Table of contents

Volume 18, Issue 2, 2008

Editorial
We've got to ISI! But when will we really have our first Impact Factor and Immediacy Index?

Trabalhos originais
Antidiarrhoeal property of the hydroethanolic extract of the flowering tops of Anthocephalus cadamba
Alam, M. Ashraful; Akter, Raushanara; Subhan, Nusrat; Rahman, M. Mostafizur; Majumder, Muntasir M.; Nahar, Lutfun; Sarker, Satyajit D..

**Neurotoxins in the polar fraction of the seaweed Galaxaura marginata (Rhodophyta, Nemaliales)**
Rozas, Enrique E.; Freitas, José C.

**Antidepressant effects of total tertiary alkaloid fraction of Cissampelos sympodialis Eichler in rodents**
Mendonça-Netto, Sueli; Varela, Rogério W. B.; Fechine, Madge F.; Queiroga, Marcello N. G.; Souto-Maior, Flávia N.; Almeida, Reinaldo N.

**Hypnotic effect of ecdysterone isolated from Pfaffia glomerata (Spreng.) Pedersen**
Fenner, Raquel; Zimmer, Aline R.; Neves, Gilda; Kliemann, Michele; Gosmann, Grace; Rates, Stela M. K.

**Trypanocidal activity of coumarins and styryl-2-pyrones from Polygala sabulosa A.W. Bennett (Polygalaceae)**
Pizzolatti, oacir G.; Mendes, Beatriz G.; Cunha Jr, Anildo; Soldi, Cristian; Koga, Adolfo H.; Eger, Iriane; Grisard, Edmundo C.; Steindel, Mário

Spasmolytic activity of lapachol and its derivatives, α and β-lapachone, on the guinea-pig ileum involves blockade of voltage-gated calcium channels
Cavalcante, Fabiana A.; Silva, Joelmir L. V.; Carvalho, Viviane M. N.; Camara, Celso A.; Silva, Tania M. S.; Pinto, Ângelo C.; Vargas, Maria D.; Silva, Bagnólia A..

**Effects of a tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) extract on the labeling of blood constituents with technetium-99m**
Paoli, Severo de; Dias, Aline P. M.; Capriles, Priscila V. S. Z.; Costa, Tadeu E. M. M.; Fonseca, Adenilson S.; Bernardo-Filho, Mario

**Physicochemical characteristics of the essential oils of Baccharis dracunculifolia and Baccharis uncinella D.C. (Asteraceae)**
Fabiane, Kely Cristina; Ferronatto, Regina; Santos, Ana Cristina dos; Onofre, Sideney Becker

Purification of an antibacterial compound from Lantana lilacina
Pereira, Aline C.; Carvalho, Hudson W. P.; Silva, Geraldo H.; Oliveira, Denilson F.; Figueiredo, Henrique C. P.; Cavalheiro, Alberto J.; Carvalho, Douglas A.

Antibiotic activity of the extract of Punica granatum Linn. over bovine strains of Staphylococcus aureus
Silva, Maria A. R.; Higino, Jane S.; Pereira, Jozinete V.; Siqueira-Júnior, José P.; Pereira, Maria S. V.

**Histopathological evaluation in rats after acute treatment with the ethanol extract from aerial parts of Jatropha gossypiifolia L**
Mariz, Saulo R.; Araújo, Maria S. T.; Cerqueira, Gilberto S.; Araújo, Washington C.; Duarte, José C.; Diniz, Margareth F. F. Melo; Medeiros, Isac A.

**Toxicological evaluation of the essential oil of Piper aduncum L.**
Sousa, Pergentino J. C.; Barros, Carlos A. L.; Rocha, José Carlos S.; Lira, Denisléia S.; Monteiro, Gisele M.; Maia, José Guilherme S.

