Avaliação ultra-sonográfica de eniscos caninos: ex vivo e incluso em gelatina

Pós-graduação em Medicina Veterinária - FMVZ

Imobilização da inulinase de Klyveromyces marxianus var. bulgaricus ATCC 16045: caracterização e produção de açúcar invertido em biorreator

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Digestibilidade dos macronutrientes e disponibilidade dos minerais, pela tilápia do Nilo, das leveduras íntegra e autolisada

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Valor nutritivo, pela Tilápia do Nilo, do farelo de algodão suplementado com fitase

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Digestibilidade e exigência de lisina, proteína e energia em dietas para a tilápia do nilo

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Mineralização do lodo biológico de indústria de gelatina, atributos químicos de solo e uso fertilizante para produção de milho

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Caracterização quimica, física e sensorial de produtos à base de amendoim

Pós-graduação em Alimentos e Nutrição - FCFAR

Avaliação de biofilme de proteus mirabilis em modelo experimental de fluxo dinâmico

Pós-graduação em Biociências e Biotecnologia Aplicadas à Farmácia - FCFAR

Tirotoxicose experimental em gatos: efeitos sobre o tecido ósseo, isoenzimas da fosfatase alcalina e metaloproteínases de Matriz-2 E-9

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

A Novel Chemically Modified Curcumin Reduces Severity of Experimental Periodontal Disease in Rats: Initial Observations

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Novel Chemically Modified Bacterial Cellulose Nanocomposite as Potential Biomaterial for Stem Cell Therapy Applications

Bacterial cellulose (BC) has become established as a remarkably versatile biomaterial and can be used in a wide variety of applied scientific applications, especially for medical devices. In this work, the bacterial cellulose fermentation process is modified by the addition of hyaluronic acid and gelatin (1% w/w) to the culture medium before the bacteria is inoculated. Hyaluronic acid and gelatin influence in bacterial cellulose was analyzed using Transmission Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). Adhesion and viability studies with human dental pulp stem cells using natural bacterial cellulose/hyaluronic acid as scaffolds for regenerative medicine are presented for the first time in this work. MTT viability assays show higher cell adhesion in bacterial cellulose/gelatin and bacterial cellulose/ hyaluronic acid scaffolds over time with differences due to fiber agglomeration in bacterial cellulose/gelatin. Confocal microscopy images showed that the cell were adhered and well distributed within the fibers in both types of scaffolds.

Bioavailability of plant pigment phytochemicals in Angelica keiskei in older adults: A pilot absorption kinetic study

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Angelica keiskei is a green leafy vegetable rich in plant pigment phytochemicals such as flavonoids and carotenoids. This study examined bioavailability of flavonoids and carotenoids in Angelica keiskei and the alteration of the antioxidant performance in vivo.SUBJECTS AND MATERIALS: Absorption kinetics of phytochemicals in Angelica keiskei were determined in healthy older adults (>60 y, n = 5) and subjects with metabolic syndrome (n = 5). Subjects consumed 5 g dry Angelica keiskei powder encapsulated in gelatin capsules with a low flavonoid and carotenoid liquid meal. Plasma samples were collected at baseline, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 h. Samples were analyzed for flavonoids and carotenoids using HPLC systems with electrochemical and UV detection, respectively, and for total antioxidant performance by fluorometry.RESULTS: After ingestion of Angelica keiskei increases in plasma quercetin concentrations were observed at 1-3 and 6-8 hr in the healthy group and at all time points in the metabolic syndrome group compared to baseline (P < 0.05). Plasma lutein concentrations were significantly elevated in both the healthy and metabolic syndrome groups at 8 hr (P < 0.05). Significant increases in total antioxidant performance were also observed in both the healthy and the metabolic syndrome groups compared to baseline (P < 0.05).CONCLUSIONS: Findings of this study clearly demonstrate the bioavailability of phytonutrients of Angelica keiskei and their ability to increase antioxidant status in humans.

Toxicity of cryoprotectants on Prochilodus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1837) (curimba) embryos in an experimental incubator (Characiformes: Prochilodontidae)

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Síntese e estudo da diapocinina como um inibidor da NADPH Oxidase em neutrófilos e células mononucleares de sangue periférico

Apocynin, a methoxy-catechol originally extracted from the root of Picrorhiza kurroa, has been used as an inhibitor of the NADPH oxidase complex in phagocytic and nonphagocytic cells. Its mechanism of inhibition is linked to their prior activation through the action of peroxidases leading to oxidation of the dimeric product, diapocynin. In this study, dipocinina was synthesized and investigated its effect as an inhibitor of activation NADPH oxidase in neutrophils (PMN) and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). The synthesis of diapocinina was performed by oxidation of apocinina by potassium persulphate in the midst of water for 5 minutes at room temperature. The precipitate was filtered and washed with water and methanol. Diapocinina was characterized by mass spectrometry. PMN and PBMC were obtained from peripheral blood of healthy donors and purified for gelatin sedimentation, or centrifugation with Histopaque ®, the red cells were lysed with ice water or ammonium chloride. Diapocinina or apocinina were incubated with opsonized zymosan, activation of PMNs and release of superoxide anion, these monitored by chemiluminescent assay dependent lucigenina. We found that diapocinina inhibitor was no better than the apocinina in PMN. However, diapocinina was more efficient than apocinina as an inhibitor of NADPH oxidase in PBMC. In conclusion, whereas PBMC are relatively poor compared with peroxidases PMN, our results are consistent with the need for oxidation apocinina for its effect as an inhibitor of NADPH oxidase

Microencapsulação de óleo de palma por coacervação complexa em matrizes de gelatina/goma arábica e gelatina/alginato

Pós-graduação em Engenharia e Ciência de Alimentos - IBILCE