CONDICIONES DE SALUD Vitiligo, Psoriasis, Esclerosis múltiple, Esclerosis en capas, Artritis Reumatoide, Cáncer
ESPECIE Polypodium decumanum, Polypodium leucotomos
UBICACIÓN Amazonia
DESCRIPCIÓN Helecho semiepífito con rizona robusto.
Lámina foliar pinnatífida brillante.
USOS TRADICIONALES
Desinflamante, febrífugo, paperas, para el páncreas, para el cáncer, antigripal, abscesos y úlceras cutáneas.
ESTUDIOS MODERNOS
Anti inflamatorio, anti tumoral, Psoriasis, Cáncer de piel, Desórdenes neuro-degenerativos, Alzheimer, Inmunomodulatoria, Foto-protectora de la piel.
FUENTES
Calagualine inhibits nuclear transcription factors-kappaB activated by various inflammatory and tumor promoting agents. Manna SK, Bueso-Ramos C, Alvarado F, Aggarwal BB.
Cytokine Research Laboratory, Department of Bioimmunotherapy, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Box 143, Houston, TX 77030, USA
The flavonoid constituents of two Polypodium species (Calaguala) and their effect on the elastase release in human neutrophils. Vasänge M, Liu B, Welch CJ, Rolfsen W, Bohlin L.
Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala University, Sweden.
J Pharm Pharmacol. 1997 May;49(5):562-6.
A sulphonoglycolipid from the fern Polypodium decumanum and its effect on the platelet activating-factor receptor in human neutrophils. Vasänge M, Rolfsen W, Bohlin L.
Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala University, Sweden.
Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids. 1994 May;50(5):279-84.
The fern Polypodium decumanum, used in the treatment of psoriasis, and its fatty acid constituents as inhibitors of leukotriene B4 formation.
Vasänge-Tuominen M, Perera-Ivarsson P, Shen J, Bohlin L, Rolfsen W.
Department of Pharmacy, BMC, Uppsala, Sweden.
Planta Med. 1992 Aug;58(4):306-10.
Effects of Calaguala and an active principle, adenosine, on platelet activating factor. Tuominen M, Bohlin L, Rolfsen W. Department of Pharmacognosy, Uppsala University, Sweden.
Counteraction of Skin Inflammation and Aging or Cancer by Polyphenols and Flavonoids from Polypodium leucotomos and Xanthohumol
Authors: Philips, Neena; Bynum, David; Hwang, Hyeondo
Source: Anti-Inflammatory & Anti-Allergy Agents in Medicinal Chemistry (Formerly Cu, Volume 9, Number 2, June 2010 , pp. 142-149(8)
Anapsos (Polypodium leucotomos): Neuroimmunotrophic Treatment in Alzheimer Disease and Neurodegenerative Disorders
Antön Alvarez1, José J. Miguel-Hidalgo1, Lucía Fernandez-Novoa1, Joaquín Díaz2, José M. Sempere2, Ramön Cacabelos1,* SEP 2006
Inflammopharmacology
Volume 9, Number 4, 361-371, DOI: 10.1163/156856001320290624
Immunomodulatory properties of a hydrophilic extract of Polypodium leucotomos
Aurora Brieva, Antonio Guerrero and Juan Pablo Pivel
Topical or oral administration with an extract of Polypodium leucotomos prevents acute sunburn and psoralen-induced phototoxic reactions as well as depletion of Langerhans cells in human skin
S. González1, M. A. Pathak1,*, J. Cuevas2, V. G. Villarrubia3, T. B. Fitzpatrick1first published online 6 SEP 2011
Methods Find Exp Clin Pharmacol 2000, 22(7): 585
ISSN 0379-0355 Copyright 2000 Prous Science CCC: 0379-0355  
Double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled pilot study with anapsos in senile dementia: Effects on cognition, brain bioelectrical activity and cerebral hemodynamics
Alvarez, X.A., Pichel, V., Perez, P., et al. |
