Papers by Ana Cristina de Souza
Saude E Pesquisa, Mar 25, 2014
RESUMO: A utilização de plantas medicinais como alternativa terapêutica vem atingindo um público ... more RESUMO: A utilização de plantas medicinais como alternativa terapêutica vem atingindo um público cada vez maior. Este trabalho objetiva resgatar o conhecimento popular acerca do uso de plantas medicinais na cura de doenças. A metodologia envolveu trabalho de campo com coleta de dados obtidos por meio de entrevistas aplicadas aos frequentadores dos ambulatórios da Comunidade Santa Marcelina, em Porto Velho (RO). Foram identificadas 79 espécies e 46 famílias botânicas, onde a Asteraceae e Lamiaceae obtiveram maior representação com 10 e 8 espécies, respectivamente. As espécies mais citadas foram: boldo (Plietranthus barbatus (Andrews) Bebth), crajiru (Arrabidaea chica Verlot), erva cidreira (Lippia alba Mill.)., mastruz (Chenopodium ambrosioides L.), capim santo (Cymbopogon citratus D.C ), eucalipto (Eucalyptus melanphioia L.), barbatimão (Stryphnodendron barbatiman M. ), babosa (Aloe vera (L.) Burm. F.) e unha de gato (Uncaria tomentosa L. ). A parte da planta mais utilizada foi às folhas sendo o chá o modo de uso mais referenciado. Foi constatado que o conhecimento e a utilização correta de plantas com efeitos medicinais são principalmente para indicação terapêutica de baixa gravidade. ABSTRACT: Many people are currently using medicinal herbs as a therapeutic alternative. Current paper tries to recover and analyze popular lore on the use of medicinal plants to cure diseases. Methodology consists of data collection by interviews with clients of clinical units of the Santa Marcelina Community in Porto Velho RO Brazil. Seventy-nine species and 46 botanic families were identified with special reference to Asteraceae and Lamiaceae with 10 and 8 species each. The most mentioned species were boldo (Plietranthus barbatus (Andrews) Bebth), crajiru (Arrabidaea chica Verlot), white lippia (Lippia alba Mill.), mastruz (Chenopodium ambrosioides L.), capim santo (Cymbopogon citratus D.C ), eucalyptus (Eucalyptus melanphioia L.), barbatimão (Stryphnodendron barbatiman M. ), aloe (Aloe vera (L.) Burm. F.) and cat´s claw (Uncaria tomentosa L.). The leaves, used as tea, are the most employed segment of the plant. Knowledge and correct use of the plants with medicinal effects are mainly therapeutic indications of low medical seriousness.
International Journal of Food Science & Technology, 2015
Barbatimão [Stryphnodendron adstringens (Mart.) Coville], is a tree with predominant occurrence i... more Barbatimão [Stryphnodendron adstringens (Mart.) Coville], is a tree with predominant occurrence in the Cerrado regions in the Brazilian States. Its bark is rich in tannins which is used in folk medicine due to its astringent function. In recent years, the indiscriminate exploitation of barbatimão tree led to a decrease in bark production of this medicinal plant. The aim of this study was to induce calluses from cotyledon segments and determine the weight of fresh and dry matter and the levels of phenols the induced calluses. For callus induction, cotyledon segments were inoculated in a medium with different combinations of growth regulators: 2,4-D × TDZ (0, 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 mg L-1) and kinetin × picloran (0; 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 mg L-1). Cultures were incubated in the dark and at a temperature of 27 ± 2 º C. At 60 days of subculture the fresh and dry weight and the levels of total phenols were evaluated. The best results obtained for the calluses fresh weight with the combination (2,4-D...
Acta Scientiarum. Agronomy, 2015
Barbatimão [Stryphnodendron adstringens (Mart.) Coville], is a tree with predominant occurrence i... more Barbatimão [Stryphnodendron adstringens (Mart.) Coville], is a tree with predominant occurrence in the Cerrado regions in the Brazilian States. Its bark is rich in tannins which is used in folk medicine due to its astringent function. In recent years, the indiscriminate exploitation of barbatimão tree led to a decrease in bark production of this medicinal plant. The aim of this study was to induce calluses from cotyledon segments and determine the weight of fresh and dry matter and the levels of phenols the induced calluses. For callus induction, cotyledon segments were inoculated in a medium with different combinations of growth regulators: 2,4-D × TDZ (0, 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 mg L-1) and kinetin × picloran (0; 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 mg L-1). Cultures were incubated in the dark and at a temperature of 27 ± 2 º C. At 60 days of subculture the fresh and dry weight and the levels of total phenols were evaluated. The best results obtained for the calluses fresh weight with the combination (2,4-D...
