Otávio Akira Sakai

Clean Technologies for Obtaining Biocomposites of Brazilian Ginseng Pfaffia glomerata (Spreng.) Pedersen: A Review

Charlini Balastreri Dorta de Oliveira & Otávio Akira Sakai · European Journal of Medicinal Plants · 2020

The Brazilian ginseng Pfaffia glomerata (Spreng.) Pedersen belongs to the Amaranthaceae family and has as its main component β-ecdysone, a phytoecdysteroid, found in the roots, stem, flowers and leaves of the plant. In the last years sustainability and the environment concern wer...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ejmp/2020/v31i1430314

Characterization of Compounds in the Plant Maytenus ilicifolia Mart. Ex Reissek during the Initial and Adult Development Stage

Wolfran Aparecido de Alvarenga, Érica Marusa Pergo Coelho, Otávio Akira Sakai, Filipe Andrich & Camilla Yara Langer Ogawa · European Journal of Medicinal Plants · 2020

Maytenus ilicifolia Mart. Ex Reissek, was first studied in the 60s, but only in the 80s and 90s were the studies were driven by scientific research that attributed medicinal properties to the plant, such as healing actions for human gastric diseases. In this work, a study was car...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ejmp/2020/v31i1230304