- Pothomorphe umbellata
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name = "Pariparoba"
regnum =Plant ae
unranked_divisio =Angiosperm s
unranked_classis =Magnoliid s
ordo =Piperales
familia =Piperaceae
genus = "Pothomorphe "
species = "P. umbellata"
binomial = "Pothomorphe umbellata"
binomial_authority = C.DC.|Pothomorphe umbellata, or Pariparoba is a plant of Amazonian origin that has been traditionally used in folk remedies for digestive and
liver -related maladies. In 2002, a research group based at the Tokyo Medical and Dental University [Antibacterial Constituents against "Helicobacter pylori" of Brazilian Medicinal Plant, Pariparoba. Takahiko ISOBE, Ayumi OHSAKI and Kumiko NAGATA "YAKUGAKU_ZASSHI" vol: 122 issue: 4 page: 291-294 year: 2002 http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/yakushi/122/4/122_291/_article/-char/en viewed 29 May 2007] discovered antibacterial properties of the plant specific to "Helicobacter pylori ". Two years later in laboratory testing at the Pharmaceutical Sciences College (FCF) of theUniversity of São Paulo , molecules found within the plant were demonstrated to have UVB-protective properties. For its medicinal and cosmetic promise, the Brazilian pharmaceutical companyNatura obtained exclusive marketing rights to products developed from the plant. [Protection for the skin, Extract from the Pariparoba exercises antioxidant action against the sun and should reach the market shortly, Dinorah Ereno "Revista Pesquisa Fapesp", Print Edition November 2004, http://www.revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/?art=1340&bd=1&pg=1&lg=en viewed 29 May 2007]References
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