots, and actinic keratosis. These conditions can be uncomfortable for aesthetic reasons and specific depigmenting...

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The discovery of bioactive molecules from botanical sources is an expanding field, preferentially oriented to plants having a tradition of use in medicine and providing high yields and availability. Temperate forage legumes are Fabaceae species that include worldwide-important crops. These plants possess therapeutic virtues that have been used...

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Chiranthodendron pentadactylon is a Mexican tree which also goes by the name of Hand-flower tree or arbol de las manitas (McClintock, 1988). It is called macpaxochitl in nahuatl, from macpal (hand) and xochitl (flower) (Dominguez et al., 1972). This tree is native to the hill region of Oaxaca, Chiapas, Mexico and Guatemala, and widely...