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Effect of Bauhinia holophylla treatment in Streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

An. acad. bras. ciênc; 89 (1), 2017
ABSTRACT Bauhinia holophylla, commonly known as "cow's hoof", is widely used in Brazilian folk medicine for the diabetes treatment. Therefore, the aim of this study was at evaluating the aqueous extract effect of Bauhinia holophylla leaves treatment on the streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Diabetes w...

Construção de cartilha sobre insulinoterapia para crianças com diabetes mellitus tipo 1

RESUMO Objetivo: descrever o processo de construção de uma cartilha educativa sobre insulinoterapia para crianças com diabetes mellitus tipo 1. Método: abordagem metodológica, na qual se seguiram as etapas: seleção do conteúdo e tipo de tecnologia a ser construída (para essa etapa, foi realiza...

Macromolecular confinement of therapeutic protein in polymeric particles for controlled release: insulin as a case study

ABSTRACT Sustained release systems for therapeutic proteins have been widely studied targeting to improve the action of these drugs. Molecular entrapping of proteins is particularly challenging due to their conformational instability. We have developed a micro-structured poly-epsilon-caprolactone (PCL) p...

Alpinia oxyphylla Miq. extract changes miRNA expression profiles in db-/db- mouse kidney

Biol. Res; 50 (), 2017
BACKGROUND: A number of dysregulated miRNAs have been identified and are proposed to have significant roles in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes mellitus or renal pathology. Alpinia oxyphylla has shown significant anti-inflammatory properties and play an anti-diabetes role. The objective of this study ...

Serum concentrations and renal expressions of IL-1 and TNF-a early after hemorrhage in rats under the effect of glibenclamide

Acta cir. bras; 31 (7), 2016
ABSTRACT PURPOSE: To investigate changes in the serum concentration and renal expression of IL-1 and TNF-α cytokines in rats that received sevoflurane and glibenclamide prior to hemorrhage. METHODS: Two groups of sevoflurane-anesthetized Wistar rats (n=10): G1 (control) and G2 (glibenclamide, 1 �...

Effect of Otostegia persica extract on ischemia/reperfusion induced renal damage in diabetic rats. A biochemical study

Acta cir. bras; 31 (6), 2016
ABSTRACT PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect of Otostegia persica (O. persica) extract on renal damage induced by ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) in diabetic rats. METHODS: Forty-eight rats were subjected to right nephrectomy; then, they were allocated into six groups: Sham; Diabetic sham; I/R; Diabetic I/R; I/...

Efecto del ciprofibrato sobre el metabolismo del colesterol HDL y la capacidad antioxidante plasmática en el ratón

Rev. chil. cardiol; 35 (2), 2016
Antecedentes: Las dislipidemias, ya sea un aumento en los niveles de colesterol LDL y/o una disminución en las cifras de colesterol HDL, son muy relevantes para el desarrollo de la enfermedad cardiovascular ateroesclerótica, siendo el colesterol HDL bajo la dislipidemia más frecuente en la población ...

Antioxidant, antimicrobial, toxicity and analgesic properties of ethanol extract of Solena amplexicaulis root

Biol. Res; 47 (), 2014
BACKGROUND: This study was subjected to investigate different pharmacological properties of ethanol extract ofSolena amplexicaulis root. RESULTS: The extract contains flavonoid, alkaloid, saponin and steroid compounds. The extract exhibited excellent antioxidant activity in DPPH radical scavenging activi...