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The Transition From Undernutrition to Overnutrition Under Adverse Environments ...
Leocádio, Paola Caroline L.; Lopes, Synara C.; Dias, Ronaldo P.; Alvarez-Leite, Jacqueline I.; Guerrant, Richard L.; Malva, João O.; Oriá, Reinaldo B.Nutritional transition is an important public health issue in developing countries, where switch from undernutrition to overnutrition/obesity is rapidly occurring, often within two or three generations. Such transition is related to changes in lifestyle, with people having more access to western high-caloric diets. In developing countries, settings of poverty, poor sanitation and hygiene are still common, where...
Peripheral antinociceptive action of mangiferin in mouse models of experimental...
Lopes, Synara C.; Silva, Ana Virgínia Lima da; Arruda, Bruno Rodrigues; Morais, Talita Cavalcante; Rios, Jeison Barros Rioshis study aimed to assess the possible systemic antinociceptive activity of mangiferin and to clarify the un- derlying mechanism, using the acute models of chemical (acetic acid, formalin, and capsaicin) and thermal (hot-plate and tail- fl ick) nociception in mice. Mangiferin at oral doses of 10 to 100 mg/kg evidenced signif- icant antinociception against chemogenic pain in the test models of acetic acid-induce...