Himatanthus Willd. ex Schult. (Apocynaceae): Review

The genus Himatanthus Wild. ex Schult. (Apocynaceae) includes about 13 species and five subspecies widely distributed in South America, especially Brazil. The phytochemical reports on this genus have revealed mainly triterpenes and iridoids. The plants are traditionally used as anthelmintic, antitum...

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Autores principales: Soares, Fabiana P., Cavalcante, Larissa F., Romero, Nirla Rodrigues, Bandeira, Mary A.M.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4791989/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27041869
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-7847.176549
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Cavalcante, Larissa F.
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description The genus Himatanthus Wild. ex Schult. (Apocynaceae) includes about 13 species and five subspecies widely distributed in South America, especially Brazil. The phytochemical reports on this genus have revealed mainly triterpenes and iridoids. The plants are traditionally used as anthelmintic, antitumor, and antiinflammatory agents. The most used parts of the plant are its bark, leaves, and latex. This review emphasizes the phytochemical constituents and medicinal properties, which may help in future research. The research was conducted with data obtained from books about medicinal plants, theses, dissertations, and articles in refereed journals.
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spelling pubmed-47919892016-04-01 Himatanthus Willd. ex Schult. (Apocynaceae): Review Soares, Fabiana P. Cavalcante, Larissa F. Romero, Nirla Rodrigues Bandeira, Mary A.M. Pharmacogn Rev Review Article The genus Himatanthus Wild. ex Schult. (Apocynaceae) includes about 13 species and five subspecies widely distributed in South America, especially Brazil. The phytochemical reports on this genus have revealed mainly triterpenes and iridoids. The plants are traditionally used as anthelmintic, antitumor, and antiinflammatory agents. The most used parts of the plant are its bark, leaves, and latex. This review emphasizes the phytochemical constituents and medicinal properties, which may help in future research. The research was conducted with data obtained from books about medicinal plants, theses, dissertations, and articles in refereed journals. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4791989/ /pubmed/27041869 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-7847.176549 Text en Copyright: © 2016 Pharmacognosy Reviews http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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