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The activity of flavones and oleanolic acid from Lippia lacunosa against suscep...

Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is the world's number one killer among infectious diseases. The search for new naturalproducts that can act as drugs against TB has received increased attention duringthe last years. In this work we describe the isolation and identification of the active antimycobacterial principles of the dichloromethane extract from Lippia lacunosa Mart. & Schauer, ...

Ethnopharmacological versus random plant selection methods for the evaluation o...

The municipality of Oriximiná, Brazil, has 33 quilombola communities in remote areas, endowed with wide experience in the use of medicinal plants. An ethnobotanical survey was carried out in five of these communities. A free-listing method directed for the survey of species locally indicated against Tuberculosis and lung problems was also applied. Data were analyzed by quantitative techniques: saliency index an...

Sylvatic foci of the Chagas disease vector Triatoma infestans in Chile: descrip...

Triatoma infestans is one of the main domestic vectors of Chagas disease. Reports of wild habitat occurrences have recently increased. In Chile, after a successful elimination campaign of T. infestans domestic infestation, a sylvatic focus was reported in bromeliads in the metropolitan region. Here, we report a new focus of sylvatic T. infestans inhabiting rock piles in the Valparaíso region in central Chile. A...

Seroprevalence of human toxocariasis in Andean communities from the Northeast o...

The aim of this study was to assess the seroprevalence of human toxocariasis in three Andean communities from the Northeast of Lima, Peru. A total of 303 subjects including children and adults were studied and blood samples were collected to detect anti-Toxocara antibodies by ELISA-IgG test and by hematological examination; stool samples were collected also for parasitological examination. The overall seropreva...

ECF bleaching with a final hydrogen peroxide stage: Impact of the chemical comp...

Two industrial elemental chlorine free (ECF) bleaching sequences, D0(EOP)D1(EP)D2 and OQ(PO)DP, are compared with respect to the bulk content of lignin, carboxyl, hexeneuronic acids (HexA), and reducing groups after each bleaching stage. HexA groups contribute significantly to the total content of carboxyl groups, and their degradation during chlorine dioxide bleaching is reflected by a decrease of the carboxyl...

Improving what nature provides: tuberculosis and the ansamycins case study

Frequency of human toxocariasis in a rural population from Cajamarca, Peru dete...

The aim of this study was to estimate the frequency of human toxocariasis in Cauday district, Cajamarca, Peru, using a dot-ELISA test. From June to October 2005, a total of 256 adult subjects were studied. Blood samples were collected for serology by a dot-ELISA test and for hematological examination. Parasitological examination was also carried out in stool samples to check cross-reactions in the dot-ELISA. Th...

Baixas concentrações plasmáticas de zinco em pacientes pediátricos com cirrose

OBJETIVO: Determinar a concentração plasmática de zinco em crianças e adolescentes cirróticos e investigar a associação entre esses resultados e a ingestão dietética de zinco, os dados antropométricos e a gravidade da doença hepática. MÉTODOS: As concentrações plasmáticas de zinco foram avaliadas por espectrofotometria de absorção atômica em 30 crianças e adolescentes com cirrose (105,0±60,0 meses; 22 meni...

The manca stages of Porcellio dilatatus Brandt (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea)

This paper presents the description of the three manca stages of the terrestrial isopod Porcelliodilatatus Brandt, 1833 (Porcellionidae). Ovigerous females were collected and kept in the laboratory under controlled conditions (23°C ± 1°C and 14:10 h light:darkness). After birth, mancas (M) were individually reared, and their development was observed. Stages M I, M II, and M III were described based on general c...

Determinação das concentrações plasmáticas de salbutamol pós-nebulização em ser...

OBJETIVOS: Validar parcialmente a metodologia para determinação do salbutamol em plasma humano por cromatografia líquida de alta eficiência (detecção por fluorescência). Analisar as concentrações plasmáticas de salbutamol em um grupo de pacientes pediátricos com indicação de nebulizações em sala de emergência. MÉTODO: Estudo transversal, analítico, prospectivo, do tipo série de casos. Foram selecionados consecu...