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O POTENCIAL ANTIFÚNGICO DE SUBSTÂNCIAS PRODUZIDAS POR PLANTAS DA FAMÍLIA ASTERACEAE

ABSTRACT

The sweltering climate countries have the biggest reservoirs of potentially bioactive plants of the planet. Amongst the countless representants, which are part of the vast plant arsenal owned by the Atlantic scrub, the Asteraceae family can be an important source of medication, because of its great number of species which are largely spread on the tropical and subtropical regions. Besides that, its taxonomic and biochemical diversities, related to the popular use, as remedy against several diseases, turns it an excellent target to pharmacological research. In many Vernonia species, different biological activities such as antitumoral, antiinflamatory, antihistaminic and antifungic, are attributed to dynamic elements contained in leaves and stalks. The genus Vernonia, having the actually known sesquiterpene lactones and showing biological activities, is a very auspicious surce of such new compounds meant to practical application, as hinted at by Vernonia scorpioides antifungal activity against mycotoxin producer fungi.

key words:
Asteraceae; Vernonia spp biological activity; biological control.

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