Causes of pain in wound care Dressing-related pain can sometimes be worse than the pain from the wound. Benbow (2010) suggests that wound and dressing-related pain is underestimated and poorly managed and may lead to extended healing times. She identifies that the most common causes of pain include removing dressings that stick to the wound bed, skin stripping of periwound skin and tissue macer...

The three-dimensional collagen framework of human liver parenchyma in surgical specimens from patients with chronic active hepatitis (CAH), viral or alcoholic cirrhoses (LC) was observed by scanning electron microscopy after cell-maceration by the method of Ohtani (1988). In control livers, the tubular sheaths of collagen fibers housing the sinusoid were shown to form a labyrinthine network, wh...

PURPOSE To assess orbital volume in weaned rabbits, submitted to enucleation and evisceration, with orbital volume reconstitution using porous polyethylene (PP) spheres, analyzed by computed tomography, by the water displacement test and external orbital measures using Image-J software. METHODS This experimental randomized study consisted of 48 albino rabbits, with 42 days of life, submitted ...

HIV is the etiological agent of AIDS that has created major health care problem throughout the world. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the cytotoxic effects and anti-HIV activity of Phyllanthus niruri whole plant extracts. Hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate, acetone and methanol solvents were used to prepare the extracts by sequential maceration method. RetroSys HIV-1 RT (Innovagen, S...

A "novel" protocol is presented for easy and reliable estimation of soluble hydroxycinnamate levels in Cichorium intybus L. leaf tissue in large-scale experiments. Samples were standardized by punching 6 discs per leaf, and hydroxycinnamates were extracted by submerging the discs in 80% ethanol with 5% acetic acid for at least 48 h in the darkness at 4°C. Residual dry mass of the discs was used...

Justicia tranquibariensis a native of India and many other tropical regions is a common garden plant that has been used traditionally for treatment of a number of diseases. In the current study the hydro-alcoholic extract of the roots of the plant have been tested for anticancer activity. The extract was prepared by cold maceration method, hydroalcohol was the solvent used. The in-vitro antican...

The cytoarchitecture of the rat cerebellar cortex was studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) after exposure of cell surfaces by NaOH maceration and subsequent mild mechanical dissection. SEM observation clearly differentiated the three layers of the cerebellar cortex: the molecular layer, which consisted of a dense accumulation of thin nerve fibers; the Purkinje cell layer, in which larg...

The rhizomes of Alpinia officinarum Hance have been used conventionally for the treatment of various ailments, triggering a wide interest from the scientific research community on this ethnomedicinal plant. This review summarizes the phytochemical and pharmacological properties of the extracts and fractions from A. officinarum, a plant species of the Zingiberaceae family. Different parts of the...

Typhoid fever, a bacterial infection caused by Salmonella typhi whose treatment is use of antibiotics. And the these antibiotics associated with drug resistance, high cost medication and less accessibility to rural populations remains an issue concern. The aim this research was indentify bioactive metabolites leaf T. occidentalis determine anti-salmonella activity. antibacterial activity extrac...