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SynthesisMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz2025

Use of Brazilian flora as the main source of new antimalarials: a systematic review.

Ana Rafaela Antunes Porto, Isabela de Brito Duval, Luisa Vitor Braga do Amaral, Izabela da Silva Oliveira, João Gabriel Acioli de Siqueira, Bruno Araújo de Albuquerque, Maria Alice Guarini Rocha, Gabriela Gomes Monteiro Lemos, Marcelo Eduardo Cardozo, José Bryan da Rocha Rihs and 4 more

Abstract readSystematic Review
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Ana Rafaela Antunes PortoUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Imunobiologia e Controle de Parasitos, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
Isabela de Brito DuvalUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Imunobiologia e Controle de Parasitos, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
Luisa Vitor Braga do AmaralUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Imunobiologia e Controle de Parasitos, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
Izabela da Silva OliveiraUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Imunobiologia e Controle de Parasitos, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
João Gabriel Acioli de SiqueiraUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Imunobiologia e Controle de Parasitos, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
Bruno Araújo de AlbuquerqueUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Imunobiologia e Controle de Parasitos, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
Maria Alice Guarini RochaUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Imunobiologia e Controle de Parasitos, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
Gabriela Gomes Monteiro LemosUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Imunobiologia e Controle de Parasitos, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
Marcelo Eduardo CardozoUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Imunobiologia e Controle de Parasitos, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
José Bryan da Rocha RihsUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Imunobiologia e Controle de Parasitos, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
Ricardo Toshio FujiwaraUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Imunobiologia e Controle de Parasitos, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
Ana Laura Grossi de OliveiraUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Imunobiologia e Controle de Parasitos, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
Ramayana Morais de Medeiros BritoUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Imunobiologia e Controle de Parasitos, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
Lilian Lacerda BuenoUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Imunobiologia e Controle de Parasitos, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3510-4590

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plants represent an important source of compounds for treating malaria, highlighting the rich biodiversity of Brazilian flora as a vital resource for developing new, effective antimalarial drugs. The present study sought to shed light on the search for new compounds with antimalarial activity obtained from the Brazilian flora. In this sense, a systematic review was conducted using screening techniques based on "The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis" (PRISMA) protocol. Most of the plants collected in the studies were from the Amazon Rainforest, north of Brazil. Most of the isolated compounds were from the Apocynaceae family and the alkaloids were the main compounds isolated with significant antiplasmodial activity, followed by flavonoids and phenolic compounds. The Brazilian flora can source many compounds with potential antimalarial activity that can challenge Plasmodium drug resistance. However, new studies are still needed to elucidate the natural compounds activity for future application in Malaria treatment.

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AntimalarialsPlant ExtractsPlants, MedicinalBrazilHumansAntimalarialsPlant Extracts

Identifiers

PMID40465896
PMCPMC12147452

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