Ethanolic extract of Casearia sylvestris Sw exhibitsin vitro antioxidant and antimicrobial activities andin vivo hypolipidemic effect in rats

ABSTRACT:The Casearia sylvestris Sw (Flacourtiaceae) is a shrub that occurs in forests of Southern Brazil; its leaves are widely used in folk medicine as a depurative, analgesic, anti-inflammatory and antiulcerogenic agent. The objective of this study was to perform the phytochemical description and...

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Main Authors: J. ESPINOSA, L.F. MEDEIROS, A. SOUZA, A.R.C. GÜNTZEL, B. RÜCKER, E.A. CASALI, E.M. ETHUR, M.R. WINK, I.L.S. TORRES
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual Paulista 2015-06-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Plantas Medicinais
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-05722015000200305&lng=en&tlng=en