“…According to previous studies, it has been used in traditional medicine of some countries as a diuretic, anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic and anti-influenza agent (Carvajal et al, 1983;García et al, 2000;Cano & Volpato, 2004;Bolsoni et al, 2008). In Brazil, C. sicyoides is largely found in Caatinga and used in folk medicine for treatment of several diseases, such as epilepsy, stroke, gastric ulcer, abscesses, as well as it Bioactivity and potential therapeutic benefits of some medicinal plants from the Caatinga (semi-arid) vegetation of Northeast Brazil: a review of the Maria I. G. Silva et al and methylmalonate induced convulsions (Ribeiro et al, 2005) and to prevent the occurrence of epileptic foci in a rat model of posttraumatic epilepsy (Yamamoto et al, 2002).…”