Table of contents

Volume 20, Issue 1, January/March 2010

Editorial
Publication or citation: what should be our concern?
Santos, Cid Aimbiré M.

Trabalhos originais
Trypanocidal activity of flavonoids and limonoids isolated from Myrsinaceae and Meliaceae active plant extracts
Leite, Ana C.; Placeres Neto, Artur; Ambrozin, Alessandra R. P.; Fernandes, João B.; Vieira, Paulo C.; Silva, Maria F. das G. F. da; de Albuquerque, Sérgio

**Pharmacognostical studies on tubers of Momordica tuberosa Cogn., Cucurbitaceae**
Kumar, Pramod; G, Devala Rao; Bilakanti, Lakshmayya; S, Ramachandra Setty

The Influence of drying processes on flavonoid level and the antioxidant activity of Baccharis articulata (Lam.) extracts
Borgo, Jackson; Xavier, Carlos Augusto Gaiger; Moura, Dinara Jaqueline; Richter, Marc François; Suyenaga, Edna Sayuri

**The quality control of Operculina macrocarpa (Linn) Urb. roots (Convolvulaceae)**
Michelin, Daniele Carvalho; Finati, Suellen Cristiane Gandolfo; Sacramento, Luis Vitor Silva; Vilegas, Wagner; Salgado, Hérida Regin Nunes

**Phytochemical study and evaluation of toxicity against Artemia salina and antimicrobial activity of Calycorectes psidiiflorus (O. Berg) Sobral, Myrtaceae**
Domingues, Elaine A.; Nakamura, Celso V.; de Souza, Maria C.; Teixeira, Tatiane S.; Peixoto, Juliana L. B.; Sarragiotto, Maria H.; Vidotti, Gentil J.

Levantamento de fitoterápicos manipulados em farmácias magistrais de Dourados-MS
Vieira, Silvia C. Heredia; Sólon, Soraya; Vieira, Maria do C.; Zárate, Néstor A. Heredia

**Seasonal analysis from the antimicrobial potency and flavonoid and quinone content from Aloe arborescens Mill., Xanthorrhoeaceae, leaf extracts**
Cardoso, Fernando Leite; Murakami, Cynthia; Mayworm, Marco Aurélio Sivero; Marques, Lucas Miranda

**Composition of the essential oil from the leaves of tree domestic varieties and one wild variety of the guava plant (Psidium guajava L., Myrtaceae)**
de Lima, Rafaela Karin; Cardoso, Maria das Graças; Andrade, Milene Aparecida; Nascimento, Evandro Afonso; de Morais, Sérgio Antônio Lemos; Nelson, David Lee

Antimicrobial activity of Mimosa tenuiflora (Willd.) Poir. from Northeast Brazil against clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus
Padilha, Itácio Q. M.; Pereira, Andréia V.; Rodrigues, Onaldo G.; Siqueira-Júnior, José P.; Pereira, Maria do Socorro V..

**Histochemical, phytochemical and biological screening of Plinia cauliflora (DC.) Kausel, Myrtaceae, leaves**
Souza-Moreira, Tatiana M.; Moreira, Raquel R. D.; Sacramento, Luis V. S.; Pietro, Rosemeire C. L. R.

**Anticonvulsant evaluation of Rauvolfia ligustrina Willd. ex Roem. & Schult., Apocynaceae, in rodents**
Quintans-Júnior, Lucindo J.; Siqueira, Jullyana S.; Melo, Mônica S.; Silva, Davi A.; Morais, Liana C. S. L.; Souza, Maria de Fátima V.; Almeida, Reinaldo N..

**Antifungal activity and kinetics of microbial death of extracts obtained from Streptomyces spp. isolated from paraibano soils**
de Oliveira, Thompson Lopes; Lima, Edeltrudes de Oliveira; de Souza, Ivone Antonia; Cornejo, Luis Conrado Z.

**The evaluation of the genotoxic potency of the Pyrostegia venusta (Ker Gawl.) Miers, Bignoneaceae, crude extract on bone marrow of mice**
Magalhães, Eduardo A.; Silva Júnior, Gabriel J.; de Campos, Thiago Augusto; Silva, Luciana P.; Silva, Regildo M. G.

**Antibacterial activity of the essential oil of Melampodium divaricatum (Rich.) DC, Asteraceae**
Pelissari, Grace Priscila; Pietro, Rosemeire Cristina Linhari Rodrigues; Moreira, Raquel Regina Duarte

**Isolation, identification and antileukemic activity of the monoterpene indole alkaloids from Tabernaemontana salzmannii A. DC., Apocynaceae**
Figueiredo, Elaine R.; Vieira, Ivo J. C.; de Souza, Jucimar J.; Braz-Filho, Raimundo; Mathias, Leda; Kanashiro, Milton M.; Côrtes, Fernanda H.

**Composition and seasonal variation of essential oils of Myrcia obtecta (O. Berg) Kiaersk. var. obtecta, Myrtaceae**
Stefanello, Maria Élida Alves; Cervi, Armando Carlos; Wisniewski Jr, Alberto; Simionatto, Edésio Luiz

**Sesquiterpenoids of Senecio bonariensis Hook. & Arn., Asteraceae**
Silva, Chana de Medeiros da; Bolzan, Aline Abati; Mallmann, Carlos Augusto; Pozzatti, Patrícia; Alves, Sydney Hartz; Heinzmann, Berta Maria

**Usefulness of pyrolysis coupled to gas chromatography/mass spectrometry for evaluating the reproducibility of commercial samples of Cymbopogon citratus Stapf., Poaceae**
Oliveira, Eduardo J.; Alvarez, Enrique D. A.; Lima, Naiana G. P. B.; Macedo, Rui O.

**Pharmacognosy of the specie Erythrina falcata Benth., Fabaceae**
Almeida, Emanuel Eustáquio

**Total phenolics, antioxidant activity and chemical constituents from extracts of Anacardium occidentale L., Anacardiaceae**
Chaves, Mariana H.; Antônia Maria das Graças Lopes, Citó; Lopes, José Arimatéia Dantas; Costa, Danielly Albuquerque da; Oliveira, Carlos Antônio A. de; Costa, Ana Flávia; Brito Júnior, Francisco Eleodoro M.

**Free radical scavenging and anti-edematogenic activities of Paullinia elegans Cambess., Sapindaceae, leaves extracts**
Guimarães, Rodrigo N.; Truitti, Maria Conceição T.; Bersani-Amado, Ciomar A.; Formagio, Anelise S. N.; Cardoso, Flávia P.; Costa, Willian F. da; Souza, Maria Conceição de; Sarragiotto, Maria Helena

Clerodendron glandulosum Coleb., Verbenaceae, ameliorates high fat diet-induced alteration in lipid and cholesterol metabolism in rats
Jadeja, RN; Thounaojam, MC; Ansarullah; Devkar, RV; Ramachandran, AV

**Evaluation of the antibacterial activity of extracts of Avicennia schaueriana (Stapf & Leechm. ex Moldenke, Verbenaceae**
Santos, Sidnei C. dos; Ferreira, Fábio S.; Damião, Alcinéia O.; Damião, Aldinéia O.; Barros, Tânia F.; Rossi-Alva, Juan C.; Fernandez, Luzimar Gonzaga

**Hypotriglyceridemic effect of Morus alba L., Moraceae, leaves in hyperlipidemic rats**
Zeni, Ana Lúcia B.; Dall'Molin, Mauren

Trabalho de Revisão
Use of natural products as adjuvant in the treatment of periodontal disease
Juiz, Paulo J. L.; Alves, Reinaldo J. C.; Barros, Tânia F.