Table of contents

Volume 20, Issue 2, April/May 2010

Trabalhos originais
**Antiulcer effect of the pepper trees Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi (aroeira-da-praia) and Myracrodruon urundeuva Allemão, Anacardiaceae (aroeira-do-sertão)**
Carlini, Elisaldo A.; Duarte-Almeida, Joaquim M.; Rodrigues, Eliana; Tabach, Ricardo

**Antioxidant activity from the leaf extracts of Jacaranda puberula Cham., Bignoniaceae, a Brazilian medicinal plant used for blood depuration**
Santos, Paula Macedo Lessa dos; Japp, Alberto Sadda; Lima, Lívia Gralato; Schripsema, Jan; Menezes, Fábio de Sousa; Kuster, Ricardo Machado

**Antifungal effect of Schinus molle L., Anacardiaceae, and Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi, Anacardiaceae, essential oils of Rio Grande do Sul**
Santos, Ana C. Atti dos; Rossato, Marcelo; Serafini, Luciana Atti; Bueno, Marina; Crippa, Liziane B.; Sartori, Valdirene C.; Dellacassa, Eduardo; Moyna, Patrick

**Flavonoids from Piper carniconnectivum C. DC. (Piperaceae)**
Alves, Harley da S.; Oliveira, George E. de; Zoghbi, Maria das G.; Chaves, Maria Célia de O.

**Evaluation of mutagenic activity resulting from the infusion Baccharis trimera (Less.) DC. using the Allium cepa test and a chromosomal test for aberrations in human lymphocytes**
Pinho, Daiane S. de; Sturbelle, Régis T.; Martino-Roth, Maria da Graça; Garcias, Gilberto L.

**Antimycobacterial activity evaluation and MIC determination of liophilizated hydroalcoholic extracts of Bixa orellana L., Bixaceae**
Silva, Renata B.; Almeida, Cristina R.; Chavasco, Juliana M.; Chavasco, Jorge K.

**Chemical composition and acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activity of essential oils of Myrceugenia myrcioides(Cambess.) O. Berg and Eugenia riedeliana O. Berg, Myrtaceae**
Souza, Amanda de; Lopes, Elaine M. Cardoso; Silva, Michelle C. da; Cordeiro, Inês; Young, Maria Cláudia M.; Sobral, Marcos E. G.; Moreno, Paulo R. H.

**Antinociceptive activity of Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Griseb., Convolvulaceae**
Paula-Zurron, Ana Claudia B. De; Petraglia, Nilva M. M. A.; Aur, Carlos R.; Moura, Sérgio H. P.; Imamura, Paulo M.; Freitas, José C. De; Catanzaro-Guimarães, Sérgio A.

**Investigation of antihyperglycemic activity of Passiflora edulis Sims, Passifloraceae, in alloxan-induced diabetic rats**
Braga, Andressa; Medeiros, Taciana Postay de; Araújo, Bibiana Verlindo de

**Estudo das folhas e caule de Hyptidendron canum(Pohl ex Benth.) Harley, Lamiaceae**
Fiuza, Tatiana S.; Rezende, Maria H.; Sabóia-Morais, Simone M. T.; Tresvenzol, Leonice M. F.; Ferreira, Heleno D.; Paula, José R.

**Cytotoxic and antiangiogenic activities of Punica granatum L., Punicaceae**
Oliveira, Ligianne P.; Pinheiro, Renata C.; Vieira, Marcelo S.; Paula, José Realino; Bara, Maria Teresa F.; Valadares, Marize C.

Evaluation of antibacterial activity of Dioclea grandiflora Mart. ex. Benth., Fabaceae extracts
Silva, Luiz Lúcio Soares da; Lima, Edeltrudes de Oliveira; Nascimento, Silene Carneiro do; Mota, Diógenes Luiz da; Silva, Nicassio Henrique da; Almeida, Edvaldo Rodrigues de; Silva, Marta Gerusa Soares da

**Pharmacognostic analysis of Arrabidaea chica (Humb. & Bonpl.) B. Verlt. Leaves, Bignoniaceae**
Alves, Mauro Sérgio Marques; Mendes, Patrizia Cardoso; Vieira, Janaína Gell de Pontes; Ozela, Eliana Ferreira; Barbosa, Wagner Luiz Ramos; Silva Júnior, José Otávio Carréra

**Hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic effect of leaves from Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels, Myrtaceae. in diabetic rats**
Schoenfelder, Tatiana; Warmlin, Carolini Z.; Manfredini, Michele S.; Pavei, Larissa L.; Réus, Juana V.; Tristão, Taciane C.; Fernandes, Marcelo S.; Costa-Campos, Luciane

**Quality control of polar extracts from Turnera diffusa Willd. ex Schult., Turneraceae**
Camargo, Ely E. S.; Vilegas, Wagner

**Leaf and stem morphoanatomy of Passiflora edulis Sims, Passifloraceae**
Beraldo, Josseara; Kato, Edna Tomiko Myiake

Brazilian Bromeliaceae species: isolation of arylpropanoid acid derivatives and antiradical potential
Rocha, Fabíola D.; Yano, Mami; Cunha, Márcio R. da; Gabriel, Felipe T.; Cordeiro, Renato S. B.; Menezes, Fábio S.; Kaplan, Maria Auxiliadora C.

**Antimicrobial activity of Aegiphila sellowiana Cham., Lamiaceae, against oral pathogens**
Ferreira, Marcele A.; Carvalho, Tatiane C.; Turatti, Izabel C. C.; Furtado, Niege A. J. C.; Martins, Carlos H. G.; Lopes, Norberto P.; Cunha, Wilson R.; Crotti, Antonio E. M.

Influence of the preparation method on the low efficacy of multi-herb commercial products: the example of João da Costa e Associações
Brandão, Maria G. L.; Cosenza, Gustavo P.; Cesar, Isabela C.; Tagliati, Carlos A.; Marques, Luis C.

Ethnopharmacological study of medicinal plants used in Rosário da Limeira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Oliveira, Helaine B. de; Kffuri, Carolina W.; Casali, Vicente W. D.

**The essential oil from Lippia gracilis Schauer, Verbenaceae, in diabetic rats**
M. Neto, Renato; Matos, Francisco J. A.; Andrade, Vânia S.; Melo, Maria C. N. de; Carvalho, Cibele B. M.; Guimarães, Sérgio B.; Pessoa, Otília D. L.; Silva, Sônia L.; Silva, Silvia F. R.; Vasconcelos, Paulo R. L.

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria inhibited by extracts and fractions from Brazilian marine sponges
Marinho, Palloma R.; Muricy, Guilherme R. S.; Silva, Mara F. L.; Marval, Marcia Giambiagi de; Laport, Marinella S.

Trabalho de Divulgação
Problems associated with clinical trials of Ayurvedic medicines
Sharma, Ashish K; Kumar, Rajesh; Mishra, Anurag; Gupta, Rajiv

Plant molluscicidal activity: a prophylactic alternative
Cantanhede, Selma Patrícia D.; Marques, Adriana de M.; Silva-Souza, Nêuton; Valverde, Alessandra L.

Ensino
The place of pharmacognosy in the pharmaceutical education: epistemological issues and their implications for teaching
Silva, Wellington Barros da