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Bacterial cellulose membrane associated with red propolis as phytomodulator: Im...
Picolotto, Aline; Pergher, Dafiner; Pereira, Guilherme Pacheco; Machado, Keilla Gomes; Barud, Hernane da Silva; Roesch-Ely, MarianaMade available in DSpace on 2019-10-04T11:57:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2019-04-01; FAPERGS; Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES); Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq); Since early times, propolis has been used in folk medicine. The red propolis, collected in the northeast region of Brazil has been highlighted due to its po...
Multifunctions of Pleurotus sajor-caju (Fr.) Singer: a highly nutritious food a...
Finimundy, Tiane C.; Barros, Lillian; Calhelha, Ricardo C.; Alves, Maria José; Prieto Lage, Miguel A.; Abreu, Rui M.V.; Dillon, Aldo J.P.A study with Pleurotus sajor-caju was conducted to: evaluate the nutritional and chemical composition of the fruiting bodies; optimize the preparation of bioactive phenolic extracts; and characterize the optimized extract in terms of bioactive compounds and properties. P. sajor-caju revealed an equilibrated nutritional composition with the presence of hydrophilic (sugars and organic acids) and lipophilic (tocop...
Apoptosis induction by Pleurotus sajor-caju (Fr.) Singer extracts on colorectal...
Finimundy, Tiane C.; Abreu, Rui M.V.; Bonetto, Natalia; Scariot, Fernando J.; Dillon, Aldo J.P.; Echeverrigaray, Sergio; Barros, LillianPleurotus sajor-caju (PSC) is an edible mushroom used in food supplements, presenting antitumor properties through induction of cell death pathways. The PSC potential against colorectal cancer was analyzed by exposing HCT116wt cells to different PSC extracts. The PSC n-hexane extract (PSC-hex) showed the highest cytotoxicity effect (IC50 value 0.05 mg/mL). The observed cytotoxicity was then associated to apopto...
Biflorin : an o-naphthoquinone of clinical significance
Wisintainer, Gabrielle G. N. S.; Simões, Evelyne R. B.; Lemos, Telma L. G.; Moura, Sidnei; Souza, Luciana G. S.; Fonseca, Aluisio M.Biflorin is an o -naphthoquinone with proven cytotoxic effects on tumor cells showing antimicrobial, antitumor and antimutagenic activities. Biflorin is an isolated compound taken from the roots of the plant Capraria biflora L. (Schrophulariaceae), indigenous of the West Indies and South America, which is located in temperate or tropical areas. This compound has shown to be strongly active against gram- positiv...