Table of contents

Volume 19, Issue 1B, January/March 2009

Editorial

Trabalhos originais
**Constituents and antioxidant activity of two varieties of coconut water (Cocos nucifera L.)**
Fonseca, Aluísio M. da; Bizerra, Ayla M. C.; Souza, João Sammy N. de; Monte, Francisco José Q.; Oliveira, Maria da Conceição F. de; Mattos, Marcos C. de; Cordell, Geoffrey A.; Braz-Filho, Raimundo; Lemos, Telma L. G.

**Trypanocidal activity of Piper arboreum and Piper tuberculatum (Piperaceae)**
Regasini, Luis Octávio; Cotinguiba, Fernando; Passerini, Gabriela Duó; Bolzani, Vanderlan da Silva; Cicarelli, Regina Maria Barretto; Kato, Massuo Jorge; Furlan, Maysa

In vitro anti-Mycobacterium tuberculosis activity of some Brazilian "Cerrado" plants
Pavan, Fernando R.; Sato, Daisy N.; Higuchi, Célio T.; Santos, Adolfo C. B.; Vilegas, Wagner; Leite, Clarice Q. E

**Evaluation of the molluscicidal and Schistosoma mansoni cercariae activity of Croton floribundus extracts and kaurenoic acid**
Medina, Janaina M.; Peixoto, Juliana L. B.; Silva, Adriano A.; Haraguchi, Shirani K.; Falavigna, Dina L. M.; Zamuner, Maria L. M.; Sarragiotto, Maria H.;Vidotti, Gentil J.

Anti-inflammatory and antinociceptive activities A of eugenol essential oil in experimental animal models
Daniel, Apparecido N.; Sartoretto, Simone M.; Schmidt, Gustavo; Caparroz-Assef, Silvana M.; Bersani-Amado, Ciomar A.; Cuman, Roberto Kenji N.

A validated capillary gas chromatography method for guaco (Mikania glomerata S.) quality control and rastreability: from plant biomass to phytomedicines
Bueno, Paula C. P.; Bastos, Jairo K.

**Antioxidant activity of Nelumbo nucifera (Gaertn) flowers in isolated perfused rat kidney**
Krishnamoorthy, Gayathri; Chellappan, David Raj; Joseph, Jipnomon; Ravindhran, Dhevi; Shabi, Mohamed M.; Uthrapathy, Subashini; Rajamanickam, Victor G.; Dubey, Govinda P.

**Antioxidant capacity and biological activity of essential oil and methanol extract of Hyptis crenata Pohl ex Benth**
Rebelo, Monaliza M.; Silva, Joyce Kelly R. da; Andrade, Eloísa Helena A.; Maia, José Guilherme S.

Antibacterial activity of the essential oil of Origanum vulgare L. (Lamiaceae) against bacterial multiresistant strains isolated from nosocomial patients
Costa, Adalberto Coelho da; Santos, Bernadete Helena Cavalcanti dos; Santos Filho, Lauro; Lima, Edeltrudes de Oliveira

Antimicrobial screening of some medicinal plants from Mato Grosso Cerrado
Silva Junior, Iberê E; Cechinel Filho, Valdir; Zacchino, Susana A.; Lima, Joaquim Corsino da S.; Martins, Domingos Tabajara de O.

**Biological activity of Herissantia crispa (L.) Brizicky**
Lima, Igara Oliveira; Costa, Vivian Bruna Machado; Matias, Wemerson Neves; Costa, Danielly Albuquerque da; Antas e Silva, Davi; Agra, Maria de Fátima; Souza, Maria de Fátima Vanderlei; Lima, Edeltrudes de Oliveira; Batista, Leônia Maria

**Pharmacological evaluation of a phytotherapeutic product - CPV (dry extract of Crataegus oxyacantha L., Passiflora incarnata L. and Valeriana officinalis L.) in laboratory animals**
Tabach, Ricardo; Mattei, Rita; Carlini, Elisaldo Luiz de Araujo

