lapacho

pau d’arco

Herbal medicine
Any of a family of trees native to Central and South America, the inner bark of which is anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial. It has been used for indigestion, infections (bacterial, fungal, parasitic and viral), smoker’s cough, and arthritis; anecdotal reports suggest that pau d’arco may be useful for AIDS, malaria and cancer.

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In the tropical regions lapacho has proved to be highly effective in controlling such scourges as schistosomiasis -- a riverborn parasite -- which is estimated to afflict 300 million people and Chagas' disease, better known as 'sleeping sickness', which is transmitted by the tetse fly.

Plant of the week: Extraordinary range of claims

The species included exotics such as Eucalyptus grandis, Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Melia azedarach (Paraiso gigante) and natives Cordia trichotoma (Peterevy), Tabebuia impetiginosa (Lapacho), Cedrela fissilis (Cedro) among others (PMRN 2011:108).

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13-Lapachone (3,4-dihydro-2,2-dimethyl-2H-naphthol[1,2-b]pyran-5,6-dione) and its isomer, u-lapachone are natural naphthoquinones extracted from the bark of the Lapacho tree (Tabebuia avellanedae) or synthesized from lapachol or lomatiol.

[beta]-Lapachone activity in synergy with conventional antimicrobials against methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains

[beta]-Lapachone treatment, a natural substance from the bark of the lapacho tree, significantly reduced the expression of IL-12 family cytokines in microglia and thereby suppressed clinical severity [91].

Role of Microglia in CNS autoimmunity

Segun la distribucion potencial actual, tras eliminar las areas deforestadas y teniendo en cuenta la presencia de areas protegidas que garantizan un menor grado de perturbacion humana, las zonas mas recomendables para encontrar nuevas localidades de esta especie serian el centro-sur del Parque Nacional (PN) Iguazu, el oeste del Parque Provincial (PP) Urugua-i y las Reservas Privadas (RP) Tomo, Itacuarahy y Lapacho Cue (Figs.

El uso de modelos predictivos de distribucion para el diseno de muestreos de especies poco conocidas

It has been collected from 15 host plants, Avena sativa (cultivated oat), Saccharum officinalis (sugarcane), Sorghum halepense (Johnson grass), Zea mays (corn), Tritricum aestivun (wheat), Bromus unioloides (rescuegrass) (Poaceae), Dahlia pinnata (dahlia) (Asteraceae), Tabebuia lapacho (yellow palmer trumpettree) (Bignoniaceae), Ipomaea sp.

Karyotype and male pre-reductional meiosis of the sharpshooter Tapajosa rubromarginata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

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