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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidade Estadual Paulista
2015-06-01
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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 |