The present study was carried out to investigate the wound healing potentials of 17 medicinal plants historically used in Ghana for wound healing. Warm and cold water extracts were prepared from the 17 dried plant species and tested in vitro in the scratch assay with NIH 3T3 fibroblasts from mice. The wound healing scratch assay was used to evaluate the effect of the plants on cell proliferatio...

Background Research shows that jasmonic acid (JA) and Methyl Jasmonate (MJ), compounds that participate in the metabolism’s control, development and protection of plant processes [1], also possess anticancer activities [2]. In studies, researchers found that Jasmonate were able to inhibit the growth of human cancer cells, and MJ induced death in lung carcinoma cells [3], breast, prostate, melan...

Abstract This paper involved a cross-sectional study that evaluated the results and refusals to take the breathalyzer test among drivers intercepted by the Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Spot-Check Campaign (Operação Lei Seca) in the capital of Rio de Janeiro and Baixada Fluminense. It was conducted using data provided by the State Government which were collected from drivers intercepted in ...

Mutation-induced drug resistance in cancer often causes the failure of therapies and cancer recurrence, despite an initial tumor reduction. The timing of such cancer recurrence is governed by a balance between several factors such as initial tumor size, mutation rates and growth kinetics of drugsensitive and resistance cells. To study this phenomenon we characterize the dynamics of escape from ...

The ability of odours to cue vivid and emotionally intense memories is well known. However the majority of research has focused on the extent to which odours can act as environmental cues to memory, where odours are presented alongside the stimuli to be remembered, rather than the extent to which pre-existing associations between odour and odour related stimuli might influence memory. Here, par...

During their long-distance migrations, sea turtles of several species feed on jellyfish and other invertebrates that are particularly abundant in ocean regions characterized by high productivity. An ability to distinguish productive oceanic regions from other areas, and to concentrate foraging activities in locations where prey density is highest, might therefore be adaptive. The volatile compo...