Objetivo: Estudos recentes apontam a utilização de plantas na forma de sucos ou chás como fontes de agentes antioxidantes naturais que apresentam baixo risco podendo ser utilizado no auxílio do tratamento de várias doenças. Materiais e métodos: Neste contexto, avaliaram-se os potenciais antioxidan...
(au)INTRODUCCIÓN: la terapia antiviral frente a las infecciones provocadas por virus influenza se basa en empleo de inhibidores de las proteínas M2 y neuraminidasa (NA). Sin embargo, la emergencia de cepas estacionales resistentes a ambos grupos de fármacos motiva la búsqueda de nuevos fármacos anti...
Background Treating latex rubber sheet wastewater often leads to the generation of a rotten-egg odor from toxic H2S. To increase the treatment efficiency and eliminate H2S, purple nonsulfur bacteria (PNSB), prepared by supplementing non-sterile rubber sheet wastewater (RAW) with fermented pineapple extra...
Biodegradación Ambiental,
Purificación del Agua,
Extractos Vegetales/química,
Fermentación,
Chromatiaceae/fisiología,
Ananas,
Látex,
Aguas Residuales,
Concentración de Iones de Hidrógeno,
Odorantes,
Sulfuros
AIM: The aim of this study was to evaluate in vitro the antimicrobial activity of Ocimum basilicum L. (basil) extract in S. Muttans biofilm colonized in specimens confectioned in the same acrylic used for removable orthodontics appliances. MATERIAL AND METHODS: To perform this work, 42 specimens were con...
We tested the hypothesis that Moringa oleifera impairs the morphology and functions of the kidney in rats. Twenty-four adult male Wistar rats were employed in the study. Rats of Control Group I received physiological saline while rats of Groups II IV received 250, 500 and 750 mg/kg bodyweight of metha...
Moringa oleifera,
Extractos Vegetales/toxicidad,
Riñón/efectos de los fármacos,
Tamaño de los Órganos/efectos de los fármacos,
Alanina Transaminasa/efectos de los fármacos,
Alanina Transaminasa/análisis,
Aspartato Aminotransferasas/efectos de los fármacos,
Aspartato Aminotransferasas/análisis,
Urea/análisis,
Ratas Wistar,
Moringa oleifera,
Extractos Vegetales/toxicidad,
Riñón/efectos de los fármacos,
Tamaño de los Órganos/efectos de los fármacos,
Alanina Transaminasa/efectos de los fármacos,
Alanina Transaminasa/análisis,
Aspartato Aminotransferasas/efectos de los fármacos,
Aspartato Aminotransferasas/análisis,
Urea/análisis,
Ratas Wistar
Cisplatin is an anti-cancer drug used in chemotherapy. One of the limiting side effects of cisplatin is decreasing genital gland function, azoospermia and oligospermia. Tribulus terrestris has been used as an aphrodisiac. The present study amid to investigate protective effect of Tribulus terrestris hydr...
Background Enteric red mouth disease and Saprolegniasis, which are caused by the bacteria Yersinia ruckeri and the oomycete Saprolegnia parasitica, respectively, are important illnesses that affect salmonid farming. Sanitary problems in farms are addressed by the prevention of disease outbreaks or by the...
Rhodophyta/química,
Extractos Vegetales/farmacología,
Antiinfecciosos/farmacología,
Salmonidae,
Enfermedades de los Peces,
Cloruro de Metileno/farmacología,
Yersinia ruckeri/efectos de los fármacos,
Saprolegnia/efectos de los fármacos,
Cromatografía de Gases y Espectrometría de Masas,
Recuento de Colonia Microbiana,
Algas Marinas
El estudio de la hipoxia hipobárica (HH) determina un problema de salud pública y laboral en poblaciones que habitan en zonas de altura. La disminución del oxígeno afecta a diferentes órganos, incluyendo el testículo. El organismo responde frente a la hipoxia estimulando la angiogénesis, el flujo ...
Mariotti, Kristiane de Cássia;
Schuh, Roselena Silvestri;
Nunes, Jéssica de Matos;
Salamoni, Sabrina Pinto;
Meirelles, Gabriela;
Barreto, Fabiano;
Poser, Gilsane Lino Von;
Singer, Rodrigo Bustos;
Dallegrave, Eliane;
Sand, Sueli Teresinha Van Der;
Limberger, Renata Pereira.
Gunnera perpensa L. (Gunneraceae) is a native South African plant widely used in traditional medicine as an antibacterial and antifungal. In southern Brazil there is the native species called Gunnera manicata L. that also belongs to the Gunneraceae. Nevertheless, there is no information about chemical an...
Background: Algae offer many advantages as biofuel sources including: high growth rates, high lipid content, the ability to grow on non-agricultural land, and the genetic versatility to improve strains rapidly and produce co-products. Research is ongoing to make algae biofuels a more financially attracti...
