Volume 14, Issue 28

Review Article

1. Review

   Chemical, Botanical and Pharmacological Aspects of the Leguminosae

   Jaisielle Kelem França Benjamim, Karen Albuquerque Dias da Costa, Alberdan Silva Santos

   pp. 106–120 · DOI: 10.5530/phrev.2020.14.15 · Published

   Leguminosae or Fabaceae belongs to the Fabales order and comprises about 727 genera and 19.327 species. It is the largest family on Brazilian soil. Its biodiversity is present in practically the entire vegetal compositio…

2. Review

   Medicinal Plants with Potent Anti-inflammatory and Anti-arthritic Properties found in Eastern Parts of the Himalaya: An Ethnomedicinal Review

   Bapan Banik, Sanjoy Das, Malay Kumar Das

   pp. 121–137 · DOI: 10.5530/phrev.2020.14.16 · Published

   Since ancient times, medicinal plants performing a very essential role as a source of medicine and their medicinal properties have been well documented in the various traditional systems of medicine including Indian, Chi…

3. Review

   Morphological and Pharmacognostical Evaluation of Moringa oleifera Lam. (Moringaceae): A Plant with High Medicinal Value in Tropical and Subtropical Parts of the World

   Monika Singh, Shilpi Singh, Digvijay Verma

   pp. 138–145 · DOI: 10.5530/phrev.2020.14.17 · Published

   Moringa oleifera Lam. is a very important medicinal plant grown in the Indian subcontinent and it belongs to the family Moringaceae. This is popularly known as drumstick tree and is used as a food delicacy very popularly…

4. Review

   In vitro Antitumor Effect on Melanoma Cell Line and Chemical Composition of Diplopterys pubipetala (A. Juss) W.R. Anderson and C. Davis

   Kamylla Teixeira Santos, Ludmilla Regina Souza, Alfredo Mauricio Batista de Paula, Clarice Avelar Almeida, Dario Alves de Oliveira, Afrânio Farias de Melo Júnior, Elytania Veiga Menezes, Murilo Malveira Brandão, Vanessa de Andrade Royo

   pp. 146–154 · DOI: 10.5530/phrev.2020.14.18 · Published

   The Banisteriopsis pubipetala A. Juss. came to be considered synonymous with Diplopterys pubipetala (A. Juss.) W.R. Anderson and C. Davis. D. pubipetala is a liana, occurring in the cerrado biome, belonging to a genus al…

5. Review

   Thymoquinone: A Potential Therapy against Cancer Stem Cells

   Farah Rabih Ballout, Hala Gali-Muhtasib

   pp. 155–159 · DOI: 10.5530/phrev.2020.14.19 · Published

   Background:Cancer remains to be a major health problem despite advances in treatment. Chemo- and radiotherapy resistance accounting for cancer recurrence have been recently attributed to a subpopulation of cells within t…

6. Review

   Moringa oleifera: A Bibliometric Analysis of International Publications during 1935-2019

   BM Gupta, K.K. Ahmed

   pp. 82–90 · DOI: 10.5530/phrev.2020.14.12 · Published

   The paper examines quantitative and qualitative aspects of research on Moringa oleifera, based on global publications output (3187 publications), as covered in Scopus database during 1935-2019. The publications on Moring…

7. Review

   Efficacy of Ilex paraguariensis versus Placebo on Lipid Profile in Randomized Clinical Trial: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

   Mirna Clemente, Astrid Wiens, Marilis Dallarmi Miguel, Karina Bettega Felipe, Erick Fifres Clemente, Caroline Gribner, Christian Burmeister Schonhofen, Obdulio Gomes Miguel

   pp. 91–96 · DOI: 10.5530/phrev.2020.14.13 · Published

   Introduction: The use of medicinal plants have been increasing progressively around the world and been associated with decreasing Total Cholesterol (TC) and Low-Density Lipoprotein- Cholesterol (LDL-C) and, increasing Hi…

8. Review

   Phytochemistry, Pharmacology and Botanical Aspects of Hortia Species in the Search for Molecules with Bioactive Potential – A Review

   Roberto Campos Portela, Tatiana de Sousa Fiuza, José Realino de Paula, Leonardo Luiz Borges

   pp. 97–105 · DOI: 10.5530/phrev.2020.14.14 · Published

   Hortia Vand. is a Neotropical genus of Rutaceae. Ten species occurs in South America in Atlantic forests, in Brazilian Savannah (Cerrado) and especially in the Amazon. Among these species, H. brasiliana is used to treat …