| screening of the topical anti-inflammatory activity of the bark of acacia cornigera willdenow, byrsonima crassifolia kunth, sweetia panamensis yakovlev and the leaves of sphagneticola trilobata hitchcock. | an investigation of topical anti-inflammatory activity was undertaken on plants used in central america traditional medicine. | 2009 | 19429307 |
| plants used as antidiabetics in popular medicine in rio grande do sul, southern brazil. | plants are widely as antidiabetics. the study of these plants is essential because many of them may have undesirable effects, such as acute or chronic toxicity; or their use may even delay or discourage the adoption of the proper and effective treatment. | 2012 | 22079795 |
| ethnomedicine of menstruation in rural dominica, west indies. | in dominica, women offer dysmenorrhea, delayed menses, and menorrhagia as prevalent menstrual troubles. dominican humoral theory considers menstruation to be "hot" such that menstrual problems are caused by the introduction of too much "cold" in the body. these conditions can be painful and may require herbal medicine. our method finds the most culturally salient plants for these conditions-those which are of common knowledge across the population. we hypothesize that cultural agreement on ethno ... | 2014 | 24637192 |
| topical anti-inflammatory phytomedicine based on sphagneticola trilobata dried extracts. | the aerial parts of sphagneticola trilobata (l.) pruski (asteraceae) are popularly used to treat topical inflammation, but have not been fully investigated. | 2016 | 27046333 |