Gestational Diabetes Mellitus is a condition characterized by an increase in blood glucose levels, which can be initiated or diagnosed during pregnancy. This process occurs due to the production of high levels of hormones by the placenta, most of which are harmful to the action of insulin in the cells increasing the blood sugar level and can affect the growth and well-being of the fetus. Among the drugs used, M...
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines the adverse reaction to the medication as a harmful or unwanted reaction that appears after the administration of a medicines used to prevent or treat a disease or symptoms. The irrational use of medications is a serious problem and is related when the patient purchases medicines with no indication or professional guidance on their use. This leads to exposure to probl...
The social determinants of health directly influence in the health-disease process. In the pandemic caused by the novel Coronavirus, denominated Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), these factors imply the transmission and worsening of the disease. This work is aimed to correlate the social vulnerability in Brazilian regions with the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases. The analysis was made through a qualitativ...
The present study consists of two distinct chapters. In the first chapter, entitled “Biological activities and pharmacological applications of cyclodextrins complexed with essential oils and their volatile components: a systematic review”, a review with in vitro and in vivo studies that evaluated essential oils (EOs) and their volatile components (VCs) complexed with different cyclodextrins (CDs), the formation...
Background: Investments in patents are more and more widespread at the capitalism, because all the system working is related to the innovation and the technological and scientific advance, in which the industries and universities have a fundamental rule. When those researches generate a product, this can be patented, being deposited initially on an intellectual property bank and thus the inventor and his group ...
OLIVEIRA FILHO, Rosueti Diógenes de. Incorporação de óleo essencial de manjericão em filmes biodegradáveis à base de galactomanana e óleo de canola. 2015. 77 f. Dissertação (mestrado em bioquímica)- Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza-CE, 2015; Biodegradable Packaging are used in foods as films or coatings formed by plant macromolecules such as animal, ensuring barrier properties and can serve as a carrier...