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Cannabis for chronic pain: mechanistic insights and therapeutic challenges

Chronic pain represents a complex and debilitating condition that affects millions of people worldwide, significantly compromising their quality of life. The conventional approach to treating this type of pain often relies on the use of opioid analgesics and anti-inflammatory drugs. While these agents are effective in the short term, they present several limitations, including the risk of dependence, severe sid...

Invasive plants and their possible applications - phytochemical profile and bio...

Invasive species are distinguished by their simplicity in reproductive and ability to adapt to adverse environments. Biological invasion has been identified as the primary driver of global change, responsible for biotic interchange and, as a result, habitat homogenization. It is well recognized that invasive species have been one of the primary causes of native species loss in recent centuries, affecting the na...

A new approach on carotenoids: classification; bioavailability and further indu...

Carotenoids are versatile isoprenoids that have been related to a number of health benefits. Their presence in foods, dietary intake and circulating levels have been associated with a reduced incidence of obesity, diabetes, certain types of cancer, and even lower total mortality. In this review, several considerations for their safe and sustainable use in foods mostly intended for health promotion are provided....

Biochemical changes in cardiovascular diseases

Aspetos nutricionais e propriedades biológicas das sementes de papoila e de quinoa

A dieta alimentar permite ao indivíduo consumir diariamente substâncias nutritivas fundamentais para o seu desenvolvimento e sobrevivência. Contudo, quando a sua ingestão é nutricionalmente desequilibrada ou escassa, o metabolismo humano poderá atingir um estado de desnutrição e, consequentemente, promover o aparecimento de distúrbios metabólicos e/ou doenças crónicas. Com a consciencialização destes problemas ...

Valorization of watermelon fruit (Citrullus lanatus) byproducts: phytochemical ...

Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) a fruit crop, is an herbaceous creeping plant belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae. It is a tropical plant, mainly propagated by seeds and thrives best in warm areas. While the fruit pulp is consumed, seeds are often discarded. The continuously growing global market for the main tropical fruits is currently estimated at 85 million tons, of which approximately half is lost or was...

INSECTICIDAL AND FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY OF A MAGNESIUM COMPOUND CONTAINING ISOVANI...

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Suplementos de cálcio: quem e como

O cálcio desempenha um papel fundamental na formação óssea, na regulação da contração muscular, na transmissão de impulsos nervosos e na secreção hormonal. A adequada concentração deste elemento no organismo é fundamental para a homeostasia em todas as fases da vida do ser humano. No metabolismo do cálcio, a vitamina D tem um contributo essencial para a absorção deste mineral e para a sua deposição óssea. De ac...

Ultra-trace elements in human health: selenium, chromium, molybdenum, cobalt, b...

Essential ultra-trace elements have an essential role in many physiological processes, regulating enzymes and metabolic pathways, being fundamental for growth, development, muscle and nerve function, normal cellular functioning, and synthesis of some hormones and connective tissue. Nevertheless, excessive levels of these elements can also lead to health problems, as neoplastic diseases. Another field of interes...

Trace minerals in human health: iron, zinc, copper, manganese and fluorine

Trace elements exist in the environment in small amounts but play an essential part in sustaining various physiological and metabolic processes occurring within living tissues, as enzymes structure and function, bone and blood maintenance, immune responses or transmission of nerve impulses. They must be obtained from diet, being a varied and balanced diet important for obtaining a series of elements necessary f...