Este trabalho teve como objetivo analisar a percepção dos pacientes atendidos na Clínica Odontológica Unifacvest acerca do uso de plantas medicinais para fins odontológicos. Foi aplicado um questionário 113 pacientes, no período fevereiro e março 2020. Os dados foram tabulados software SPSS versão 2016 expressos por meio frequência. A amostra predominante foi sexo feminino (61,9%), onde 54,9% p...

The caridean shrimp Tuleariocaris neglecta Chace, 1969, is reported from the Alcatraz Archipelago (24°S, off coast of southeastern Brazil) in association with sea urchin Astropyga magnifica Clark, 1934. This finding significantly increases known range this species 20°S to 24°S. An overview their respective associated host urchins provided.

background and objective: parkinson’s disease (pd) is a common neurological disorder due to degeneration of dopaminergic neurons within pars compacta of substantia nigra (snc). with regard to protective effect of malva sylvestris (ms), this study was conducted to evaluate the effect of aquaeous extract of this plant in an experimental model of pd induced by 6-hydroxydopamine (6-ohda). materials...

Since Ernest Boyer's landmark 1990 report, Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate, leaders in higher education, including academic medicine, have advocated that faculty members apply their expertise in new and creative ways in partnership with communities. Such community engagement can take many forms, including community-based teaching, research, clinical care, and service. ...

Over the past decade, the chemical behavior of flavonoids as antioxidants has become the subject ofintense experimental research. Plants represent a main source of natural antioxidants that might serveas leads for the development of novel drugs. Malva sylvestris L. known to have various medicinalproperties since several decade ago, were evaluated for their antioxidant compounds ,Most of thesebi...

The powder of root bark of Malva parviflora (Malvaceae) was successively extracted with petroleum ether (b.p. 60-80 °C), chloroform and ethanol. The chloroform extract showed antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli, whereas the ethanolic extract showed antibacterial activity against only S. aureus. The chloroform extract, after column chromatographic separation...