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Neotropical entomology
The production and quality of eucalyptus plantations have been studied in areas with different de... more The production and quality of eucalyptus plantations have been studied in areas with different densities of ant nests, being important to estimate losses caused by leaf-cutting ants. The effects of leaf-cutting ant on wood production in differents productivity sites were studied in eucalyptus plantations in the region of Atlantic Forest, Minas Gerais State, Brazil from 2003 to 2006. Data of plots of the continuous forest inventory and data of leaf-cutting ant monitoring in eucalyptus plantations were obtained. Each unitary increment in the area of Atta spp. nests per hectare reduced the wood production of the eucalyptus forest between 0.04 and 0.13 m³.ha(-1), resulting in a level of economic damage for leaf-cutting ants between 13.4 and 39.2 m².ha(-1), in this region. Moreover, this study innovated when using indices of forest productivity (site index) that promote better adjustment of the models and produce estimate more accurate of the level of economic damage for leaf-cutting ant...
Grupo 2.1. Docência na educação a distância: Formação e Saberes RESUMO: Este trabalho estrutura-s... more Grupo 2.1. Docência na educação a distância: Formação e Saberes RESUMO: Este trabalho estrutura-se a partir de estudos e reflexões de uma investigação envolvendo licenciandos em Pedagogia e professores iniciantes dos anos iniciais do Ensino Fundamental que participam de um curso de extensão online. Nesse estudo, procuramos descrever os elementos presentes nas narrativas, elaboradas pelas participantes, acerca das experiências vividas no processo de escolarização da Educação Básica e explicitar a perspectiva das cursistas diante da elaboração dos textos. Para tanto, analisamos os depoimentos registrados no primeiro Fórum de Discussão realizado após a elaboração da narrativa. Essa análise possibilitou tecer considerações sobre as temáticas do diálogo entre as cursistas e como o escrever sobre as experiências de escolarização permitiu que as professoras em exercício pensassem sobre a própria prática e as licenciandas sobre a futura atuação. Palavras-chave: Formação de Professores; Trajetórias de Formação; Investigação Narrativa.
Introdução: Sabe-se que o estresse crônico (EC) induz hiperalgesia/alodinia e estas condições est... more Introdução: Sabe-se que o estresse crônico (EC) induz hiperalgesia/alodinia e estas condições estão relacionadas a diversas patologias dolorosas. A ETCC tem demonstrado bons resultados no tratamento de fibromialgia e dor neuropática, patologias que alteram a excitabilidade cortical. Objetivos: Avaliar o efeito de uma sessão diária da ETCC anódica durante 8 dias na alodinia induzida por EC. Materiais e métodos: ratos machos Wistar com 60 dias de vida foram divididos em quarto grupos (n=12-13): controle (C), estresse (E), estresse+ETCC (EE) e estresse+SHAM (ES). Foi utilizado o estresse crônico por restrição (1h/dia/11sem/5dias/sem). Após 11 semanas de estresse a resposta nociceptiva foi mensurada usando o teste de Von Frey eletrônico, para confirmação de alodinia. Após os animais iniciaram o tratamento com ETCC, por 8 dias, durante 20 minutos (500µA) por dia. O teste foi aplicado imediatamente e 24 horas após a última sessão de ETCC. Resultados e conclusão: após o período de EC os animais apresentaram alodinia no teste de Von Frey (teste t de Student, P<0,05 C(63,7+3,67); E(50,8+ 2,44)). Após 8 dias de ETCC anódica, não foi observado efeito do tratamento da ETCC imediatamente após a última sessão(C: 67,85±3,65; S: 49,840±4,39; SS:45,43±3,36; SE:56,13±3,13 ANOVA de uma via, P=0,00) e 24hs após, a ETCC aumentou o limiar de dor no teste de Von Frey (C: 65.20±2.92; S: 43.52±2.54; SS: 48.57±3.80; SE: 64.06±3.37 ANOVA de uma via; P<0,05 ). Nossos resultados demonstram que ETCC anódica, responsável pelo aumento da excitabilidade cortical, foi capaz de reverter a alodinia induzida por EC, e que tem potencial na terapêu tica não-farmacologica de doenças que cursam com dor crônica. Apoio: CAPES, GPPG/HCPA, PROPESQ-UFRGS, CNPq.
