Competição de misturas de herbicidas nas principais regiões algodoeiras (Gossypium hirsutum L.) no E. de Minas Gerais

Com a finalidade de testar misturas de herbicidas, aplicados em pré-plantio incorporado e préemergência na cultura algodoeira, instalaram-se no ano agrícola 74/75, três ensaios. Usaram-se no plantio as cultivares IAC-13-1 (Triângulo e Norte) e Minas Dona Beja (Metalúrgica). Acanthospermum australe foi a planta daninha de mais difícil controle. Somente a mistura de tanque de alachlor a 2,00 kg/ha e linuron a 0,75 kg/ha foi eficiente no seu controle. No Triângulo Mineiro, para o total das plantas daninhas somente houve controle até os 30 dias, sendo as melhores misturas: dinitramine + diuron; dinitroanilin + prometryne e pendimethalin + diuron, sendo esse controle de 96,2%, 92,5% e 96,2% respectivamente. Com relação aos rendimentos, o melhor tratamento foi pendimetalin + diuron, com 1962 kg/ha contra 1130 kg/ha da testemunha sem capina. No Norte de Minas Gerais, para o total das plantas daninhas, as melhores misturas foram pendimethalin + diuron com controle de 86,4% aos 30 dias, 83,6% aos 50 dias e 70,3% aos 80 dias após a aplicação. Com relação aos rendimentos as misturas de dinitramine + fluometuron e dinitroanilin + fluometuron produziram respectivamente 1532 kg/ha e 1451 kg/ha contra 229 kg/ha da testemunha sem capina. Na Região Metalúrgica, para o controle total das plantas daninhas a mistura mais eficiente foi dinitramine + diuron, com controle de 67% até os 30 dias após a aplicação. Depois de 50 dias, seu efeito não foi satisfatório. Com relação ao rendimento, a mistura dinitramine + fluometuron produziu 831 kg/ha, contra 145 kg/ha da testemunha sem capina. Em todos os locais a altura das plantas foi afetada pela competição das plantas daninhas. O peso do tapulho e de 100 sementes foram efetados somente na região Metalúrgica, para os tratamentos sem controle sobre as mesmas. Para índice de fibra, percentagem de fibra, comprimento da fibra, índice Pressle y, índice Micronaire e maturidade da fibra em nenhuma região foi encontrado efeito negativo da aplicação dos herbicidas.

Effect of antibodies to intercellular adhesion molecule type 1 on the protection of distant organs during reperfusion syndrome in rats

We investigated kidney and lung alterations caused by intercellular adhesion molecule type 1 (ICAM-1) blockade after ischemia and reperfusion of hind limb skeletal muscles. Rats were submitted to ligature of the infrarenal aorta for 6 h. The animals were randomized into three groups of 6 rats each: group I, sacrificed after ischemia; group II, reperfusion for 24 h, and group III, reperfusion for 24 h after receiving monoclonal anti-ICAM-1 antibodies. At the end of the experiment, blood samples were collected for creatinine, lactate dehydrogenase, creatine phosphokinase, potassium, pH and leukocyte counts. Samples were taken from the muscles of the hind limbs and from the kidneys and lungs for histological analysis and measurement of the neutrophil infiltrate by myeloperoxidase staining. The groups did not differ significantly with regard to the laboratory tests. There were no major histological alterations in the kidneys. An intense neutrophil infiltrate in the lungs, similar in all groups, was detected. Myeloperoxidase determination showed that after reperfusion there was significantly less retention of polymorphonuclear neutrophils in the muscles (352 ± 70 vs 1451 ± 235 × 10² neutrophils/mg; P<0.01) and in the kidneys (526 ± 89 vs 852 ± 73 × 10² neutrophils/mg; P<0.01) of the animals that received anti-ICAM-1 before perfusion compared to the group that did not. The use of anti-ICAM-1 antibodies in this experimental model minimized neutrophil influx, thus reducing the inflammatory process, in the muscles and kidneys after ischemia and reperfusion of the hind limbs.

Vascular complications of black patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Southern Brazil

Ethnicity has been shown to be associated with micro- and macrovascular complications of diabetes in European and North American populations. We analyzed the contribution of ethnicity to the prevalence of micro- and macrovascular complications in Brazilian subjects with type 2 diabetes attending the national public health system. Data from 1810 subjects with type 2 diabetes (1512 whites and 298 blacks) were analyzed cross-sectionally. The rates of ischemic heart disease, peripheral vascular disease, stroke, distal sensory neuropathy, and diabetic retinopathy were assessed according to self-reported ethnicity using multiple logistic regression models. Compared to whites, black subjects [odds ratio = 1.72 (95%CI = 1.14-2.6)] were more likely to have ischemic heart disease when data were adjusted for age, sex, fasting plasma glucose, HDL cholesterol, hypertension, smoking habit, and serum creatinine. Blacks were also more likely to have end-stage renal disease [3.2 (1.7-6.0)] and proliferative diabetic retinopathy [1.9 (1.1-3.2)] compared to whites when data were adjusted for age, sex, fasting plasma glucose, HDL cholesterol, hypertension, and smoking habit. The rates of peripheral vascular disease, stroke and distal sensory neuropathy did not differ between groups. The higher rates of ischemic heart disease, end-stage renal disease and proliferative diabetic retinopathy in black rather than in white Brazilians were not explained by differences in conventional risk factors. Identifying which aspects of ethnicity confer a higher risk for these complications in black patients is crucial in order to understand why such differences exist and to develop more effective strategies to reduce the onset and progression of these complications.