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Fernao C Braga

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Schneider N, Cerella C, Lee J, Mazumder A, Kim K, De Carvalho A, et al.
Front Pharmacol . 2018 Mar; 9:70. PMID: 29545747
Cardiac glycosides (CGs) are natural compounds used traditionally to treat congestive heart diseases. Recent investigations repositioned CGs as potential anticancer agents. To discover novel cytotoxic CG scaffolds, we selected the...
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Zanchett Schneider N, Persich L, Rocha S, Ramos A, Cortes V, Silva I, et al.
Biomed Pharmacother . 2017 Nov; 97:684-696. PMID: 29101813
Cardiac glycosides (CGs) are natural compounds widely used to treat several cardiac conditions and more recently have been recognized as potential antitumor agents. They are known as Na,K-ATPases ligands, which...
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Munkert J, Santiago Franco M, Nolte E, Silva I, Castilho R, Ottoni F, et al.
Planta Med . 2017 May; 83(12-13):1035-1043. PMID: 28486743
Recent studies demonstrate that cardiac glycosides, known to inhibit Na/K-ATPase in humans, have increased susceptibility to cancer cells that can be used in tumor therapy. One of the most promising...
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Zanchett Schneider N, Silva I, Persich L, De Carvalho A, Rocha S, Marostica L, et al.
Mol Cell Biochem . 2017 Feb; 428(1-2):23-39. PMID: 28176244
Cardenolides are cardiac glycosides, mostly obtained from natural sources. They are well known for their inhibitory action on the Na,K-ATPase, an effect that regulates cardiovascular alterations such as congestive heart...
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Henriques B, Correa O, Azevedo E, Padua R, de Oliveira V, Oliveira T, et al.
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med . 2016 Nov; 2016:9872598. PMID: 27867403
species, popularly named "barbatimão," are traditionally used in Brazil as anti-inflammatory agents. This study aimed to investigate the effect of barbatimão and 11 other species on the production of tumor...
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Campana P, Coleman C, Sousa L, Teixeira M, Ferreira D, Braga F
J Nat Prod . 2016 Aug; 79(9):2279-86. PMID: 27548746
Continued investigation of the polyphenolic pool of the fruits of Mansoa hirsuta afforded four additional members of the new class of glucosylated oligomeric flavonoids comprising a flavanone core linked to...
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Silva G, Braga F, Lemos V, Cortes S
Phytomedicine . 2016 Mar; 23(2):214-9. PMID: 26926183
Background: Hancornia speciosa Gomes is an herb traditionally used in Brazil for blood pressure control. Purpose: The present work investigated the antihypertensive effect of an extract from Hancornia speciosa leaves...
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Schneider N, Geller F, Persich L, Marostica L, Padua R, Kreis W, et al.
Nat Prod Res . 2015 Aug; 30(11):1327-31. PMID: 26252521
Cardiac glycosides consist of a large family of naturally derived compounds that are clinically used to treat congestive heart failure, and also present anticancer properties. In this study, the cytotoxic...
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Campana P, Mansur D, Gusman G, Ferreira D, Teixeira M, Braga F
Phytother Res . 2015 Jun; 29(10):1509-15. PMID: 26094613
Several plant species are used in Brazil to treat inflammatory diseases and associated conditions. TNF-α plays a pivotal role on inflammation, and several plant extracts have been assayed against this...
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Gusman G, Campana P, Castro L, Castilho R, Teixeira M, Braga F
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med . 2015 Apr; 2015:497123. PMID: 25878716
Several plant species are traditionally used in Brazil to treat various inflammatory diseases. Tumor necrosis factor- (TNF-) α and chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 2 (CCL2) are key inflammatory mediators in...