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Eur J Pharmacol
November 2017
Faculty of Life Science, Kyushu Sangyo University, Fukuoka, Japan. Electronic address:
Terpenes are made of the isoprene unit (C), and along with their derivatives, terpenoids, they are widely distributed in plants as active ingredients involved in anti-inflammation, anti-carcinogenesis and neuroprotection. Estrogenic terpenes and terpenoids are an important category of phytoestrogens and have been used as traditional medicines. The comprehensive list of estrogenic terpenes and terpenoids includes hemi-, mono-, sesqui-, di-, tri-, tetra- and polyterpenes, their derivatives, and meroterpenes, along with the signaling pathways and cellular functions on which their estrogenicity is exerted.
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June 2015
Research Laboratory in Applied Biology , Polytechnic School of Abomey-Calavi, University of Abomey-Calavi, 01BP2009 Abomey-Calavi, Republic of Benin.
Objectives: Ticks are vectors of several diseases, of which many are zoonosis transmissible to humans. The use of Tephrosia leafs' extract as a low cost acaricide is spreading among farmers in central Kenya.
Materials And Methods: The present study's aim is to inventory endogenous control methods against dogs' ticks among which Rhipicephalus sanguineus, in the Municipality of Abomey-Calavi.
BMC Complement Altern Med
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Laboratoire de Pharmacodynamie Biochimique, UFR Biosciences, Université de Cocody-Abidjan, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d'Ivoire.
Background: Mareya micrantha (Benth.) Müll. Arg.
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