Antiprotozoal screening of the Cuban native plant Scutellaria havanensis.

Context: Scutellaria havanensis Jacq. (Lamiaceae) is a native medicinal herb with a history of use in Cuba.

Objective: This study screens the antiprotozoal activity of S.

Antileishmanial activity of the essential oil from Bixa orellana.

Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by Leishmania protozoa. There is currently no vaccine against leishmaniasis, and chemotherapy remains the only effective control. However, conventional drugs are toxic, expensive, and require long periods of treatment, and resistance to clinical chemotherapeutic agents is emerging.

Chemical composition and anti-proliferative properties of Bursera graveolens essential oil.

Bursera graveolens is a wild tree of commercial importance native to the Neotropics, which has been widely used in folk medicine. In the present study, the chemical composition and anti-proliferative properties of the essential oil from B. graveolens were assayed.

New Flavonoids from Boldoa purpurascens Cav.

Phytochemical analysis of the leaves of BOLDOA PURPURASCENS Cav. led to isolation of four flavone glycosides, three of which are new compounds. Their structures have been determined by mass spectrometry and by 1 D and 2 D NMR analysis, i.

Anti-inflammatory activity and lipid peroxidation inhibition of iridoid lamiide isolated from Bouchea fluminensis (Vell.) Mold. (Verbenaceae).

Anti-inflammatory activity of an ethanolic extract from Bouchea fluminensis leaves was demonstrated. From de ethanolic extract, the active compound was isolated and characterized as the iridoid lamiide. The activity of lamiide on rat-brain phospholipid peroxidation showed a powerful effect (IC(50)=0.