Elsevier, Journal of Ethnopharmacology, (185), p. 68-76, 2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2016.03.041
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Combretum leprosum is a popular medicinal plant distributed in north and northeastern regions of Brazil. Many different parts of this plant are used in traditional medicine to treat several inflammatory diseases. Parkinson´s disease (PD) is a disorder associated with inflammatory toxic factors and the treatments available provide merely a delay of the neurodegeneration.