Publicação: Should Anacardium humile St. Hil be used as an antiulcer agent? A scientific approach to the traditional knowledge
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Elsevier B.V.
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The crude methanolic extract (ME) obtained from the leaves of Anacardium humile was evaluated orally at doses of 250-500-1000 mg/kg on gastric lesion on ethanol and piroxicam induced gastric lesions in rodents. All the tested doses significantly inhibited gastric lesions by 56 to 100%. These results seems to support the traditional use of this species in the treatment of gastric diseases. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Anacardium humile, antiulcerogenic activity, gastric diseases
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Fitoterapia. Amsterdam: Elsevier B.V., v. 79, n. 3, p. 207-209, 2008.
