Departamento de Farmacologia, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Published: June 2009
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Vimang is an aqueous extract of Mangifera indica L, used in Cuba for the treatment of immunopathological disorders. Increasing evidence from preclinical studies indicates that Vimang displays antioxidant, antiallergic, analgesic and antiinflammatory actions. The present study investigated the effects of systemic administration of Vimang on behavioural outcomes of neurological function in rats. A single oral administration of Vimang produced an impairment of short- and long-term retention of memory for aversive training when given either 1 h pretraining or immediately posttraining, but not 8 h posttraining. Vimang did not affect open field behaviour or habituation. The results indicate that Vimang might induce deficits of emotionally motivated memory without affecting nonassociative memory, locomotion, exploratory behaviour or anxiety.
Agunmu (ground herbal medicine) is a form of West African traditional medicine consisting of a cocktail of herbs. The goal of this study is to evaluate a formulation of Agunmu made from , , , , and , sold in the open market and commonly used for the treatment of malaria by the locals, for its antimalarial effects and to determine the active principles that may contribute to the antimalarial effect. The ethanolic extract obtained from this formulation (Ag-Iba) was analyzed, using TLC, LC-MS, and Tandem-MS techniques, to determine its phytochemical properties.
Fruit crops have a pivotal role in Thailand's economy. Continuous evaluation of 13 potential and emerging diseases in fruit crops is important. Necrotic and discolored leaf spots were observed in (avocado) and (mango).
Institute of Plant Protection, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Science, Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control on Fruits and Vegetables in South China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and Guangxi Key Laboratory of Biology for Crop Diseases and Insect Pests, Nanning, Guangxi 530007, China. Electronic address:
Mango anthracnose, mainly caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, is the major destructive postharvest disease of mango during storage and transport. Dimethyl trisulfide (DMTS), an organic volatile found in some microorganisms or plants, inhibited growth of C. gloeosporioides in vitro, but its effects on mango anthracnose and its molecular mechanisms of action have not been well characterized.
Harmful algal blooms (HABs) have always been a worldwide environmental issue. The methods based on the principle of allelopathy provide a novel direction for controlling HABs; however, there are a few studies on the application of allelopathic algaecides to control harmful algae in marine environments. Here we examined the algicidal capacity of 15 fruit peel extracts with biological activity on .
The genus Psyttalia Walker is recorded for the first time from Vietnam with seven species described and fully illustrated as new for science, viz. Psyttalia antenervis Long, sp. nov.
