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Mitracarpus longicalyx is here described and illustrated from sandy areas of the caatingas of northeastern Brazil. The new species is similar toM. hirtus andM. megapotamicus. 相似文献
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Pereira RP Fachinetto R de Souza Prestes A Puntel RL Santos da Silva GN Heinzmann BM Boschetti TK Athayde ML Bürger ME Morel AF Morsch VM Rocha JB 《Neurochemical research》2009,34(5):973-983
Considering the important role of oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of several neurological diseases, and the growing evidence
of the presence of compounds with antioxidant properties in the plant extracts, the aim of the present study was to investigate
the antioxidant capacity of three plants used in Brazil to treat neurological disorders: Melissa officinalis, Matricaria recutita and Cymbopogon citratus. The antioxidant effect of phenolic compounds commonly found in plant extracts, namely, quercetin, gallic acid, quercitrin
and rutin was also examined for comparative purposes. Cerebral lipid peroxidation (assessed by TBARS) was induced by iron
sulfate (10 μM), sodium nitroprusside (5 μM) or 3-nitropropionic acid (2 mM). Free radical scavenger properties and the chemical
composition of plant extracts were assessed by 1′-1′ Diphenyl-2′ picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) method and by Thin Layer Chromatography
(TLC), respectively. M. officinalis aqueous extract caused the highest decrease in TBARS production induced by all tested pro-oxidants. In the DPPH assay, M. officinalis presented also the best antioxidant effect, but, in this case, the antioxidant potencies were similar for the aqueous, methanolic
and ethanolic extracts. Among the purified compounds, quercetin had the highest antioxidant activity followed by gallic acid,
quercitrin and rutin. In this work, we have demonstrated that the plant extracts could protect against oxidative damage induced
by various pro-oxidant agents that induce lipid peroxidation by different process. Thus, plant extracts could inhibit the
generation of early chemical reactive species that subsequently initiate lipid peroxidation or, alternatively, they could
block a common final pathway in the process of polyunsaturated fatty acids peroxidation. Our study indicates that M. officinalis could be considered an effective agent in the prevention of various neurological diseases associated with oxidative stress. 相似文献
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Marcelo Piaia Carolina Bonet Bub Guilherme de Menezes Succi Margareth Torres Thiago Henrique Costa Fabricio Costa Pinheiro Marcelo Henrique Napimoga 《Cell and tissue banking》2017,18(1):75-81
According to the Brazilian Association of Organ Transplants, in 2015, 19,408 bone transplants were performed in Brazil, over 90% by Dental Surgeons. The surgical technique itself has a respectable number of reports regarding its clinical efficacy, as measured by long-term survival of dental implants in grafted areas. Uncertainty remains, however, as to whether fresh frozen grafts from human bone donors remain immunologically innocuous in the body of the host. Six male with no previous medical history of note, including systemic diseases, surgery or blood transfusion were selected. These patients underwent reconstructive procedures (sinus lifting) using fresh frozen human bone from a tissue bank. All patients had venous blood samples collected prior to surgery and 6 months after the procedure. Anti-HLA analysis for the detection of HLA (human leukocyte antigen) antibodies was performed using methods such as the LABScreen PRA Class I and Class II, LABScreen Single Antigen Class I and Class II, Luminex Platform. Reactive individuals to the screening tests (LABScreen PRA) were further investigated to determine the specificity of the antibodies detected (LABScreen Single Antigen) with a cutoff value of median fluorescence intensity ≥500. As a result, it was observed that two patients (33%) were positive in screening tests, one presenting with anti-HLA Class I and II sensitization and the other with anti-HLA class II. The specificity analysis showed that the patients sensitized to HLA class II presented 4 specificities, 3 of which immunologically relevant. In the second individual, 23 specificities were identified, 6 of which immunologically important for HLA class I and 4 specificities for HLA class II, 3 of these were immunologically important. All specificities detected had average fluorescence. These findings are suggestive that sinus-lifting procedures with allogeneic bone can induce immunological sensitization. 相似文献
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Insect disease vectors show diminished fecundity when infected with Plasmodium. This phenomenon has already been demonstrated in laboratory models such as Aedes aegypti, Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles stephensi. This study demonstrates several changes in physiological processes of A. aegypti occurring upon infection with Plasmodium gallinaceum, such as reduced ecdysteroid levels in hemolymph as well as altered expression patterns for genes involved in vitellogenesis, lipid transport and immune response. Furthermore, we could show that P. gallinaceum infected A. aegypti presented a reduction in reproductive fitness, accompanied by an activated innate immune response and increase in lipophorin expression, with the latter possibly representing a nutritional resource for Plasmodium sporozoites. 相似文献
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Adriana Farias Silva Erick Leite Bastos Marcelo Der Torossian Torres André Luis Costa‐da‐Silva Rafaella Sayuri Ioshino Margareth Lara Capurro Flávio Lopes Alves Antonio Miranda Renata de Freitas Fischer Vieira Vani Xavier Oliveira Jr. 《Journal of peptide science》2014,20(8):640-648
