Resveratrol is a stilbenoid, a type of natural phenol, and a phytoalexin produced by several plants in response to injury or attack by fungi. The underutilization of soybean seed coat (Glycine max (L.) Merrill.) and tempeh, cheap Indonesia fermented food thus opens up a new opportunity for developing a R...
ABSTRACT Cinnamomum cassia (Cinnamon) is a well-known traditional medicine with therapeutic benefits for centuries. We evaluated the effects of cinnamon essential oil (CEO) and its main component cinnamaldehyde (CA) on human corpus cavernosum (HCC) and rat CC. The essential oil of cinnamon was analyzed f...
Acroleína/análogos & derivados,
Acroleína/farmacología,
Análisis de Varianza,
Cinnamomum zeylanicum/química,
Disfunción Eréctil/tratamiento farmacológico,
Disfunción Eréctil/fisiopatología,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Relajación Muscular/efectos de los fármacos,
Relajación Muscular/fisiología,
Aceites Volátiles/farmacología,
Erección Peniana/efectos de los fármacos,
Erección Peniana/fisiología,
Pene/efectos de los fármacos,
Pene/fisiopatología,
Fenilefrina/farmacología,
Inhibidores de Fosfodiesterasa 5/farmacología,
Ratas Sprague-Dawley,
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados,
Citrato de Sildenafil/farmacología,
Vasoconstrictores/farmacología
ABSTRACT Objective Anacyclus Pyrethrum (AP) and Tribulus Terrestris (TT) have been reported as male infertility treatment in several studies; however, in Iranian traditional medicine these two plants are prescribed simultaneously. In this study, we aimed to determine the effects of AP and TT extracts b...
Peso Corporal,
Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium/química,
Fertilidad/efectos de los fármacos,
Hormona Folículo Estimulante/sangre,
Infertilidad Masculina/tratamiento farmacológico,
Hormona Luteinizante/sangre,
Tamaño de los Órganos,
Extractos Vegetales/farmacología,
Extractos Vegetales/uso terapéutico,
Ratas Wistar,
Valores de Referencia,
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados,
Recuento de Espermatozoides,
Motilidad Espermática/efectos de los fármacos,
Espermatozoides/efectos de los fármacos,
Testículo/efectos de los fármacos,
Testosterona/sangre,
Resultado del Tratamiento,
Tribulus/química
ABSTRACT Objective: Hypothalamic inflammation and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) overexpression in astrocytes are well described in obese animals, as are some cognitive and memory deficits. As the hippocampus plays important roles in the consolidation of information, this investigation aimed to ...
Tejido Adiposo/metabolismo,
Astrocitos/química,
Dieta Alta en Grasa/efectos adversos,
Proteína Ácida Fibrilar de la Glía/análisis,
Proteína Ácida Fibrilar de la Glía/metabolismo,
Hipocampo/citología,
Inmunohistoquímica,
Trastornos de la Memoria/etiología,
Trastornos de la Memoria/metabolismo,
Obesidad/complicaciones,
Obesidad/metabolismo,
Ratas Wistar,
Valores de Referencia,
Factores de Tiempo
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the concentration of alpha-tocopherol in umbilical cord serum of full-term and preterm newborns, in order to assess the nutritional status of both groups in relation to the vitamin and its possible correlation with intrauterine growth. Methods: A cross-sectional obser...
This review work focuses on how the secondary chemistry could help in the survival of plants in high mountain habitats under extreme environmental conditions. The elevated levels of stress in high areas of the tropic and subtropic change dramatically not only by following the annual cycles of winter and ...
In the present study, we investigated the antiproliferative activity of essential oil from leaves of Melissa officinalis L. grown in Southern Bosnia and Herzegovina. In vitro evaluation of antiproliferative activity of the M. officinalis essential oil was carried out on three human tumor cell lines: MCF-...
Melissa,
Aceites Volátiles/farmacología,
Aceites Volátiles/química,
Proliferación Celular/efectos de los fármacos,
Línea Celular Tumoral/efectos de los fármacos,
Antineoplásicos/farmacología,
Antineoplásicos/química,
Hojas de la Planta,
Técnicas In Vitro,
Cromatografía de Gases y Espectrometría de Masas,
Monoterpenos/análisis,
Sesquiterpenos/análisis,
Células Tumorales Cultivadas
The aim of the present work was to optimize the main experimental variables of a procedure using HS-SPME/GC-MS as the analytical methodology to establish the profile of the volatile compounds present in aerial parts of Hedeoma multiflorum Benth. The influence of the type of fiber, equilibrium time, extra...
Abstract The study aimed to evaluate the antimicrobial activity, antioxidant, toxicity and phytochemical screening of the Red Propolis Alagoas. Antimicrobial activity was evaluated by disk diffusion method. Determination of antioxidant activity was performed using the DPPH assay (1.1-diphenyl-2-picrylhy...
Abstract The aims of this research were: evaluate the chemical composition and the cytotoxicity of the Cuminum cyminum (cumin), Anethum graveolens (dill), Pimpinella anisum (anise) and Foeniculum vulgare (fennel) essential oils, as well as their antifungal activity in vitro against ten Candida spp. isol...
