Search for dissertations about: "medicinal plants"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 35 swedish dissertations containing the words medicinal plants.

  2. 6. Natural Products from Highland and Medicinal Plants from Bolivia

    Author : Yonny Flores; Centrum för analys och syntes; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Defense mechanism; Bolivian plants; Organic chemistry; Organisk kemi; Secondary Metabolites;

    Abstract : Bolivia is located in the central part of South America and has a large varied ecology - the Amazonas rainforests, the dry forests of the Chaco, the mist forests, the punas and high Andean vegetation. Plants that live in the Bolivia highlands have developed physical and chemicals defense mechanisms to survive in the hard environment of the region. READ MORE

  4. 7. Biologically active terpenoids from Bolivian medicinal plants

    Author : Maribel Lozano Palacios; Centrum för analys och syntes; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Bolivian plants; cytotoxicity; triterpenes; damsin; breast cancer;

    Abstract : Pseudo-guaianolides represent a large group of sesquiterpene lactones exhibiting significant cytotoxic and anti-inflammatory activities. Their biological activities are due to a 훼-methylene-훾-lactone unit in their chemical structure, which reacts with free sulfhydryl groups of free cysteine via a Michael-addition. READ MORE

  5. 8. Ugandan medicinal plants used traditonally for oral care : investigation of extracts for anti-bacterial, cytotoxic and anti-inflammatory effects

    Author : Francis Ocheng; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Medicinal plants;

    Abstract : The use of traditional medicine for treating human diseases remain widespread in low-resource settings. Medicinal plants form the backbone for traditional medicine systems in many parts of the world. In Uganda, most communities rely on medicinal plants to prevent and treat oral diseases. READ MORE

  6. 9. Natural products from Bolivian plants

    Author : José Vila; Centrum för analys och syntes; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Organisk kemi; Organic chemistry; lichens; Secondary metabolites; Bolivian plants;

    Abstract : Bolivia has the most varied ecology in South America - the Amazonas rainforests, the dry forests of the Chaco, the mist forests, the punas and high Andean vegetation. Some general studies have been carried out on useful plants; traditional medicine has been practiced in parts of region for thousands of years, recognized and accepted for treatment of various diseases. READ MORE

  7. 10. Markets, mixtures and molecular methods : Investigating medicinal plant and edible orchid diversity in Tanzania and Zambia

    Author : Sarina Veldman; Hugo J. de Boer; Tinde R. van Andel; Barbara Gravendeel; Joseph N. Otieno; Julie Hawkins; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; DNA barcoding; Africa; Species delimitation; Orchids; Medicinal plants;

    Abstract : Medicinal plants are an important source of primary healthcare for many people in Tanzania. These medicinal plants are harvested from the wild, and increasing commercial trade poses a serious threat to local plant populations. Currently it is unknown which species are traded and in what amounts. READ MORE