Investigation study concerning the saw palmetto use for the benign prostatic hyperplasia treatment by urologists in Porto Alegre
Ferreira, Gabriela; Castro, Mauro Silveira de; Bridi, Raquel

**Phytoconstituents isolated from dichloromethane fraction of Vernonia tweediana Baker leaves**
Zanon, Ricardo Basso; Pereira, Danielle Fontana; Boschetti, Ticiane Krapf; Santos, Mariane dos; Athayde, Margareth Linde

**Contribution to the phytochemical study of Dorstenia multiformis Miquel (Moraceae) with approach in antioxidant activity**
Balestrin, Luciana; Dias, Josiane F. Gaspari; Miguel, Obdúlio Gomes; Dall'Stella, Daniela S. G.; Miguel, Marilis Dallarmi

In vitro antimicrobial activity and antiadherence of Rosmarinus officinalis Linn. against oral planktonic bacteria
Silva, Manoela de Souza Araújo; Silva, Maria Angélica R.; Higino, Jane Sheila; Pereira, Maria S. Vieira; Carvalho, Alessandra de A. T.

**Evaluation of the antibacterial activity of Myrtus communis L. (Myrtaceae) leaves**
Salvagnini, Luiz Estevão; Oliveira, José Ricardo S.; Santos, Luis Eduardo dos; Moreira, Raquel Regina D.; Pietro, Rosemeire Cristina L. R.

**Chemical composition and modulation of bacterial drug resistance of the essential oil from the leaves of Rollinia leptopetala R. E. Fries**
Costa, Vicente C. O.; Tavares, Josean F.; Agra, Maria F.; Falcão-Silva, Vivyanne S.; Facanali, Roselaine; Vieira, Maria Aparecida R.; Marques, Márcia Ortiz M.; Siqueira-Júnior, José P.; Silva, Marcelo Sobral da

**Spectrometric study at different phenologic stages of the cabbage (Brassica oleraceae var. capitata)**
Carvalho, Camilo Amaro de; Silva, Marcelo Barreto da; Oliveira, Tancredo Gonçalves de; Lima, Jadson de Matos; Rosa, Marcelo Barcellos da

**Quality control of drugs with Bauhinia forficata Link (Fabaceae)**
Engel, Inianara C.; Ferreira, Renê A.; Cechinel-Filho, Valdir; Meyre-Silva, Christiane

**Pharmacognostic study about Pimenta pseudocaryophyllus (Gomes) L. R. Landrum leaves - Myrtaceae**
Paula, Joelma A. M.; Paula, José R.; Bara, Maria T. F.; Rezende, Maria H.; Ferreira, Heleno D.

**Pharmacognostic and phytochemical study of the stem and roots from Microgramma squamulosa (Kaulf.) Sota (Polypodiaceae)**
Suffredini, Ivana B.; Bacchi, Elfriede M.; Kraus, Jane E.

**Pharmacobotanical studies of wild indigo species (Indigofera suffruticosa and Indigofera truxillensis, Leguminosae,) with pharmacological properties**
Barros, Giselle Monte Cassiano Canavaci; Teixeira, Simone de Pádua

Trabalhos de divulgação
Pharmacology and toxicology of Peumus boldus and Baccharis genistelloides
Ruiz, Ana Lúcia T. G.; Taffarello, Denise; Souza, Vanessa H. S.; Carvalho, João E.

Methods for evaluation of the antimicrobial activity and determination of Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) of plant extracts
Ostrosky, Elissa A.; Mizumoto, Miriam K.; Lima, Marcos E. L.; Kaneko, Telma M.; Nishikawa, Suzana O.; Freitas, Beatriz R.

Study of the medicinal plants consumption in the Middle-North Region of the Rio de Janeiro State: acceptance by health professionals, way of use of the population
Veig Junior, Valdir Florencio da

Situation of herbal medicines register in Brazil
Carvalho, Ana C. B.; Balbino, Evelin E.; Maciel, Artur; Perfeito, João P. S.