AIMS To investigate the in vitro antiviral activity of Melaleuca alternifolia essential oil (TTO) and its main components, terpinen-4-ol, alpha-terpinene, gamma-terpinene, p-cymene, terpinolene and alpha-terpineol. METHODS AND RESULTS The antiviral activity of tested compounds was evaluated against polio type 1, ECHO 9, Coxsackie B1, adeno type 2, herpes simplex (HSV) type 1 and 2 viruses by ...

To identify plants with bioactive potential for skin care, methanol extracts of 56 plant parts from 47 medical and edible plants cultivated in Okinawa were tested for their proliferative effects on NB1RGB skin fibroblast cells. Extracts from six plants, Bischofia javanica, Colocasia esculenta, Melaleuca alternifolia, Piper angustifolia, Jasminum sambac, and Curcuma longa, showed higher NB1RGB c...

Traditional medicine covers the rescue of methodologies and techniques cure, therapy, prevention diseases using medicinal plants. The objective this paper is to conduct a literature review on use herbal medicines in skin treatment. methodology used was conducted between 2015 2022 national journals. databases were Google Scholar, SciELO, VHL, PubMed, LILACS, following descriptors: "use treatment...

Complementary and alternative medicines such as tea tree (melaleuca) oil have become increasingly popular in recent decades. This essential oil has been used for almost 100 years in Australia but is now available worldwide both as neat oil and as an active component in an array of products. The primary uses of tea tree oil have historically capitalized on the antiseptic and anti-inflammatory ac...

Tea tree oil (TTO) is an essential oil, steam-distilled from the Australian native plant, Melaleuca alternifolia. It has a minimum content of terpinen-4-ol and a maximum content of 1, 8-cineole. Terpinen-4-ol is a major TTO component which exhibits strong antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties. Tea tree oil exerts antioxidant activity and has been reported to have broad-spectrum antimic...

O capim-annoni (Eragrostis plana) é uma gramínea exótica trazida em 1950 para o Brasil. Considerada planta invasora vários países, atualmente ocupa aproximadamente 10% do território Bioma Pampa. Os ecossistemas naturais Rio Grande Sul associados ao Pampa têm sofrido com a invasão de populações devido expansão agrícola e manejo da pecuária, que disponibiliza nichos vazios seu estabelecimento. ob...