Avaliação da desidratação no processamento de rotina e num processamento alternativo

O estudo baseou-se na alteração do processo de desidratação de rotina, em que foi suprimida a concentração intermédia (96%) de etanol, com o intuito de tentar diminuir o tempo do processamento histológico sem provocar alterações nos tecidos. Objectivo do estudo: verificar se existem diferenças significativas a nível tecidular e celular em diferentes tipos de tecidos entre o método de desidratação de rotina e o alternativo.

New iron(II) cyclopentadienyl derivative complexes: synthesis and antitumor activity against human leucemia cancer cells

A new family of "Fe-II(eta(5)-C5H5)" half sandwich compounds bearing a N-heteroaromatic ligand coordinated to the iron center by a nitrile functional group has been synthesized and fully characterized by NMR and UV-Vis spectroscopy. X-ray analysis of single crystal was achieved for complexes 1 and 3, which crystallized in the monoclinic P2(1)/c and monoclinic P2(1)/n space groups, respectively. Studies of interaction of these five new complexes with plasmid pBR322 DNA by atomic force microscopy showed very strong and different types of interaction. Antiproliferative tests were examined on human leukemia cancer cells (HL-60) using the MTT assay, and the IC50 values revealed excellent antiproliferative activity compared to cisplatin. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.