Abstract Lafoensia pacari A. St. Hill has been used in traditional medicine as an anti-ulcerogenic and anti-inflammatory. Although there is an ethnopharmacological indication for cancer treatment, only a few studies have demonstrated its possible anticancer activity. Thus, the aims of this study were: (1...
Abstract Tissue engineering suggests different forms to reconstruct tissues and organs. One of the ways is through the use of polymeric biomaterials such as poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA). PLLA is a recognized material in tissue engineering due to its characteristics as biocompatibility and bioresorbability....
ABSTRACT The present study reports a shoot organogenesis-based system for in vitro regeneration of Passiflora miniata, an Amazonia passion fruit species. Root segments were cultured in Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with different concentrations (range 2-9 µM) of 6-benzyladenine (BA); thid...
Abstract The present study was aimed to investigate the in vivo effects of Rosa canina extract on doxorubicin-induced testicular toxicity in mice for the first time. Male NMRI mice were randomly divided into six treatment groups (10=per group) as follows: (I) vehicles, (II) doxorubicin alone (3 mg/kg, i....
Visceral leishmaniasis is a complex neglected tropical disease caused by Leishmania donovani complex. Its current treatment reveals strong limitations, especially high toxicity. In this context, natural products are important sources of new drug alternatives for VL therapy. Therefore, the antileishmanial...
O Sistema Nervoso Central (SNC) humano é formado por cerca de 86,1 bilhões de neurônios entre o encéfalo e a medula espinhal. O desenvolvimento pré-natal humano (tempo da concepção ao nascimento) possui cerca de 38 semanas, e é dividido na fase embrionária que corresponde ao período das 8 seman...
A Hipercolesterolemia Familial (HF) é uma doença genética do metabolismo das lipoproteínas, caracterizada pelo aumento do colesterol plasmático, transportado principalmente pela lipoproteína de baixa densidade (LDL). A HF é causada principalmente por mutações nos genes LDLR, APOB e PCSK9. As mut...
Compostos de amônio quaternário (QACs) têm sido amplamente utilizados como desinfetantes e antissépticos, sendo essenciais na prevenção e controle de infecções bacterianas na medicina humana e veterinária. Embora patógenos prioritários multirresistentes têm sido muito bem caracterizados quant...
Em condições inflamatórias do sistema vascular, altas concentrações de mieloperoxidase somada à presença do ácido úrico, sugerem a formação local do oxidante hidroperóxido de urato. A ação desse peróxido já foi demonstrada sobre glutationa e peroxirredoxinas, tornando plausível a possibi...
Ultraviolet radiation (UV) is related to the development of skin cancer and photoaging, also produces free radicals or reactive oxygen species (ROS) that cause premature aging. Therefore, sunscreens with extended UV protection capacity have been studied associated with antioxidant compounds. Different co...
