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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Autor: Chaves, Douglas S. A.
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
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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.