Table of contents

Volume 17, Issue 2, 2007

Editorial

Trabalhos originais
trans-Aconitic acid, glucosylflavones and hydroxycinnamoyltartaric acids from the leaves of Echinodorus grandiflorus ssp. aureus, a Brazilian medicinal plant
Schnitzler, Miriam; Petereit, Frank; Nahrstedt, Adolf

**Bioactivity of two Turkish endemic Centaurea species, and their major constituents**
Shoeb, Mohammad; MacManus, Stephen M.; Jaspars, Marcel; Kong-Thoo-Lin, Paul; Nahar, Lutfun; Celik, Sezgin; Sarker, Satyajit D.

Neuropharmacological properties of Launaea resedifolia
Auzi, Abdu Razag A.; Hawisa, Najat T.; Sherif, Fathi M.; Sarker, Satyajit D.

**Hypoglycaemic effect of Croton cuneatus in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats**
Torrico, Fatima; Cepeda, Mariana; Guerrero, Geraldine; Melendez, Fidel; Blanco, Zuleima; Canelón, Dilsia J.; Diaz, Beth; Compagnone, Reinaldo S.; Suárez, Alírica I.

Pharmacological effects of the monoterpene a,b-epoxy-carvone in mice
Sousa Damião P. de; Nóbrega, Franklin F. F.; Claudino, Fladmir S.; Almeida, Reinaldo N. de; Leite, José R.; Mattei, Rita

**Anticonvulsant properties of the total alkaloid fraction of Rauvolfia ligustrina Roem. et Schult. in male mice**
Quintans-Júnior, Lucindo J.; Silva, Davi A.; Siqueira, Jullyana S.; Souza, Maria de Fátima V. de; Almeida, Reinaldo N.; Silva-Júnior, René G. C.

**Influence of biflorin on the labelling of red blood cells, plasma protein, cell protein, and lymphocytes with technetium-99m: in vitro study**
Aquino, Thiago M.; Amorim, Elba L. C.; Feliciano, Gláucio Diré; Lima, Elaine A. C.; Gomes, Maria L.; Lima, Cláudia S. A.; Albuquerque, Ulysses P.; Bernardo-Filho, Mário

**Interference of Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng essential oil on the anti-Candida activity of some clinically used antifungals**
Oliveira, Rinalda de Araújo G. de; Lima, Edeltrudes de O.; Souza, Evandro L. de; Vieira, Wellington L.; Freire, Kristerson R. L.; Trajano, Vinícius N.; Lima, Igara O.; Silva-Filho, Raimundo N.

Uleine effect on the production of nitric oxide in RAEC and B16F10 cells
Souza, Wesley M.; Brehmer, Fabrício; Nakao, Lia S.; Stinghen, Andréa E. M.; Santos, Cid A. M.

**The (8)17,12E,14-labdatrien-18-oic acid (labdane302), labdane-type diterpene isolated from Xylopia langsdorffiana St. Hil. & Tul. (Annonaceae) relaxes the guinea-pig trachea**
Ribeiro, Luciano A. A.; Tavares, Josean F.; Andrade, Nilza C. de; Silva, Marcelo S. da; Silva, Bagnólia A. da

Obtention of derivatives from the a- and b-amyrin triterpenoid mixture: 13C NMR data
Bandeira, Paulo N.; Lemos, Telma L. G.; Costa, Sônia M. O.; Santos, Hélcio S. dos

In vitro evaluation of the antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial activities of the montanine alkaloid
Castilhos, Tatiana S.; Giordani, Raquel B.; Henriques, Amélia T.; Menezes, Fábio S.; Zuanazzi, José Ângelo S.

In vitro antimicrobial activity of the extract of Abarema cochliocarpos (Gomes) Barneby & Grimes
Santos, Sidnei C.; Ferreira, Fábio S.; Rossi-Alva, Juan C.; Fernandez, Luzimar G.

**Fractionation of dichlorometane extract from Senecio desiderabilis Vellozo and evaluation of the antimicrobial activity**
Deuschle, Régis A. N.; Camargo, Tarcisio de; Alves, Sydney H.; Mallmann, Carlos A.; Heizmann, Berta M.

**Antimicrobial activity of essential oils produced by Baccharis dracunculifolia D.C. and Baccharis uncinella D.C. (Asteraceae)**
Ferronatto, Regina; Marchesan, Eli Danieli; Pezenti, Emanueli; Bednarski, Franciela; Onofre, Sideney Becker

Determination of the phenolic content and evaluation of the antioxidant activity of Acacia podalyriifolia A. Cunn. ex G. Don, Leguminosae-mimosoideae
Andrade, Cláudia Alexandra de; Costa, Camila Klocker; Bora, Karina; Miguel, Marilis Dallarmi; Miguel, Obdúlio Gomes; Kerber, Vitor Alberto

**Pharmacological activities of Zanthoxylum chiloperone (Rutaceae) extracts**
Villalba, Milcíades A.; Carmo, Maria I.; Leite, Magda N.; Sousa, Orlando V.

**Contribution to the pharmacobotanical study of Echinodorus macrophyllus (Kunth) Micheli (chapéu-de-couro) - Alismataceae**
Leite, João Paulo V.; Pimenta, Daniel S.; Gomes, Rafael S. D. L.; Dantas-Barros, Ana Maria

**Pharmacobotany characterization of Sambucus species (Caprifoliaceae), used in traditional medicine in Brazil. Part I. Sambucus nigra L.**
Scopel, Marina; Nunes, Eliana; Vignoli-Silva, Márcia; Vendruscolo, Giovana S.; Henriques, Amélia T.; Mentz, Lilian A.

Anatomical study of species from savanna-like formation, Anemopaegma arvense (Vell.) Stellf. ex de Souza (catuaba), Zeyheria montana Mart. (bolsa-de-pastor) and Jacaranda decurrens Chamisso (caroba) - Bignoniaceae
Mauro, Claudia; Pereira, Ana Maria Soares; Silva, Celi de Paula; Missima, Juliana; Ohnuki, Thiana; Rinaldi, Renata Benatti

Trabahos de divulgação
Use of chromatographic and spectrometric techniques to help the identification of volatile compounds
Brochini, Claudia B.; Lago, João Henrique G.

Systematic review in phytoterapy: international standardization of quality
Oliveira, Ralph Santos; Colaço, Waldeciro; Coulaud-Cunha, Simone; Castilho, Selma Rodrigues de

Trabalhos de Revisão
A review of the biologic activities of trans-dehydrocrotonin, a natural product obtained from Croton cajucara
Costa, Marcília Pinheiro da; Magalhães, Nereide Stela Santos; Gomes, Fabiano E. S.; Maciel, Maria Aparecida M.