Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior; Pluchea sagittalis (Lam.) Cabrera, Asteraceae, popularly known as quitoco, arnica, yerba lucera. Its stem and leaves are used in infusion to treat body pain, inflammation, nervous dyspepsia and hysteria. The purpose of this study was to isolate and identify the chemical constituents of the ethanol extract of leaves of P. sagittalis by checking the pha...
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior; The Pluchea sagittalis (Lam) Cabreira, Family Asteraceae, is a plant of the Atlantic Reainforest used in traditional medicine for the treatment of inflammation, as well as of digestive and respiratory diseases. The objective of this dissertation work was to study the possible effects of the aqueous extract of Pluchea sagittalis (Lam) Cabreira, on the ...
O uso de plantas medicinais como alternativa terapêutica é tão antigo quanto a própria existência humana. Desta maneira, a procura por moléculas com efetividade para aplicações cardiovasculares é uma alternativa para as pesquisas farmacológicas. Nesta gama de moléculas estão inseridos os terpenos, constituintes de óleos essenciais que estão contidos em todos os órgãos das plantas e que apresentam diversas aplic...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the biocompatibility of Cynoscion acoupa´s otoliths by in vivo assays performed in Wistar rats. The material was prepared using 2g of powded Cynoscion acoupa’s otoliths and 0.5g of hydrolyzed collagen diluted in distilled water. The biological tests consisted of the use of 24 Wistar rats, which were implanted in polyethylene tubes containing otoliths (HI) on the right s...