Hexane extract from Spondias tuberosa (Anacardiaceae) leaves has antioxidant activity and is an anti-Candida agent by causing mitochondrial and lysosomal damages

• Main Authors: Bruna Maria Pereira da Costa Cordeiro (Author), Nataly Diniz de Lima Santos (Author), Magda Rhayanny Assunção Ferreira (Author), Larissa Cardoso Corrêa de Araújo (Author), Alexsander Rodrigues Carvalho Junior (Author), Alan Diego da Conceição Santos (Author), Ana Paula de Oliveira (Author), Alexandre Gomes da Silva (Author), Emerson Peter da Silva Falcão (Author), Maria Tereza dos Santos Correia (Author), Jackson Roberto Guedes da Silva Almeida (Author), Luís Cláudio Nascimento da Silva (Author), Luiz Alberto Lira Soares (Author), Thiago Henrique Napoleão (Author), Márcia Vanusa da Silva (Author), Patrícia Maria Guedes Paiva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Spondias tuberosa is a plant that produces a fruit crop with high economic relevance at Brazilian Caatinga. Its roots and leaves are used in folk medicine. Methods Chemical composition of a hexane extract from S. tuberosa leaves was evaluated by thin-layer chromatography (TLC), h...