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Medicines, Volume 2, Issue 4

2015 December - 5 articles

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16 Citations

6,193 Views

10 Pages

Chemotaxonomic Characterization and in-Vitro Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Activities of the Leaf Essential Oil of Curcuma longa Grown in Southern Nigeria

Emmanuel E. Essien,
Jennifer Schmidt Newby,
Tameka M. Walker,
William N. Setzer and
Olusegun Ekundayo

Medicines2015, 2(4), 340-349;https://doi.org/10.3390/medicines2040340

21 December 2015

Curcuma longa (turmeric) has been used in Chinese traditional medicine and Ayurvedic medicine for many years. Methods: The leaf essential oil of C. longa from southern Nigeria was obtained by hydrodistillation and analyzed by gas chromatography–mass...

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6 Citations

5,240 Views

9 Pages

Compositional Variation and Bioactivity of the Leaf Essential Oil of Montanoa guatemalensis from Monteverde, Costa Rica: A Preliminary Investigation

Victoria D. Flatt,
Carlos R. Campos,
Maria P. Kraemer,
Brittany A. Bailey,
Prabodh Satyal and
William N. Setzer

Medicines2015, 2(4), 331-339;https://doi.org/10.3390/medicines2040331

24 November 2015

Background: Montanoa guatemalensis is a small to medium-sized tree in the Asteraceae that grows in Central America from Mexico south through Costa Rica. There have been no previous investigations on the essential oil of this tree. Methods: The leaf e...

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Editorial

3 Citations

4,478 Views

3 Pages

Editorial for Special Issue on Herbal Medicines and Natural Products

Zhi-Wei Zhou and
Shu-Feng Zhou

Medicines2015, 2(4), 328-330;https://doi.org/10.3390/medicines2040328

16 November 2015

Herbal medicines and natural products have been the most productive source of drug development and there is a large line of evidence on the applications of herbal medicines and natural products for the management of body function and the treatment of...

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Review

69 Citations

10,528 Views

18 Pages

Exosomes: Potential in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy

Phillip Munson and
Arti Shukla

Medicines2015, 2(4), 310-327;https://doi.org/10.3390/medicines2040310

2 November 2015

Exosomes are membrane-bound, intercellular communication shuttles that are defined by their endocytic origin and size range of 30–140 nm. Secreted by nearly all mammalian cell types and present in myriad bodily fluids, exosomes confer messages betwee...

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Hypothesis

4 Citations

8,950 Views

12 Pages

eMindfulness Therapy—A Study on Efficacy of Blood Pressure and Stress Control Using Mindful Meditation and Eating Apps among People with High Blood Pressure

Matthew Tedder,
Lu Shi,
Mei Si,
Regina Franco and
Liwei Chen

Medicines2015, 2(4), 298-309;https://doi.org/10.3390/medicines2040298

16 October 2015

Background: With the increasing availability of Smartphones and wearable tracking devices, it is now feasible and affordable to apply such mobile devices to delivering mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and intermittent fasting (IF) to lower b...

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