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Associação dos hábitos alimentares e da aptidão cardiorrespiratória com o estado nutricional de escolares

RESUMO O objetivo deste estudo foi verificar se há associação independente e combinada dos hábitos alimentares e da aptidão cardiorrespiratória com o estado nutricional de escolares. Trata-se de um estudo de corte transversal, com 171 crianças (86 meninos e 85 meninas) com idade de seis a 12 anos,...

Acrocarpus fraxinifolius Wight and Arn. Bark; phenolics, toxicity studies, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities

The purpose of the survey was to determine acute & chronic toxicity; in vivo antioxidant and anti-inflammatory actions of the different extracts of A. fraxinifolius Wight and Arn bark; along with estimation of the phenolic, flavonoidal contents and investigation of phenolic metabolites that may attribute...

Morphology, germination, and geographic distribution of Pentaclethra macroloba (Fabaceae): a hyperdominant Amazonian tree

Rev. biol. trop; 69 (1), 2021
Introduction: Pentaclethra macroloba is a hyperdominant tree in the Amazon estuary of great socioeconomic importance for the region because the oil from its seeds is a powerful herbal medicine. Objective: We aimed to characterize the morphological structure, the morphological adaptations in response to t...

Composición química y producción de follaje de Erythrina americana (Fabaceae) en cercos vivos durante dos épocas climáticas

Rev. biol. trop; 69 (1), 2021
Introducción: Erythrina americana es una leguminosa arbórea que se encuentra como parte del cerco en las fincas ganaderas de la región tropical. Sin embargo, los productores de ovinos no utilizan el follaje de este tipo de leguminosa de forma rutinaria o estratégica como complemento alimenticio debid...

Characterization and cytotoxic activity on glial cells of alkaloid-enriched extracts from pods of the plants Prosopis flexuosa and Prosopis nigra (Fabaceae)

Rev. biol. trop; 69 (1), 2021
Introduction: Prosopis spp. pods have shown to be a potential source of protein and energy in livestock. However, prolonged ingestion of some of these species produces neurological symptoms in ruminants. Objective: In the present study, the alkaloid content and the in vitro neurotoxic activity of alkaloi...

Estratégias para o aumento do consumo de frutas, legumes e verduras
Strategies for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption

Esta síntese rápida de evidências foi comissionada e subsidiada pelo Ministério da Saúde, no âmbito do projeto GEREB-010-FIO-20 e faz parte da Coleção "Rapid response for health promotion". O problema: O consumo adequado de frutas, legumes e verduras (FLV) é indicado para prevenção e controle ...

Testicular and seminal evaluation of goats fed hay Cenostigma pyramidale

Pesqui. vet. bras; 40 (12), 2020
This study aimed to assess the possible occurrence of reproductive changes in male goats associated with ingestion of Cenostigma pyramidale hay. Sixteen animals divided into two experimental groups, G1 and G2 (control group) were used. Animals in G1 received 2% of forage, based on live weight (LW), compo...

Bovine digital dermatitis in the Brazilian Amazon biome and topical treatment with Copaifera reticulata oil

Pesqui. vet. bras; 40 (11), 2020
Bovine Digital Dermatitis (BDD) was studied in crossbred dairy cows grazing in Rondon do Pará, in the state of Pará, as well as in Açailândia and Cidelândia, in the state of Maranhão, Brazilian Amazon biome. The digits inspection from the dairy cows during milking was performed in ten farms compris...

Embryonic loss, abortion, and malformations in ewes caused by the ingestion of hay leaves of Cenostigma pyramidale

Pesqui. vet. bras; 40 (10), 2020
Determining if reproductive failures in ewes at the semiarid region in the state of Bahia are related to the consumption of the species Cenostigma pyramidale (Tul.) Gagnon & G.P. Lewis, and this study was developed using pregnant ewes divided into six groups: G1, G2, G3, G4 with six animals each, G5 and ...

Consumo de legumbres y su relación con enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles

Rev. chil. nutr; 47 (5), 2020
RESUMEN Las legumbres son un alimento de origen vegetal, con gran variedad en el aporte de nutrientes; contienen proteínas, minerales, fibra y antioxidantes. Se realizó una revisión bibliográfica en las bases de datos PUBMED y SCIELO, que incluyó artículos entre 2013 y 2019, bajo los términos clav...