The Brazilian Medicinal Plants Are Effective In The Treatment Of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus?
The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review of the literature on the use of Brazilian medicinal plants in the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus, a disease that affects approximately 5 million people worldwide. The study was conducted using data obtained from the databases PubMed...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2012 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Fitos |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.revistafitos.far.fiocruz.br:article/153 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistafitos.far.fiocruz.br/index.php/revista-fitos/article/view/153 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Lúpus Produtos Naturais Plantas medicinais Medicina popular Auto-anticorpos Lupus Natural Products Medicinal plants Folk medicine Autoantibody |
| Sumario: | The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review of the literature on the use of Brazilian medicinal plants in the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus, a disease that affects approximately 5 million people worldwide. The study was conducted using data obtained from the databases PubMed, ISI Web of Science and Science Direct, as well as, specialized Brazilian botanical literature. It was observed that treatment with medicinal plants have been intensifying and were verified a total of 10 species distributed in 9 botanical families which can be considered effective in the treatment of lupus reducing the symptoms caused by this disease. Considering that in Brazil the majority of the population do not have to medicines, and these have a high cost and several adverse effects, the results achieved so far with plants and their metabolites constitute a stimulus for research of new herbal medicines in therapy of lupus. |
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