Purpose: To study the integration of keloid heterograft in hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) cheek pouch. Methods: The sample is formed by 18 male hamsters, heterogenic ones, aged between 10 and 14 weeks. Keloid fragments were obtained from keloid scars of the breast region of adult female mulatto patient. Each hamster received keloid fragments into both of its pouches, in a total of 36 grafted fr...

Xylopia laevigata, popularly known as "meiú" and "pindaíba", is a medicinal plant used in the folk medicine of the Brazilian Northeast for several purposes. The chemical constituents of the essential oil from leaves of X. laevigata, collected from wild plants growing at three different sites of the remaining Atlantic forest in Sergipe State (Brazilian Northeast), were analyzed by GC/FID and GC/...

BACKGROUND The majority of pancreases, offered in allocation, are discarded. This pancreas underutilization is not well understood yet. METHODS We analyzed the detailed allocation protocols of all Eurotransplant-registered German whole-pancreas donors (2005-2009; n=1758). Outcome measures included donor characteristics, number of refusals per organ, and proportion of different refusal reasons...

Pharmacognosy Research,2022,14,3,316-320.DOI:10.5530/pres.14.3.46Published:July 2022Type:Original ArticleAuthors:Nishant Kumar, Pooja Puri, Navdeep Kaur, Jasreen Uppal, Apporva Chawla, Monika, and Prince Ahad Mir Author(s) affiliations:Nishant Kumar1, Puri2, Kaur3, Uppal1, Chawla1, Monika3, Mir1,* 1Khalsa College of Pharmacy, GT Road, Amritsar, Punjab, INDIA. 2Pharmacy Officer, Community Health...

Regenerative therapies offer attractive alternatives for the treatment of osteochondral defects. Adipose-derived stromal vascular fraction (SVF) cells allow the development of one-step surgical procedures by their abundant availability and high frequency. In this pilot study we evaluated the in vivo safety, feasibility, and efficacy of this concept using scaffolds seeded with freshly isolated (...

OBJECTIVE To explore the disease-modifying effect, under therapeutic conditions, of strontium ranelate (SrRan) on the progression of joint structural changes and on the major pathophysiological pathways in an experimental osteoarthritis dog model. METHODS Dogs underwent sectioning of the anterior cruciate ligament, and 4 weeks after surgery received oral treatment of SrRan 25, 50 or 75 mg/kg ...

History A 44 year old Caucasian female patient was hospitalised for epigastric and right abdominal pain lasting for seven months. Abdominal ultrasound and computed tomography showed a cystic lesion located in the superior and anterior part of the pancreatic isthmus, with a maximal diameter of 3.5 cm (fig 1A, B). T2 magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a trilobar cystic lesion with strong hyp...

OBJECTIVE In an effort to make available homografts preserved in a simpler and less costly way, we evaluated the polyethyleneglycol, L-Hydro (LH) method, that consists in the controlled extraction of antigenic substances and the incorporation of anti-inflammatory and anti-thrombotic agent. METHODS We substituted the pulmonary trunk in ten ovines, seven received LH treated pulmonary homografts...

PURPOSE To evaluate histologically the integration process of cellulose gel produced by Zoogloea sp when implanted into rabbits' eviscerated eyes. METHODS This experimental study employed 36 eyes of 18 rabbits subjected to evisceration of their right eyes. The sclerocorneal bag was sutured and filled with biopolymer from sugar cane in the gel state. All animals were clinically examined by bio...

The study is aimed at development of Physico-chemical parameters and to investigate the active principle present in Chlorophytum borivilianum. Chlorophytum borivilianum San. and Fern. (Liliaceae) commonly known as Safed Musli is an important plant used against various disorders in indigenous systems of medicine, such as antioxidant, analgesic, and as a remedy for male impotence and to boost the...