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Síndrome da ceratomalácia (Corneal Melting) periférica na artrite psoriásica tratada com adalimumabe

Rev. bras. reumatol; 55 (4), 2015
RESUMOA síndrome do corneal melting periférica é uma rara condição imune caracterizada por afinamento da margem da córnea e, às vezes, perfuração. Está associada a doenças reumáticas e não reumáticas. Poucos casos de síndrome do corneal melting periférica foram relatados em pacientes com ...

Infiltrações intra-articulares de triancinolona hexacetonida na artrite reumatóide: preditores de melhora a curto e longo prazo

Rev. bras. reumatol; 55 (3), 2015
Objetivos: Identificar fatores preditivos de resposta à infiltração intra-articular (IIA) com triancinolona hexacetonida (TH). Métodos: Este estudo foi realizado em pacientes de artrite reumatóide (AR) (segundo critérios do American College of Rheumatology) submetidos à IIA (infiltração mono, pa...

Herbal mouthwash based on Libidibia ferrea: microbiological control, sensory characteristics, sedimentation, pH and density

Introduction: Phytotherapy is the study of herbal medicines and their applicability to cure diseases in general, being a therapeutic method which can be used for the prevention and treatment of mouth diseases. Among the herbal studied, the Libidibia ferrea, known as jucá or ironwood, is widely used in f...

Cell therapy in experimental model of inflammatory bowel disease

Inflammatory bowel disease, which mainly involves Crohn's disease and ulcerative rectocolitis, is an inflammatory condition of the mucosa that can afflict any segment of the gastrointestinal tract. Despite the fact that the existing therapies result in improvement in patient's symptomatology and quality ...

Extraction optimization of total triterpenoids from Jatropha curcas leaves using response surface methodology and evaluations of their antimicrobial and antioxidant capacities

Electron. j. biotechnol; 18 (2), 2015
Background Triterpenoids are multifunctional secondary metabolites in plants. But little information is available concerning the actual yield, optimal extraction method and pharmacologic activity with regard to triterpenoids from Jatropha curcas leaves (TJL). Hence, response surface methodology (RSM) was...

Enfermedad de Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada y rehabilitación visual
Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease and visual rehabilitation

Rev. cuba. oftalmol; 28 (1), 2015
La enfermedad de Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada es una entidad infrecuente, multisistémica, de etiología desconocida, presuntamente autoinmune, caracterizada por panuveítis granulomatosa crónica bilateral y difusa, acompañada de participación tegumentaria, neurológica y auditiva, que afecta con mayor frecue...

Estudio de propiedades anti-inflamatorias de extractos foliares de dos genotipos de murtilla (Ugni molinae Turcz) en fibroblastos cardiacos

Las enfermedades cardiovasculares se caracterizan por una desregulación del proceso inflamatorio, el que se perpetúa por activación del factor transcripcional NF-κB y sobreproducción de mediadores proinflamatorios como TNF-α, IL-1β, y prostaglandinas, entre otros. Los fibroblastos cardiacos (FC) s...

Características y propiedades funcionales de physalis peruviana “aguaymanto”

Physalis peruviana L. “Aguaymanto” es una planta con una excelente fuente de vitaminas A (1460mg / 100g), proteínas (1900mg / 100g), lípidos (0,5g / 100g) y minerales (55,41mg / 100g). También es muy valorada por su alto contenido de fitoquímicos bioactivos y ácido ascórbico (vitamina C) (43,00...

Microemulsion based on Pterodon emarginatus oil and its anti-inflammatory potential

Braz. j. pharm. sci; 51 (1), 2015
This article reports the development of a pharmaceutical product containing vegetable actives from a Brazilian medicinal plant. The possibility of forming a microemulsion using Pterodon emarginatus ("sucupira") oil was evaluated and the anti-inflammatory potential of this microemulsion was also examined....

A preliminary study of the anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic effects of crocin against gastric ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats

Braz. j. pharm. sci; 51 (3), 2015
The aim of the present study was to investigate the protective effect of crocin on gastric mucosal lesions caused by ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury in rats. Thirty-two male rats were randomly divided into sham, I/R, I/R + crocin pretreatment and crocin alone groups. To induce I/R lesions, the celiac a...