Scholarship 11/09568-4 - Fabaceae, Medicamentos fitoterápicos - BV FAPESP
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Phytotherapics standard for the treatment of chronic diseases

Grant number: 11/09568-4
Support Opportunities:Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
Start date until: August 01, 2011
End date until: December 31, 2013
Field of knowledge:Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Organic Chemistry
Principal Investigator:Miriam Sannomiya
Grantee:Charlyana de Carvalho Bento
Host Institution: Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades (EACH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The main of this project is contribute to the knowledge of the potentiality of the some Machaerium species from the Brazilian Cerrado by a chemical-pharmacological study, in other words, isolation and identification of the compounds presented in the vegetable extracts together with pharmacological assays to the antiulcer, anti-inflamatory/analgesic, anti-mutagenic and mutagenic activities. According to the literature, some Machaerium species (Fabaceae) are ethnopharmacologic used like as Machaerium eriocarpum, it is a plant which barks are employed popularly against inflamation. It is popularly known as "espinheira". Despite of it, no data until now can be observed approaching the chemistry or pharmacological studies with this species.

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