Fatty acids (FA) are constituents of neuronal phospholipid membranes, where they are essential for the development and functioning of the brain. During the peak of neuronal growth, occurring during the last week of gestation ...

The aim of this study was to obtain new fish anesthetic and sedative drugs from Brazilian medicinal plants: Ocimum gratissimum (OG), Ocimum americanum (OA) e Hyptis mutabilis (HM). Essential oils from these plants were ...

The Pampa Biome has a great biodiversity of plants, among them the Family Malvaceae. Despite the medicinal use of many of these plants, studies on the biological activity of these are still very scarce. This is the case ...

One of the pillars for optimizing cultured fish handling is stress reduction, and sedatives and anesthetics are tools usually employed in order to reach such goal. However, these drugs may cause physiological changes that ...

Carotenoids are natural pigments soluble inversely associated with risk of a variety of diseases. In the Amazon region there is a wide variety of native fruits which are rich in carotenoids, which functional properties ...

Breast cancer, due to their prevalence in our environment and global public health is a disease subject of numerous contemporary studies. Some of these studies suggest that certain genes related to cell cycle and apoptosis ...

Diet fatty acids (FA) are fundamental to the phospholipids structure and function of cell membranes, in which long chain polyunsaturated FA (PUFA) increase its fluidity, while the trans FA (TFA) to make it more rigid. Also, ...

The medicinal plant Condalia buxifolia has been traditionally used to treat inflammatory processes. The present study aimed to evaluate the phytochemical profile and the analgesic effect of the methanolic extract from the ...

The advanced oxidation protein products (AOPPs) are a new class of compounds identified as markers of oxidative damage to proteins. The physiology role of these products is not limited to assess the oxidative stress, and ...

Epilepsy is one of the most common neurologic disorders. It has been suggested that seizures may be facilitaded by inflammation. PGE2 is one of the most important inflammatory mediators, and facilitates pentylenetetrazol ...