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Optimizing light-cured composite through variations in camphorquinone and butylhydroxytoluene concentrations

Braz. oral res. (Online); 30 (1), 2016
Abstract The use of a free-radical polymerization inhibitor, butylhydroxytoluene (BHT), and a common photo-initiator, camphorquinone (CQ), to reduce polymerization stress in dental composite was investigated in this study. Samples were prepared by mixing Bis-GMA, UDMA, and TEGDMA at a 1:1:1 ratio (wt%), ...

Avaliação dos óleos essenciais de plantas nativas da Mata Atlântica como promotores de permeação cutânea

Os óleos essenciais da Pimenta pseudocaryophyllus (Gomes) Landrum de planta de populações naturais de três ecossistemas, localizados na Ilha de Cananéia, região de restinga, no Morro da Cataia, cidade de Cajati, região de encosta, ambas em área de Mata Atlântica, e na Reserva Natural Morro Grand...

Phytochemical and toxicological investigations of crude methanolic extracts, subsequent fractions and crude saponins of Isodon rugosus

Biol. Res; 47 (), 2014
BACKGROUND: Isodon rugosus is used traditionally in the management of hypertension, rheumatism, tooth-ache and pyrexia. Present study was arranged to investigate I. rugosus for phytoconstituents, phytotoxic and cytotoxic activities to explore its toxicological, pharmacological potentials and to rationali...

Metabolic engineering: use of system-level approaches and application to fuel production in Escherichia coli

Electron. j. biotechnol; 16 (3), 2013
Metabolic engineering was formally defined more than two decades ago (Bailey, 1991) and it is now an established discipline. Metabolic engineering is generally defined as the directed improvement of product formation or cellular properties through the modification of specific biochemical reactions or the...

Anticariogenic activity of the active fraction from isertia laevis against S. mutans and S. sobrinus: comparison of two extraction methods

Acta odontol. latinoam; 23 (3), 2010
Dental caries is considered a multi-factorial, infectious, chronic, localized, post-eruptive, transmissible disease that leads to the destruction of dental hard tissue. The recognition of Streptococcus mutans as the major bacterial species involved in dental caries has led to the implementation of preven...

Chemical composition of the essential oils from two subspecies of Protium heptaphyllum

Acta amaz; 40 (1), 2010
Qualitative and quantitative analyses of the volatile constituents from resin of Protium heptaphyllum (Aubl.) Marchand subsp. ulei (Swat) Daly (PHU), and Protium heptaphyllum (Aubl.) Marchand subsp. heptaphyllum (PHH), Burseraceae were performed using GC-MS and GC-FID. The resins were collected around th...

Bioactive glycosides from Chinese medicines

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 86 (supl.2), 1991
Glycosides are the bioactive components of many famous Chinese medicines. Here reported are some bioactive glycosides we discovered from Chinese medicines in recent years. (1) Pheolic glycosides from Chinese medicines: Gastrodia elata, acontium austroynanense and Helicia erratica, three bioactive phenoli...

Potential sources of biodynamically active natural products in Brazil

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 86 (supl.2), 1991
In contrast to China where vegatation is predominantly herbaceous, vegetation in Brazil is commonly arboreous. This fact may explain why Chinese drugs are usually acetate derived, while actual and potential natural therapeutic agents from Brazil are mostly shikimate derived. Only relatively few compounds...