Angiotensin II (AII) as well as analog peptides shows antimalarial activity against Plasmodium gallinaceum and Plasmodium falciparum, but the exact mechanism of action is still unknown. This work presents the solid‐phase synthesis and characterization of eight peptides corresponding to the alanine scanning series of AII plus the amide‐capped derivative and the evaluation of the antiplasmodial activity of these peptides against mature P. gallinaceum sporozoites. The Ala screening data indicates that the replacement of either the Ile5 or the His6 residues causes minor effects on the in vitro antiplasmodial activity compared with AII, i.e. AII (88%), [Ala6]‐AII (79%), and [Ala5]‐AII (75%). Analogs [Ala3]‐AII, [Ala1]‐AII, and AII‐NH2 showed antiplasmodial activity around 65%, whereas the activity of the [Ala8]‐AII, [Ala7]‐AII, [Ala4]‐AII, and [Ala2]‐AII analogs is lower than 45%. Circular dichroism data suggest that AII and the most active analogs adopt a β‐fold conformation in different solutions. All AII analogs, except [Ala4]‐AII and [Ala8]‐AII, show contractile responses and interact with the AT1 receptor, [Ala5]‐AII and [Ala6]‐AII. In conclusion, this approach is helpful to understand the contribution of each amino acid residue to the bioactivity of AII, opening new perspectives toward the design of new sporozoiticidal compounds. Copyright © 2014 European Peptide Society and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 相似文献
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Matheus D. Baldissera Camila B. Oliveira Carine E. P. Zimmermann Aline A. Boligon Margareth Linde Athayde Leandro P. Bolzan Rodrigo de A. Vaucher Janio M. Santurio Michele R. Sagrillo Aleksandro Schafer da Silva Silvia G. Monteiro 《The Korean journal of parasitology》2014,52(3):311-315
The aim of this study was to verify the trypanocidal effectiveness of aqueous, methanolic, and ethanolic extracts of Achyrocline satureioides against Trypanosoma evansi in vitro. A. satureioides extracts, known as macela, were used on trypomastigotes at different concentrations (1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500, and 1,000 µg/ml) and exposure times (0, 1, 3, 6, and 9 hr). A dose-dependent effect was observed when the 3 extracts were tested. The concentrations of 1, 5, and 10 µg/ml were not able to kill trypomastigotes until 3 hr after exposure, and the highest concentrations (500 and 1,000 µg/ml) were able to kill all trypomastigotes after 1 hr. When the time of exposure was increased up to 9 hr, the concentrations at 50 and 100 µg/ml were 100% effective to 3 extracts. The chemical analysis of the extracts revealed the presence of flavonoids, a trypanocidal compound already described. Based on the results, we can conclude that the A. satureioides extracts exhibit trypanocidal effects. 相似文献
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Antonio G. De Bianchi Margareth De L. Capurro Osvaldo Marinotti 《Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology》1987,6(1):39-48
The major Musca domestica hemolymph lipoprotein, lipophorin, was purified from larval and from adult animals. The housefly lipophorin is composed of two apoproteins, apolipophorin I (Mr ∽ 253,000) and apolipophorin II (Mr ∽ 85,000). The lipophorin contains about 3.9% carbohydrates and reacts positively with concanavalin A. The density of larval lipophorin is equal to 1.152 g/ml and of adult lipophorin to 1.106 g/ml. The amount of lipophorin per animal increases during the larval stage, is constant during pupal stage, and suffers a great reduction at the pharate adult stage. The amount of lipophorin remains stable during the whole first gonotrophic cycle of the housefly. Lipophorin is not detected in the eggs of this insect. 相似文献
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Lucilene Lima dos Santos Marcelo Alves Ramos Suzene Izídio da Silva Margareth Ferreira de Sales Ulysses Paulino de Albuquerque 《Economic botany》2009,63(4):363-374
Caatinga Ethnobotany: Anthropogenic Landscape Modification and Useful Species in Brazil’s Semi-Arid Northeast This study explores the contribution of anthropogenic landscapes in providing useful botanical resources to a Caatinga community
in Pernambuco, Brazil. Ethnobotanical data were collected through semi-structured interviews using the checklist-interview
method and by means of a “field herbarium” of the most abundant species in the anthropogenic zones. We recorded 119 species
distributed in 36 families, of which 79 were found to be useful. Forage was the most prominent use category, containing 84%
of the citations, followed by medicinals (36.70%), foods (10.12%), and wood (8.86%). Herbaceous species predominated (63.29%),
followed by shrubs (3.79%), sub-shrubs (21.51%), trees (8.86%), and creepers (2.53%). Trees exhibited a greater number of
uses than other life-forms (p < 0.05). Significant differences in richness were found, with the highest richness of species
(χ2 = 60.28, p < 0.05), genera (χ2 = 49.03, p < 0.05), and families (χ2 = 20.16, p < 0.05) appearing in the rainy season.
We concluded that fodder use was the most important category in our anthropogenic research areas, accounting for a higher
number of species, genera, and families. The next most important categories were medicinal, timber, and food plants, respectively. 相似文献
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Peralta RH Melo DG Gonçalves MM D'Andrea PS Rey L Machado-Silva JR Peralta JM 《The Journal of parasitology》2009,95(3):764-766
The existence of wild rodents naturally infected by Schistosoma mansoni is a drawback for schistosomiasis control programs. As a consequence, it is necessary to have a precise diagnosis of S. mansoni infection in wild rodents (water rats; Nectomys squamipes), the species seemingly involved in the transmission of schistosomiasis at Sumindouro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A total of 78 specimens of N. squamipes was captured in an endemic area at Vale do Pamparr?o and Porteira Verde, Sumidouro, Brazil; 5 more were born in captivity and experimentally infected. The sensitivity and specificity of the coprological method of Kato-Katz and serological methods, i.e., enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and western blot (WB), were compared. The rodents were subsequently killed and necropsied to confirm infection. The prevalences observed using ELISA (48%) and WB (41%) were equivalent to those found at necropsy (41%). The ELISA showed a sensitivity of 97% and a specificity of 87%, whereas the WB showed a sensitivity of 87% and a specificity of 89%. The Kato-Katz method exhibited 50% sensitivity and 100% specificity. The differences found among the ELISA, WB, and necropsy, when compared with Kato-Katz, may be related to the low sensitivity of the coprological method. Serological methods should be used for more reliable epidemiological information. 相似文献