Table of contents

Volume 18, Issue 1, 2008

Editorial

Trabalhos originais
**Coumarins from the aerial parts of Prangos uloptera (Apiaceae)**
Razavi, Seyed Mehdi; Nazemiyeh, Hossein; Hajiboland, Rogayeh; Kumarasamy, Yashodharan; Delazar, Abbas; Nahar, Lutfun; Sarker, Sayajit D.

**Flavonoids, benzophenones and a new euphane derivative from Clusia columnaris Engl.**
Compagnone, Reinaldo S.; Suarez, Anibal Castillo; Leitao, Suzana G.; Delle Monache, Franco

**Immunomodulatory activity of extracts from Cordia superba Cham. and Cordia rufescens A. DC. (Boraginaceae), plant species native from Brazilian Semi-arid**
Costa, José Fernando Oliveira; David, Juceni P. L.; David, Jorge M.; Giulietti, Ana M.; Queiroz, Luciano P.; Santos, Ricardo R.; Soares, Milena Botelho P.

**Choleretic and antispasmodic effects of Lippia integrifolia aqueous extract**
Gorzalczany, Susana; Sülsen, Valeria; Redko, Flavia; Vescina, Cristina; Muschietti, Liliana; Martino, Virginia; Acevedo, Cristina

Phytochemical screening of the native forest of Uruguay River
Bertucci, Ana; Haretche, Federico; Olivaro, Cristina; Vázquez, Alvaro

Indole monoterpene alkaloids from Chimarrhis turbinata DC Prodr.: a contribution to the chemotaxonomic studies of the Rubiaceae family
Cardoso, Carmen L.; Silva, Dulce Helena S.; Young, Maria Cláudia M.; Castro-Gamboa, Ian; Bolzani, Vanderlan da Silva

Effect of different extracts from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest on the Pdr5p ATPase activity
Rangel, Luciana Pereira; Abreu, Lisandra Ferreira de; Andrade, Ana Rodrigues de; Leitão, Suzana Guimarães; Leitão, Gilda Guimarães; Ferreira-Pereira, Antonio

GC-MS analysis and cardiovascular activity of the essential oil of Ocotea duckei
Barbosa-Filho, José M.; Cunha, Renilo M.; Dias, Celidarque S.; Athayde-Filho, Petrônio F.; Silva, Marcelo S.; da-Cunha, Emídio Vasconcelos L.; Machado, Maria Iracema L.;Craveiro, Afrânio A.; Medeiros, Isac A.

Osmotic and morphological effects on red blood cell membrane: action of an aqueous extract of Lantana camara
Maiworm, Adalgisa I.; Presta, Giuseppe A.; Santos-Filho, Sebastião D.; Paoli, Severo de; Giani, Tânia S.; Fonseca, Adenilson S.; Bernardo-Filho, Mario

**Chemical constiuents from Richardia grandiflora (Cham. & Schltdl.) Steud. (Rubiaceae)**
Tomaz, Anna Cláudia de A.; Nogueira, Raquel Bezerra S. S.; Pinto, Danielle Serafim; Agra, Maria de Fátima; Souza, Maria de Fátima V. de; da-Cunha, Emídio V. Leitão

**Intracellular increase of glutamate in neuroblatoma cells induced by polar substances of Galaxaura marginata (Rhodophyta, Nemaliales)**
Rozas, Enrique E.; Freitas, José C.

**Isolation of syringaldehyde from Mikania laevigata medicinal extract and its influence on the fatty acid profile of mice**
Pedroso, Ana Paula D.; Santos, Sheila C.; Steil, Ana A.; Deschamps, Francisco; Barison, Andersson; Campos, Francinete; Biavatti, Maique W.

Evaluation of the hypoglycemic effect of Cissus sicyoides in phase II clinical trials
Santos, Hosana Bandeira; Modesto-Filho, João; Diniz, Margareth de Fátima Formiga Melo; Vasconcelos, Tereza Helena Cavalcanti de; Pereira, Francisco Santiago de Brito;Ramalho, Josué do Amaral; Dantas, Jadson Gomes; Santos, Esther Bandeira

Effect of defatted sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) flour on the blood glucose level in type 2 diabetic women
Figueiredo, Angela Siqueira; Modesto-Filho, João

**Study, in vitro and ex vivo, of the action of different concentrations of propolis extracts against microorganisms present in human saliva**
Simões, Cinthia Coelho; Araújo, Danilo Barral de; Araújo, Roberto Paulo Correia de

Antibacterial activity of useful plants and chemical constituents of the roots of Copernicia prunifera
Ayres, Mariane C. C.; Brandão, Marcela S.; Vieira-Júnior, Gerardo M.; Menor, Júlio César A. S.; Silva, Hildessandra B.; Soares, Maria José S.; Chaves, Mariana H.

**Analysis of heavy metals in samples of Peumus boldus Mol. (Monimiaceae)**
Schwanz, Melissa; Ferreira, Jéferson J.; Fröehlich, Pedro; Zuanazzi, José A. S.; Henriques, Amélia T.

**Pharmacobotanical study of the leaves of Cissampelos sympodialis Eichl., (Menispermaceae)**
Porto, Niara Moura; Basílio, Ionaldo José Lima Diniz; Agra, Maria de Fátima

**Anatomical study of the leaf and stem of Elephantopus mollis Kunth (Asteraceae)**
Empinotti, Cláudia Bonissoni; Duarte, Márcia do Rocio

Trabalhos de divulgação
Interactions between drugs and ginkgo or ginseng herbal medicines
Alexandre, Rodrigo F.; Bagatini, Fabíola; Simões, Cláudia M. O.

Other medicinal plants and botanical products from the first edition of the Brazilian Official Pharmacopoeia
Brandão, Maria G.L.; Zanetti, Naiara N. S.; Oliveira, Gabriela R. R.; Goulart, Lorena O.; Monte-Mor, Roberto L. M.

Trabalho de revisão
Sources of alpha-, beta-, gamma-, delta- and epsilon-carotenes: a twentieth century review
Barbosa-Filho, José M.; Alencar, Adriana A.; Nunes, Xirley P.; Tomaz, Anna C. de Andrade; Sena-Filho, José G.; Athayde-Filho, Petrônio F.; Silva, Marcelo S.; Souza, Maria F. Vanderlei de; da-Cunha, Emidio V. Leitão