CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND ANTI-IRRITANT CAPACITY OF WHOLE BODY EXTRACTS OF Ulomoides dermestoides (COLEOPTERA, TENEBRIONIDAE)
Background: In traditional medicine of Central and South America, the tenebrionid beetle Ulomoides dermestoides is used as an a phrodisiac, for the treatment of inflammatory diseases and cancer. Recently was reported cytotoxic and genotoxic properties of non-polar extract of U. dermestoides; also an...
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Universidad de Antioquia
2013-04-01
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0121-40042013000100005&lng=en&tlng=en |