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Production of reactive oxygen species in macrophages treated with essential oil...
Araujo, Silvan Silva de; Oliveira, Aline Camila Silva de; Santos, Matheus Ismerim Silva; Santos, Sandra Lauton; Amorim, Jamile Ferro deEssential oils are complex systems which consist mainly of volatile compounds of lipophilic source, as terpenes, sesquiterpenes and some non-terpenes [1]. Resulting from secondary metabolism, essential oil from Croton argyrophyllus (EOCA) is commonly extracted from its leaves. It is known that the essential oils from Croton species exhibit good antioxidant activity against DPPH free radical and reactive oxygen ...
An analysis of the quality of studies that evaluate potentially inappropriate d...
Santos, Ana Patrícia Alves Lima; Silva, Daniel Tenório da; Conceição, Vanessa Alves da; Silvestre, Carina Carvalho; Lyra Junior, Divaldo Pereira deIn the elderly population, increased predisposition to chronic diseases and consequent use of various medications increases the chances of using a potentially inappropriate drug therapy. The purpose of this review was to analyze research that uses tools to study potentially inappropriate drug therapy through the strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology (STROBE) initiative. A systemat...
Evidence for the Involvement of Descending Pain-Inhibitory Mechanisms in the An...
Gama, Kelly Barbosa; Quintans, Jullyana de Souza Siqueira; Antoniolli, Ângelo Roberto; Quintans Júnior, Lucindo José; Santana, Wagno Alcântara deTexto completo: acesso restrito. p. 559−563; Submitted by Edileide Reis (leyde-landy@hotmail.com) on 2014-11-25T14:30:51Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Kelly Barbosa Gama.pdf: 623352 bytes, checksum: 775057950bf26281a03c9d6374ade542 (MD5); Approved for entry into archive by Patricia Barroso (pbarroso@ufba.br) on 2014-12-01T20:40:03Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Kelly Barbosa Gama.pdf: 623352 bytes, checksum: 775057950bf26...
Epidemiological aspects of dengue in Aracaju, State of Sergipe, Brazil
Alves, José Antonio Barreto; Santos, Jokasta Rodrigues; Mendonça, Emanuelle Nabuco de; Abud, Ana Cristina Freire; Nunes, Mariangela da SilvaINTRODUÇÃO: A dengue permanece como uma doença de elevada significância para a saúde pública e sua incidência tem aumentado nas últimas décadas. Este estudo objetivou caracterizar a incidência epidemiológica da dengue no período de 2001-2010. MÉTODOS: Trata-se de um estudo epidemiológico da dengue no município de Aracaju, Sergipe, no período de 2001 a 2010, cujos dados foram obtidos do Sistema de Informação de ...
Seed germination, phenology, and antiedematogenic activity of Peperomia pelluci...
Arrigoni-Blank, Maria de Fátima; Oliveira, Ricardo Luiz Barros; Mendes, Sandra Santos; Silva, Paulo de Albuquerque; Antoniolli, Ângelo RobertoBackground Peperomia pellucida is popularly known as coraçãozinho in the Brazilian northeast and is used in the treatment of abscesses, furuncles, and conjunctivitis. Our work aimed to determine the term of the development stages and the species cycle in the four seasons of the year (complete development, beginning of bloom, complete bloom, and seed set), verifying the plant's therapeutic profile during the fou...
Antinociceptive activity of the aqueous extract of Bauhinia cheilantha (Bong.) ...
Antoniolli, Ângelo Roberto; Silva, Adriana M. O.; Teixeira-Silva, Flávia; Nunes, Rogéria de Souza; Marçal, Rosilene MorettiBauhinia cheilantha (Leguminosae-Caesalpinioideae) é uma planta comum da caatinga amplamente utilizada na medicina popular como analgésica. Para verificar farmacologicamente este efeito, a atividade antinociceptiva desta planta foi verificada através do extrato aquoso da entre-casca, administrado em camundongos. O extrato (400 mg/kg), administrado por via oral 60 minutos antes do teste reduziu a nocicepção em 5...
Rational drug prescribing for elderly inpatients in a brazilian hospital: a pil...
Antoniolli, Ângelo Roberto; Quintans, Jullyana de Souza Siqueira; Silvestre, Carina Carvalho; Silva, Daniel Tenório da; Serafini, Mairim RussoInadequate prescriptions are one of the biggest causes of adverse events related to medications. The aim of this study was to evaluate rational drug prescribing for elderly inpatients. A cross-sectional study was conducted to monitor the quality of drug prescriptions of patients admitted from May to August 2009, in a cardiovascular ward in Brazil. The quality evaluation of drug prescribing for elderly inpatient...
Citral reduces nociceptive and inflammatory response in rodents
Quintans-Júnior, Lucindo José; Guimarães, Adriana Gibara; Santana, Marília Trindade de; Araújo, Bruno Eduardo Silva de; Moreira, Flávia VianaCitral (CIT), which contains the chiral enantiomers, neral (cis) and geranial (trans), is the majority monoterpene from Lippia alba and Cymbopogon citratus. The present study aimed to evaluate CIT for antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory activities in rodents. Antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory effects were studied by measuring nociception through acetic acid and formalin tests, while inflammation was verif...
Volatile constituents and behavioral change induced by Cymbopogon winterianus l...
Leite, Bárbara Lima Simioni; Souza, Thaís Teles de; Antoniolli, Ângelo Roberto; Guimarães, Adriana Gibara; Barreto, Rosana de Souza SiqueiraCymbopogon winterianus Jowitt (‘Java citronella’) is an important essential oil yielding aromatic grass cultivated in India and Brazil and its volatile essential oils extracted from its leaves are used in perfumery, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and flavoring industries. However, there is no report on any psychopharmacological study of C. winterianus leaf essential oil (LEO) available to date. In this study, the p...