The present study was carried out to examine the changes in functional properties of cholesterol-removed compound whipping cream made by β-CD treated cream and palm oil. Six different ratios of cream to palm oil (10:0 as control, 9:1, 8:2, 7:3, 6:4, and 5:5, v/v) were tested. The overrun percentage increased with an increased amount of palm oil. When the ratio of cream to palm oil was 10:0 (con...

To the Editor: Skin cancers account for 40% of malignancies in solid-organ transplant recipients (SOTRs), who have an 80-fold increased risk squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and a 16-fold basal (BCC). Systemic chemoprevention is one method to mitigate this amplified risk. Acitretin, instance, has been used prevent keratinocyte carcinomas (KC) actinic keratoses (AK) SOTRs since 1995,1Bavinck J.N. T...

Introdução: Agentes quimioterápicos frequentemente induzem a um balanço nitrogenado negativo e perda de peso, contribuindo para desenvolvimento progressão da caquexia. Objetivo: Avaliar peso em pacientes oncológicos tratados com diferentes protocolos quimioterápicos. Metodologia: Selecionamos 16 (parecer comitê ética 4.192.874), ambos os sexos (n=11 masculino n= 5 feminino), idades entre 50 80 ...

We investigated the effects of combined treatment with 5-fluorouracil and apigenin on proliferation and apoptosis, as well as the underlying mechanism, in human breast cancer MDA-MB-453 cells. The MDA-MB-453 cells, which have been shown to overexpress ErbB2, were resistant to 5-fluorouracil; 5-fluorouracil exhibited a small dose-dependent anti-proliferative effect, with an IC50 of 90 microM. In...

OBJECTIVE Owing to the risks of serious and sustained toxicity, anticancer drugs such as cisplatin and irinotecan cannot be readily administered to patients with gastric cancer and severe peritoneal metastasis. Therefore, a standard chemotherapy regimen has yet to be established for these types of patients. This randomized study investigated the utility of sequential methotrexate and 5-fluorour...

BACKGROUND Permethrin 5% cream used against human ectoparasites suggests that it may be effective in papulopustular rosacea. METHODS This study included 63 patients diagnosed as having papulopustular rosacea based on the clinical and histological findings. Patients were randomly assigned into permethrin (n = 23), metronidazole (n = 20) and placebo (n = 20) groups. Scores of erythema, telangie...

Advanced cancer responds clinically to combined therapy with recombinant interferon-alpha and 5-fluorouracil. Although the two agents may interact in the biosynthetic pathway for thymidine, we investigated, as an alternative mechanism, the regulation of susceptibility of the A375 human melanoma to natural killers activated by interferon. A375 were preincubated with 5-fluorouracil, interferon, o...

The influence of the source of dietary fat on postprandial thermogenesis and substrate oxidation rates, was examined in twelve postmenopausal women aged 57-73 years, with BMI 21.9-38.3 kg/m(2). A single blind, randomised, paired comparison of two high-fat, isoenergetic, mixed test meals was conducted. The major source of fat was either cream (CREAM) or extra virgin olive oil (EVOO). RMR, diet-i...