Arom & at al ic in P l ic a n d Camara et al., Med Aromat Plants (Los Angeles) t e s M 2019, 8:2 Medicinal & Aromatic Plants DOI: 10.4172/2167-0412.1000329 ISSN: 2167-0412 Research Article Open Access Luehea candicans Increase in Vitro Cell Cancer Metabolism Even with High Polyphenols Content Marcos Bispo Pinheiro Camara1#, Ana Carolina Silveira Rabelo2*#, Jéssica Borghesi2, Fernanda Bessa2, Rodrigo da Silva Nunes Barreto2, Maria Angélica Miglino2, Antônio José Cantanhede Filho1, Fernando José Costa Carneiro1 1Department of Chemistry, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Maranhão, Campus São Luís- Monte Castelo, Maranhão, 65030-005, Brazil 2Laboratory of Stem Cell, Department of Anatomy of Domestic and Wild Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Department of Surgery (VCI), University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, 05508 270, Brazil #Equal Contribution *Corresponding author: Ana Carolina Silveira Rabelo, Laboratory of Stem Cell, Department of Anatomy of Domestic and Wild Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Department of Surgery (VCI), University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, 05508 270, Brazil, Tel: +55 11 3091-7690; E-mail:
[email protected] Received date: February 12, 2019; Accepted date: February 25, 2019; Published date: March 06, 2019 Copyright: © 2019 Camara MBP, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Abstract Brazil is the country with the greatest biodiversity; however, most of the plants are used empirically, without scientific evidence.