The aim of this work was the development of nanostructured formulations containing clobetasol propionate. Initially, it was validated a chromatographic method to assay clobetasol propionate in nanocapsule suspensions. ...

Tipranavir (TPV) is one of the newest drugs of the protease inhibitors class, which is indicated to patients with human immunodeficiency virus, who present therapeutic failure to other antiretrovirals of this class. It is ...

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a disease characterized by a heterogeneous group of metabolic disorders, which present hyperglycemia in common. Different classes of oral antidiabetics, such as empagliflozin, belonging to the ...

The species Luehea divaricata Martius belongs to the Malvaceae family and is popularly known as "açoita-cavalo." It occurs naturally in northeastern Argentina, eastern Paraguay and northern Uruguay. In Brazil, predominates ...

The Verbenaceae family consists of about 2600 species, of which the genera Vitex has 250 species. Vitex megapotamica is distributed in northeastern Argentina, eastern Paraguay, in Uruguay and commonly found in southern ...

Medicinal plants were and are very important for healing various diseases. However, improper use of plants for therapeutic purposes can cause a number of side effects. There are in the literature various reports about ...

Jatropha isabellei Müll Arg. belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family and is popularly known as yaguá-rova, turubiti and mamoneiro do campo. The decoction from the underground parts of this plant is popularly used to treat ...

The plant Urera baccifera Gaudich, known as stinging nettle, had its leaves and roots used to urinary infections and arthritis. Studies about its anti-inflammatory activities already exist, but are few the studies about ...

The Fabaceae family is comprised of approximately 18 000 species in 650 genera, with wide geographic distribution. The species Glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice) and Periandra dulcis (licorice-of-the-earth) belong to the ...

The following work presents an evaluation of the antimycobacterial activity (against Mycobacterium smegmatis) of the extracts, fractions and some phenolic compounds present in the leaves of Ficus benjamina L. and Ficus ...