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Cashew apple fiber prevents high fat diet-induced obesity in mice: an NMR metab...
Carvalho, Diana Valesca; Silva, Lorena Mara Alexandre; Alves Filho, Elenilson Godoy; Santos, Flávia Almeida; Lima, Renan Pereira deDietary fiber intake plays an important role in the prevention of obesity. This study aimed at investigating the effect of cashew fiber without low molecular weight compounds (CABwc) on obesity prevention and metabolomics in a murine model of diet-induced obesity. Mice were fed a chow diet (CD), a high-fat diet (HFD) or a high-fat diet supplemented with CABwc (10%) (HFD-CABwc) for 15 weeks. The body weight, abd...
Dose-response evaluation of a copaiba-containing varnish against streptococcus ...
Valadas, Lídia Audrey Rocha; Gurgel, Mariana Fernandes; Mororó, Joelma Martins Mororó; Fonseca, Said Gonçalves da Cruz; Fonteles, Cristiane Sá RorizIntroduction: Dental caries is the most prevalent disease in humans and its incidence is particularly high during childhood. The use of medicinal plants is a common practice in Brazil. Objective: To evaluate the optimal antimicrobial concentration of Copaifera langsdorffii (copaiba) oil-resin, in the form of dental varnish, against Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans) in children. Methods: Twenty-four children, car...
Pharmacological characterization and raman spectroscopy evaluation of oral and ...
Carvalho, Francisco Samuel Rodrigues; Verde, Marina Mota Lima; Viana, Khalil Fernandes; Bezerra, Thâmara Manoela MarinhoBackground: There are several lesions of odontogenic and non-odontogenic origin in the oral cavity, such as odontogenic keratocyst, as well as many treatment options for such lesions. In order to reduce recurrence due to conservative treatments and less aesthetic and functional impairment of the patient (radical therapies), Carnoy’s solution has been used as an adjuvant to surgery, showing satisfactory results....
In vitro evaluation of the curcumin against fluconazole-resistant strains of Ca...
Freitas, Daniel Domingues; Silva, Cecília Rocha da; Andrade Neto, João Batista de; Campos, Rosana de Sousa; Sampaio, Letícia SerpaThe isolates of Candida spp. and Cryptococcus neoformans were inhibited by curcumin, with different degrees of inhibition among species, with MICs ranging from 8-64 μg/mL. After exposure of the C. albicans strains to curcumin, it was observed a decrease in the number of viable cells and damage to cell membranes, the mitochondrial function of C. albicans cells appears to be affected after exposure to curcumin. O...
Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities of Bauhinia ungulata L. (Fabaceae)...
Rodrigues, Raphael de Oliveira; Yaochite, Juliana Navarro Ueda; Braga, Milena Aguiar; Sousa, Amanda Ribeiro de; Sasahara, Greyce LuriObjective: The present study aimed to investigate the antioxidant, immunomodulatory and antimicrobial activities of Bauhinia ungulata L. Method: A flavonoid-rich fraction was obtained from the Bauhinia ungulata L stem, called the ethyl acetate fraction of Bauhinia ungulata (FABU). The total antioxidant capacity of the FABU was determined through the phosphomolibdenium reduction method. For the evaluation of its...
Contribuição ao estudo fitoquímico dos frutos de batiputa (ouratea fieldingiana...
Pinto, Talita Rocha de Miranda; Magalhães, Pedro Jorge Caldas; Fonseca, Said Gonçalves da Cruz; Bandeira, Mary Anne MedeirosIntrodução: Batiputá (Ouratea fieldingiana (Gardner) Engl.) é uma planta essencialmente arbórea ou arbustiva, pertencente ao gênero Ouratea sp, da família Ochnaceae, encontrada em tabuleiros litorâneos do Ceará. As espécies desse gênero são utilizadas popularmente como tônicas e adstringentes, como antinflamatório e em doenças da pele e no tratamento de doenças gástricas. Estudos científicos dos extratos e fraç...
Physicochemical and rheological characterization of different Carnoy's solution...
Carvalho, Francisco Samuel Rodrigues; Feitosa, Victor Pinheiro; Fonseca, Said Gonçalves da Cruz; Araújo, Thiago Dias de VasconcelosCarnoy's solution has been widely undertaken as adjunctive therapy for benign odontogenic tumors. Although its outcomes were highly investigated, little information is available regarding its mechanism of action and the role of chloroform in composition. The aim of this study was to characterize Carnoy's solution (with and without chloroform) in order to survey its physicochemical and pharmacological properties...
Volume residual de antibióticos em frascos-ampola utilizados na pediatria
Chaves, Caroline Magna Pessoa; Lima, Francisca Elisângela Teixeira; Bezerra, Carolina Martins; Cardoso, Maria Vera Lúcia Moreira LeitãoObjective: Quantifying residual volume contained in vials of antibiotics used in pediatrics. Method: This is an experiment involving samples from vials of antibiotics used in a pediatric hospital. Residual volume was identified by calculating the difference in weight measurement before and after the vials were washed. Evaluation of the residual volume difference in the vials was determined by the Wilcoxon non-p...
The triterpenoid alpha, beta-amyrin prevents the impaired aortic vascular react...
Santos, Flávia Almeida; Batista-Lima, Francisco José; Nunes, Paulo Iury Gomes; Viana, Ana Flávia Seraine CustódioTo characterize the pro tective effects of the triterpenoid mixture alpha, beta-amyrin (AMY, 20 mg/kg, during 15 days) on the reactivity of isolated aorta of high- fat diet (HFD)-induced obese mice. Male Swiss mice were fed with HFD or normal diet (ND) for 15 weeks. Contractions of thoracic aorta in response to KCl or phen- ylephrine (PHE) and relaxation by acetylcholine (ACh) or sodium nitroprusside (SNP) were...
The resin from protium heptaphyllum prevents high-fat diet-induced obesity in m...
Carvalho, Karine Maria Martins Bezerra; MarinhoFilho, José Delano Barreto; Melo, Tiago Sousa de; Araújo, Ana Jérsia; Quetz, Josiane da SilvaHerbal compounds rich in triterpenes are well known to regulate glucose and lipid metabolism and to have beneficial effects on metabolicdisorders.ThepresentstudyinvestigatedtheantiobesitypropertiesofresinfromProtiumheptaphyllum(RPH)andthe possible mechanisms in mice fed a high-fat diet (HFD) for 15 weeks. Mice treated with RPH showed decreases in body weight, netenergyintake,abdominalfataccumulation,plasmagluco...