The Mikania glomerata is a plant belonging to the family Asteraceae which is widely used in popular medicine due to their actions bronchodilator, antiasthmatic, expectorant and antitussive. The aim of this study was to conduct a scientific exploration and technological plant Mikania glomerata. The scientific exploration was performed by searching the articles published from 2002 to the present in the databases ...
The use of natural products is an innovative alternative to the research and development of new targeted drugs for the treatment of neglected tropical diseases. These are a group of diseases that have high prevalence rates in emerging countries where sanitary conditions and poor health are Revista GEINTEC – ISSN: 2237-0722. São Cristóvão/SE – 2014. Vol. 4/n.2/ p.729-734 730 D.O.I.: 10.7198/S2237-072220140002000...
The use of natural products show great dimension and awareness through empirical application of herbal medicine among the population. These products are often in testing for efficacy in several diseases, among them infectious diseases that pose serious public health problems. The present study aimed to conduct a prior art search and provide an overview of the current state of technological development related t...
The biopolymers, polymeric materials of natural origin or synthetic, are used for biomedical applications. Among the universe of applicability relating to polymeric biomaterials, tissue engineering is presented as a major investor in research that will develop ways to stimulate the regeneration of skin lesions. The objective of this research was to conduct a survey on the use of technology polymer blends for he...
Proteases are proteolytic enzymes that degrade proteins by specific peptide bonds break. Many proteases are associated with diseases like cancer, osteoporosis, neurodegenerative and inflammatory diseases, as well as parasitic diseases, bacterial or viral, since they are involved in the pathogenesis of various diseases that may be good therapeutic targets together with their inhibitors specific protease. This pr...
Depression is the most common psychiatric disorder, constituting a condition that includes psychological symptoms, behavioral and physical. Knowledge about the presence or absence of mutations in genes involved in the metabolism of antidepressants can provide important information to assist in handling and choosing dosages of the drugs used for the treatment of depression. The present study aimed to conduct a s...