Detecção in silico e caracterização estrutural dos constituintes micromoleculares majoritários presentes no fungo endofitico Phomopsis stipata isolado de folhas de Styrax camporum Pohl (Styracaceae) usando CLAE-DAD/EMAR e CG-MS

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Estudos bioquímicos, físico-químicos e tecnológicos de uvas paulistas

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Avaliação da atividade antinociceptiva e anti-inflamatória de Mikania lindleyana DC: validação do uso na medicina popular

Mikania lindleyana (Asteraceae), popularmente conhecida como sucuriju, é uma espécie nativa da região amazônica, cujo chá das folhas é a principal forma de uso popular para tratamento de gastrite, infecção, dor e inflamação. Para validar a forma e a alegação de uso decidiu-se avaliar a toxicidade aguda e as atividades antinociceptiva e anti-inflamatória do extrato bruto aquoso liofilizado de Mikania lindleyana devidamente identificada (EAML), bem como investigar sua composição química. Na análise fitoquímica do EAML detectou-se a presença de saponinas, proteínas, aminoácidos, fenóis, taninos, ácidos orgânicos e flavonoides. Por cromatografia em camada delgada (CCD) foram observadas zonas de fluorescência azul características de ácido o-cumárico. Por cromatografia liquida acoplada à espectrometria de massa (CLAE-DAD-EM) foram encontrados compostos altamente glicosilados. O EAML na dose de 5000mg/kg não provocou morte nos animais. No teste de contorções abdominais, o EAML (nas doses 125, 250, 500, 750, 1000 e 1500mg/kg) promoveu redução no número de contorções de maneira significante e dose-dependente. A dose efetiva mediana (DE₅₀) de 692,6 mg/kg não prolongou o tempo de latência sobre a placa quente. No teste de formalina, o EAML reduziu o tempo no qual os animais permaneceram lambendo a pata injetada com formalina nas duas fases sendo este efeito revertido pelo antagonista opioide naloxona. A dose de 692,6 mg/kg inibiu a formação de eritema, mas não o edema provocado por dextrana. A mesma dose inibiu a formação do edema por carragenina a partir da 2ª hora e reduziu a migração de neutrófilos para a cavidade peritonial. Estes resultados sugerem que o EAML, nas doses utilizadas, apresenta atividade antinociceptiva na qual pode haver a participação do sistema opioide e, apresenta atividade anti-inflamatória que pode ser atribuída à ação sobre mediadores inflamatórios, como PGs, e, ainda sobre moléculas de adesão, cuja participação de citocinas pode ser crucial.

Caracterização quali e quantitativa de metabólitos secundários em extratos vegetais

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Biodisponibilidade de flavanonas e atividade antioxidante do suco de laranja fresco versus suco de laranja pasteurizado em humanos saudáveis

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Estudo químico e atividade mutagênica e antirradicalar de caesalpinia ferrea

Pós-graduação em Química - IQ

Efeitos de sistemas de manejo pré-semeadura da soja sobre a dinâmica no solo e eficácia de herbicidas

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Proteção de Plantas) - FCA

Terminalia catappa L.: A medicinal plant from the Caribbean pharmacopeia with anti-Helicobacter pylori and antiulcer action in experimental rodent models

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

Atrazine levels in the Jaboticabal water stream (Sao Paulo State, Brazil) and its toxicological effects on the pacu fish Piaractus mesopotamicus

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Composição fenólica das partes comestíveis das uvas BRS Carmem e BRS Magna

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Micotoxinas estrogênicas em águas superficiais da microbacia hidrográfica do Córrego Rico (SP): desenvolvimento de método analítico verde, ocorrência e persistência ambiental

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Chiral HPLC analysis of donepezil, 5-O-desmethyl donepezil and 6-O-desmethyl donepezil in culture medium: application to fungal biotransformation studies

An high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method for the enantioselective determination of donepezil (DPZ), 5-O-desmethyl donepezil (5-ODD), and 6-O-desmethyl donepezil (6-ODD) in Czapek culture medium to be applied to biotransformation studies with fungi is described for the first time. The HPLC analysis was carried out using a Chiralpak AD-H column with hexane/ethanol/methanol (75:20:5, v/v/v) plus 0.3 % triethylamine as mobile phase and UV detection at 270 nm. Sample preparation was carried out by liquid-liquid extraction using ethyl acetate as extractor solvent. The method was linear over the concentration range of 100-10,000 ng mL(-1) for each enantiomer of DPZ (r a parts per thousand yenaEuro parts per thousand 0.9985) and of 100-5,000 ng mL(-1) for each enantiomer of 5-ODD (r a parts per thousand yenaEuro parts per thousand 0.9977) and 6-ODD (r a parts per thousand yenaEuro parts per thousand 0.9951). Within-day and between-day precision and accuracy evaluated by relative standard deviations and relative errors, respectively, were lower than 15 % for all analytes. The validated method was used to assess DPZ biotransformation by the fungi Beauveria bassiana American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) 7159 and Cunninghamella elegans ATCC 10028B. Using the fungus B. bassiana ATCC 7159, a predominant formation of (R)-5-ODD was observed while for the fungus C. elegans ATCC 10028B, DPZ was biotransformed to (R)-6-ODD with an enantiomeric excess of 100 %.

