title: Screening of plants used in south Brazilian folk medicine.
abstract: Thirty-seven species of medicinal plants used in folk phytotherapy were chemically screened for alkaloids, coumarins, flavonoids, anthraquinones, saponins, sterols and/or triterpenes and tannins. Seven of these were also screened for the presence of mutagenic activity using the Ames test (Salmonella/microsome).
authors.affiliation: Curso Pos Graduaçao, Facultade de Farmacia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Alice
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Vargas
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: de Siqueira
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Schapoval
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gleye
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Henriques
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Henriques
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D006801:Humans; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000032:analysis* / Q000633:toxicity; D010946:Plants, Medicinal
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts