Friedericia Chica, a Medicinal Plant from the Amazon Region, is Repellent Against Aedes Aegypti: In Vivo and Molecular Docking Evidence.

Fridericia chica is widely distributed in Brazil, where it is commonly known as crajiru or pariri in several regions. Despite its popular use for treating inflammations and as an insect repellent, there has been limited assessment of its chemical and biological properties, including its bioinsecticide activities. In this study, we conducted phytochemical analyses and investigated the larvicidal and repellent effects of F.

Antidepressant-like effects of solidagenone on mice with bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced depression.

Background: Considering the pharmacological potential of solidagenone from Solidago chilensis, the present investigation was carried out to evaluate its antidepressant-like effect in mice with bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced depressive like behavior and its mode of action through the measurement of neuroinflammatory and oxidative markers.

Materials And Methods: In the prophylactic test, the mice were pretreated with solidagenone (1, 10 or 100 mg/kg, p.o) and after one hour received LPS.

Gastroprotective activity of hydroalcoholic extract of the leaves of Urera baccifera in rodents.

Ethnopharmacological Importance: The species Urera baccifera (L.) Gaudich. ex Wedd.