Chichuá (Xixuá): Amazonian Plant with Antigenotoxic

The species Maytenus guianensis is a medium-sized tree endemic to the Amazon rainforest, known as: (chichuá, xixuá, chuchahuasi, chucchu huashu, chuchuasi, and chuchasha). Its roots and stem are used in traditional medicine for their supposed analgesic, muscle relaxant, healing, insecticide, immunosuppressant, anti-inflammatory, antiulcerogenic, antirheumatic, antidiarrheal, antibacterial, antifungal, anthelmintic, antiprotozoal, antitumor, aphrodisiac, and gynecological, demonstrating great ethnopharmacological potential to be explored. This book demonstrates the antigenotoxic effects of the species in tests conducted with plant and animal models.

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Professor at the Federal University of Acre (UFAC), he holds a degree in Biological Sciences from the Lutheran University Center of Ji-Paraná (CEULJI/ULBRA) (2007), a Master's degree in Genetics and Applied Toxicology from the Lutheran University of Brazil - ULBRA (2011), and a PhD in Experimental Biology from the Federal University of Rondônia UNIR (2015).