Bioassay guided purification of the antimicrobial fraction of a Brazilian propolis from Bahia state

Abstract Background Brazilian propolis type 6 (Atlantic forest, Bahia) is distinct from the other types of propolis especially due to absence of flavonoids and presence of other non-polar, long chain compounds, but presenting good in vitro and in vivo antimicrobial activity. Several authors have suggested that fatty acids found in this propolis might be responsible for its antimicrobial activity; however, so far no evidence concerning this finding has been reported in the literature. The goals of this study were to evaluate the antibacterial activity of the main pure fatty acids in the ethanolic extract and fractions and elucidate the chemical nature of the bioactive compounds isolated from Brazilian propolis type 6. Methods Brazilian propolis type 6 ethanolic extract (EEP), hexane fraction (H-Fr), major fatty acids, and isolated sub-fractions were analyzed using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), high resolution gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (HRGC-FID), and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Three sub-fractions of H-Fr were obtained through preparative HPLC. Antimicrobial activity of EEP, H-Fr, sub-fractions, and fatty acids were tested against Staphyloccus aureus ATCC 25923 and Streptococcus mutans Ingbritt 1600 using minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC). Results EEP and H-Fr inhibited the growth of the microorganisms tested; nevertheless, no antimicrobial activity was found for the major fatty acids. The three sub-fractions (1, 2, and 3) were isolated from H-Fr by preparative HPLC and only sub-fraction 1 showed antimicrobial activity. Conclusion a) The major fatty acids tested were not responsible for the antimicrobial activity of propolis type 6; b) Sub-fraction 1, belonging to the benzophenone class, was responsible for the antimicrobial activity observed in the present study. The identification of the bioactive compound will improve the development of more efficient uses of this natural product.

An assessment of the concentrations of pharmaceutical compounds in wastewater treatment plants on the island of Gran Canaria(Spain)

[EN] An assessment of the concentrations of thirteen different therapeutic pharmaceutical compounds was conducted on water samples obtained from different wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) using solid phase extraction and high- and ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography with mass spectrometry detection (HPLC-MS/MS and UHPLC-MS/MS), was carried out. The target compounds included ketoprofen and naproxen (anti-inflammatories), bezafibrate (lipid-regulating), carbamazepine (anticonvulsant), metamizole (analgesic), atenolol (?-blocker), paraxanthine (stimulant), fluoxetine (antidepressant), and levofloxacin, norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin, enrofloxacin and sarafloxacin (fluoroquinolone antibiotics). The relative standard deviations obtained in method were below 11%, while the detection and quantification limits were in the range of 0.3 ? 97.4 ng·L-1 and 1.1 ? 324.7 ng·L-1, respectively. The water samples were collected from two different WWTPs located on the island of Gran Canaria in Spain over a period of one year. The first WWTP (denoted as WWTP1) used conventional activated sludge for the treatment of wastewater, while the other plant (WWTP2) employed a membrane bioreactor system for wastewater treatment. Most of the pharmaceutical compounds detected in this study during the sampling periods were found to have concentrations ranging between 0.02 and 34.81 ?g·L-1.

Determination of trace elemental species in periostracum of Cypraea shells

n this work, three Cypraea species (C. talpa, C. tigris and C. zebra) were exhaustively studied. The shells have been separated in the structural layers. The mineralogy, ultra- and micro-structure of each layer were analyzed by Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy (CLSM), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), X-Ray Diffractometry (XRD) and Raman Spectroscopy (RS). The presence of biologically relevant trace metals (Mn, Co, Fe, Zn, Cr, etc.) has been investigated using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA) and Inductively Coupled Plasma – Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) as detection tool. A new method has been developed and optimized to extract and analyze the soluble organic matrix (SOM) of the shell. Although the molecular nature of the SOM is not really known, it contains at least large protein fraction, if not only consists of proteins. The extracted matrices were compared between layers and species using Size Exclusion High Performance Liquid Chromatography coupled with Ultra Violet Spectrometry (SE-HPLC-UV), Gel electrophoresis (GE) and protein quantification tests. For the first time to our knowledge the association of trace elements to the protein in the SOM of the shell was studied using hyphenated on line as well as combined off line techniques and validated through inter-comparison tests between the different methods applied. Interesting correlations between the trace element concentration, the microstructure and the protein content were directly and indirectly detected. The metals Cu, Ni, Co and Zn have shown to bind to the SOM extracted from C. talpa, C. tigris and C. zebra shells. Within the conclusions of this work it was demonstrated that these protein-metal-complexes (or metal containing proteins) change from one layer to the other and are different between the three snails analyzed. In addition, the complexes are clearly related only to certain protein fractions of the SOM, and not to the whole SOM observed. These fractions and show not to be very metal-specific (i.e. some of these fractions bind two or three different metals).