Pelas utilizações diversificadas que lhe estão associadas, o sorgo sacarino (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) é uma cultura que tem vindo a receber assinalável atenção nos meios académicos. Apesar de em regra ser encarada como uma matéria-prima para a produção de biocombustíveis, nomeadamente bioetanol, a verdade é que a cultura e os seus subprodutos, designadamente a fração fibrosa da planta, apresentam a capacida...
In the Northeast region of Portugal hays from natural pastures are traditionally used as the main feed during the period of drought and the evaluation of its nutritive value is essential. The aim of this study was to predict the apparent organic matter digestibility (OMD) of 21 hays from natural pastures based on chemical composition, pepsin-cellulase solubility of organic matter (OMS) and in vitro organic matt...
Aberrant crypt foci (ACF) in the colon of carcinogen-treated rodents are considered to be the earliest hallmark of colon carcinogenesis. In the present study the relationship between a short-term (4 weeks) and medium-term (30 weeks) assay was assessed in a model of colon carcinogenesis induced by dimethylhydrazine (DMH) in the rat. Six-week-old male Wistar rats were given subcutaneous injections of DMH (40 mg/k...
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