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- Title
Potencial antioxidante, antimicrobiano, anti-inflamatória e antifúngica da Anacardium occidentale (Linn): Revisão de literatura.
- Authors
da Silva Pereira Rodrigues, Antônio Rony
- Abstract
Introduction: the flowers, leaves, peels, fruits, and nuts of A. occidentale are rich in phenolic compounds and flavonoids, their high anti-inflammatory and antioxidant potential offers protection to cells. The pseudo fruit and bark of A. occidentale have polyphenols, mainly tannins, which act as natural antibiotics. Objective: to analyze the antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and antifungal potential of Anacardium occidentale L. Methodology: this is an integrative review of the literature that searches the databases: ScienceDirect (Elsevier), Google Scholar (Google) and Redalyc (Scholarly Scientific Information System Redalyc), from July to August 2022. The articles underwent a selection process for the elimination of duplicates using Mendeley Desktop and then by the free software Rayyan QCRI, read in full and the main data analyzed and collected after the Critical Assessment of evidence hierarchy of evidence for intervention studies. Ten items were selected, following the temporal design. Results: four articles talked about antioxidant activity, seven about antimicrobial activity, one on anti-inflammatory and antifungal activity, some articles report more than one therapeutic potential. Conclusion: studies have shown that Anacardium occidentale has medicinal potential, mainly in the use of leaves, bark and gums, and can act as an inhibitor of inflammatory sites, bacterial species such as Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. In addition to promoting antioxidant action due to the presence of flavonoids, tannins, polyphenols, and vitamin C.
- Subjects
LITERATURE reviews; CASHEW tree; PHENOLS; FREEWARE (Computer software); NUTS; DATABASE searching; FRUIT skins; TANNINS
- Publication
Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Químico-Farmacéuticas, 2023, Vol 52, Issue 1, p421
- ISSN
0034-7418
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15446/rcciquifa.v52n1.105316