This study aimed to identify undertaken activities during Physical Education (PE) school classes, such as their content and intensity, and investigate the relationship between PE school classes and the level of physical activity of the students. Fifty school adolescents averagely aging 14.3 years, 1.63m, height and 57.4kg body mass were evaluated. Intensity of PE classes was measured by heart rate monitoring. A...
Snakes from the genus Crotalus gained significant space in the scientific field since the development of researches with their venom involving cytotoxic activity. Crotalus durissus cascavella is the only subspecies recorded of the Caatinga biome of Northeastern Brazil and it’s noticed a lack of studies on its venom properties. The present study evaluated the crude venom of C. d. cascavella for its cytotoxic act...
The chemotherapy available for the treatment of Leishmaniosis and Chagas is restricted to a few medicines. Moreover, snake venoms have been studied because they have active substances with therapeutic potential. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the in vitro effects of total venom of Crotalusdurissuscascavella , Crotalusdurissusterrificus and Bothropsjararaca in Leishmania chagasi and Trypanosoma cruz...