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Excreção fracionada urinária de sódio, potássio e cloreto em cordeiros suplementados com cloreto de amônio para prevenção de urolitíase

Pesqui. vet. bras; 38 (5), 2018
A urolitíase é uma doença importante de cordeiros confinados. A acidificação da urina, pela ingestão de cloreto de amônio, é o método preventivo mais frequentemente empregado. Devido à falta de informação específica em ovinos, este estudo foi realizado para avaliar as alterações que ocorre...

Graves' ophthalmopathy: low-dose dexamethasone reduces retinoic acid receptor-alpha gene expression in orbital fibroblasts

ABSTRACT Objective: Graves' ophthalmopathy (GO) is an autoimmune disease that leads to ocular proptosis caused by fat accumulation and inflammation, and the main treatment is corticosteroid therapy. Retinoid acid receptor-alpha (RARα) seems to be associated with inflammation and adipocyte different...

Proliferation of human adipose tissue-derived stem cells stimulated by oil rich in thymol of Lippia origanoides

Acta cir. bras; 33 (5), 2018
Abstract Purpose: To evaluate the effects of this thymol-rich oil in the proliferation of human adipose tissue-derived stem cells. Methods: Stem cells were isolated from human adipose tissue by liposuction. After the first passage, cells were cultivated in triplicate for three days in control medium a...

Bouts of exercise elicit discordant testosterone: cortisol ratios in runners and non-runners

ABSTRACT Objective: The testosterone:cortisol ratio (T:C) is suggested to be used in order to examine whether physical exercise generates either a "catabolic environment" or an "anabolic environment". The present study aims to evaluate the acute time-course profile of cortisol and testosterone due to an...

Caracterização físico-química e nutricional de variedades de tomate (Lycopersicum esculentum, Mill) orgânico
Physicochemical and nutritional characterization of organic tomato varieties (Lycopersicum esculentum, Mill)

Hig. aliment; 32 (278/279), 2018
provavelmente na Região Andina, parte ocidental da América do Sul. Seus frutos são bagas carnosas, suculentas, variando em aspecto, tamanho e peso, dependendo do cultivar e do manejo adotado. Este projeto procurou estudar a composição físico-química e nutricional de sete variedades de tomate obtid...

Evaluation of the clinical effect of a probiotic mouthwash in the treatment of generalized marginal chronic gingivitis: randomized pilot study

J. oral res. (Impresa); 7 (4), 2018
Objective. to evaluate the clinical effect of a probiotic mouthwash in reducing generalized marginal chronic gingivitis using positive and negative control groups. methodology. four-week study conducted in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, from january to march 2017. participants were healthy, non-smokers with g...

Exposição a fluoreto por crianças na faixa etária crítica para fluorose dentária, residentes no semiárido brasileiro

Resumo Há uma preocupação com o aumento da prevalência de fluorose dentária, que depende da dose de fluoreto (F) a que as crianças são submetidas durante a formação dos dentes. A temperatura ambiental afeta a ingestão de água e, portanto, seria importante avaliar se as crianças que vivem em u...

Effects of Copaiba oil in the healing process of urinary bladder in rats

Int. braz. j. urol; 44 (2), 2018
ABSTRACT Introduction The appropriate closure of the urinary bladder is important to many urologic procedures to avoid the formation of fistulas and strictures by excessive fibrosis. This paper presents the alterations in the bladder healing process of rats after the topical use of Copaiba oil (Copaifer...

Vitamin A nutritional status in high- and low-income postpartum women and its effect on colostrum and the requirements of the term newborn

J. pediatr. (Rio J.); 94 (2), 2018
Abstract Objective To evaluate the vitamin A status in serum and colostrum of postpartum women with different socioeconomic status, comparing the colostrum retinol supply with the vitamin A requirement of the newborn. Methods Cross-sectional study conducted with 424 postpartum women. Vitamin A maternal...

Molecular cloning and biochemical characterization of an α-amylase family from Aspergillus niger

Background: α-Amylase is widely used in the starch processing, food and paper industries, hydrolyzing starch, glycogen and other polysaccharides into glucose, maltose and oligosaccharides. An α-amylase gene family from Aspergillus niger CBS513.88 encode eight putative α-amylases. The differences and s...