This study aims to structurally characterize a polysaccharide extracted from Cenostigma nordestinum gum (AGCn) and evaluate its prebiotic potential in human gut microbiota. AGCn, obtained by dissolution in water and precipitation in 70 % ethanol, was primarily composed of carbohydrates (93.61 %), with a low protein content (1.70 %) and some phenolic compounds (9.16 % Gallic Acid Equivalents). Its molecular weig...
Brazilian Elementary education has been dominated by the centralization and knowledge accumulation, without the concern with the application of the contents in determined situations, going back to the old models of sectorial fragmentation, coming from Cartesian teaching methodologies that are applied until the present time. The use of medicinal plants appears as an alternative to diversify the teaching and lear...
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease, affecting about 1% of the world's population. It generates joint deformity and destruction due to the occurrence of bone and cartilaginous erosion. Nanoparticles of amphiphilic copolymers based on polysaccharides and their derivatives have been widely studied because they are biocompatible and biodegradable, which makes them promising materials for biomedical ...