**Clinical toxicology study of an herbal medicine with Passiflora incarnata L., Crataegus oxyacantha L., Salix alba L. in healthy volunteers**
Nascimento, Demétrius F.; Santana, Ana Paula M.; Leite, Ismenia O.; Viana, Fernando André C.; Leite, Ana Lourdes A. e Silva; Moraes, Renata A. de;Jamacaru, Francisco Vagnaldo F.; Bezerra, Fernando Antônio. F.; Moraes, Manoel Odorico de; Moraes, Maria Elisabete. A. de

**Caracterización morfoanatómica comparativa entre Aloe vera (L.) Burm. F., Aloe arborescens Mill., Aloe saponaria Haw. y Aloe ciliaris Haw. (Aloeaceae)**
Carpano, Stella Maris; Castro, María Teresa; Spegazzini, Etile Dolores

Morphoanatomy comparative study between "poaia" (Psychotria ipecacuanha (Brot.) Stokes - Rubiaceae) from the Amazon region (original habitat) and from biotechnology process, subjected to different treatments of interception of solar radiation
Gomes, Rafael Sanzio Diniz Lacerda; Oliveira, Virgínia Del Carmem; Jácome, Rose Lisieux Ribeiro Paiva; Pinto, José Eduardo Brasil Pereira; Lameira, Osmar Alves; Barros, Ana Maria Dantas

**Triterpenes from Guettarda grazielae M: R.V. Barbosa (Rubiaceae)**
Lima, Gerson Santos; Moura, Fabyanne Souza; Lemos, Rosangela P. Lyra; Conserva, Lucia M.

**Other constituents isolated from Licania arianeae (Chrysobalanaceae)**
Carvalho, Mário G. de; Costa, Patrícia M. da

**Comparative study of the chemical composition of the species Mikania glomerata Sprengel and Mikania laevigata Schultz Bip. ex Baker**
Bolina, Ricardo C.; Garcia, Eliana de E; Duarte, Maria Gorette R.

**Phytochemistry and microbiological assay of the bark extracts of Maytenus rigida Mart. (Celastraceae)**
Estevam, Charles S.; Cavalcanti, Amaro M.; Cambui, Érica Verena F.; Araújo Neto, Vítor; Leopoldo, Paulo T. G.; Fernandes, Roberta P. M.; Araujo, Brancilene S. de; Porfírio, Zenaldo; Sant'Ana, Antonio Euzébio G.

**Contribution to the allelopatic study of Erythrina velutina Willd: , Fabaceae**
Centenaro, Caroline; Corrêa, Luís G. P.; Karas, Marcos J.; Virtuoso, Suzane; Dias, Josiane E G.; Miguel, Obdulio G.; Miguel, Marilis D.

**Antiulcerogenic and antioxidant activities of Baccharis trimera (Less) DC (Asteraceae)**
Dias, Larissa Funabashi de Toledo; Melo, Elisângela Severina de; Hernandes, Leandro Santoro; Bacchi, Elfriede M.

Antioxidant action of teas and seasonings more consumed in Brazil
Morais, Selene M. de; Cavalcanti, Eveline S. B.; Costa, Sônia Maria O.; Aguiar, Liza A.

Trabalhos de Divulgação
Etnobotanical studies of medicinal plants for oral conditions in the municipality of João Pessoa, Brazil
Santos, Esther Bandeira; Dantas, Gesira Soares; Santos, Hosana Bandeira; Diniz, Margareth F. F. Melo; Sampaio, Fabio Correia

Abajurú (Chrysobalanus icaco L. and Eugenia rotundifolia Casar.) commercialized in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Silva, Inês Machline; Peixoto, Ariane Luna

Urban ethnobotany in Petrópolis and Nova Friburgo (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Leitão, Fernanda; Fonseca-Kruel, Viviane Stern da; Silva, Inês Machline; Reinert, Fernanda