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Uso da pele de tilápia (Oreochromis niloticus), como curativo biológico oclusiv...
Lima-Junior, Edmar Maciel; Picollo, Nelson Sarto; Miranda, Marcelo José Borges de; Ribeiro, Wesley Lyeverton Correia; Alves, Ana Paula Negreiros NunesOBJECTIVE: To evaluate the use of tilapia skin as a temporary occlusive dressing in superficial and deep second degree burns in rats. METHODS: A prospective, qualitative and quantitative study, in which 40 Wistar rats randomly divided into four groups and underwent surgery for burn production: C1, the wounds were washed with saline solution; C2, open dressing treated with silver sulfadiazine 1%; T1, superficial...
Avaliação microscópica, estudo histoquímico e análise de propriedades tensiomét...
Alves, Ana Paula Negreiros Nunes; Verde, Maria Elisa Quezado Lima; Ferreira Júnior, Antônio Ernando Carlos; Silva, Paulo Goberlânio de BarrosOBJECTIVE: To characterize the Nile tilapia skin, a possible source of biomaterial for grafting, from their physical (tensile strength) and histomorphological characteristics, and from collagen classification. METHODS: Samples of Nile tilapia skin were used and, for microtensile tests (by Instron® universal testing machine), were subjected to immersion in glycerol solutions of increasing concentration. Part of ...