INTRODUCTION: circadian rhythms are present in physiologic, biochemical, and behavioral events an... more INTRODUCTION: circadian rhythms are present in physiologic, biochemical, and behavioral events and are influenced by environmental patterns as light and temperature. OBJECTIVES: verify the temporal pattern of leptin in rat blood serum exposed to chronic stress and/or hypercaloric diet. METHODS: 60 male Wistar rats (~250g) maintained under ideal biotery conditions were divided into 4 groups: control (C-standard chow/no stress), diet (D-hypercaloric diet/no stress), stress (S-standard chow/chronic stress) and diet/stress (DS-hypercaloric diet/chronic stress), stress was applied 1h/day between 9am and 12pm, 5 days/week for 80 days. Animals' death was performed in 3 times ZT0-7am, ZT12-7 pm and ZT18-1am. Leptin levels (ng/ml) were measured by ELISA, analyzed by one-way ANOVA/SNK and considered significant if P<0.05. (GPPG-HCPA: 100383). RESULTS: group C showed leptin level higher at ZT0 (12.17+1.79) compared with ZT12 (4.4+1.33) and ZT18 (6.79+0.93). The group DS showed leptin levels on ZT12 (14.83+2.31) higher than ZT0 (5.95+1.05) ANOVA P<0.05. At ZT0, the S decreased leptin levels (2.35+1.53) compared to C group (12.17+1.79) and D group (14.78+1.55). Also, the D group increased the leptin levels (14.78+1.55) in relation to interaction DS group (5.95+1.05). Thus, diet increased the leptin levels (13.99+1.92) compared to C and S group (4.4+1.33, 0.76+0.12, respectively). S group decreased leptin levels compared to DS(14.83+2.31). At ZT18, the D group increased leptin levels (16.6+3.18) compared to C and S group (6.79+0.93, 4.57+0.91, respectively, ANOVA P<0.05). CONCLUSION: results showed that there are a temporal pattern for leptin release and that stress and hypercaloric diet can deregulate this rhythm. Financial Support: GPPG/HCPA-ILS.Torres-Grant-10-0383);CNPq,CAPES.
Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia, 2007
Química Nova, 2007
Recebido em 13/7/06; aceito em 18/1/07; publicado na web em 24/7/07 ISOLATION AND BIOLOGICAL ACTI... more Recebido em 13/7/06; aceito em 18/1/07; publicado na web em 24/7/07 ISOLATION AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF SECONDARY METABOLITES FROM THE SPONGES Monanchora aff. arbuscula, Aplysina sp. Petromica ciocalyptoides AND Topsentia ophiraphidites, FROM THE ASCIDIAN Didemnum ligulum AND FROM THE OCTOCORAL Carijoa riisei. The investigation of extracts from six species of marine invertebrates yielded one new and several known natural products. Isoptilocaulin from the sponge Monanchora aff. arbuscula displayed antimicrobial activity at 1.3 μg/mL against an oxacillin-resistant strain of Staphylococcus aureus. Five inactive known dibromotyrosine derivatives, 2 -6, were isolated from a new species of marine sponge, Aplysina sp. The sponges Petromica ciocalyptoides and Topsentia ophiraphidites yielded the known halistanol sulfate A (7) as an inhibitor of the antileishmanial target adenosine phosphoribosyl transferase. The ascidian Didemnum ligulum yielded asterubin (10) and the new N, N-dimethyl-O-methylethanolamine (11). The octocoral Carijoa riisei yielded the known 18-acetoxypregna-1,4,20-trien-3-one (12), which displayed cytotoxic activity against the cancer cell lines SF295, MDA-MB435, HCT8 and HL60. Keywords: marine sponge; ascidian; octocoral. Isolamento e atividades biológicas de produtos naturais das esponjas Vol. 30,
Mycoses, 2010
The biological activity of crude extract and fractions of Hymenaea martiana was evaluated against... more The biological activity of crude extract and fractions of Hymenaea martiana was evaluated against a panel of human pathogenic fungi. The crude extracts and hydroalcoholic fractions (E) showed a high activity against Cryptococcus neoformans species complex isolates with MICs between 2 and 64 μg ml(-1). The methanolic (C) and butanolic (D) fractions were the most active against Trichopyton rubrum, Trichopyton mentagrophytes and Microsporum canis with MICs between 8 and 256 μg ml(-1). None of the extracts was active against the yeast Malassezia furfur, Malassezia obtusa and Malassezia sympodialis.
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2012
Journal of Natural Products, 2004
Brazil is blessed with a great biodiversity, which constitutes one of the most important sources ... more Brazil is blessed with a great biodiversity, which constitutes one of the most important sources of biologically active compounds, even if it has been largely underexplored. As is the case of the Amazon and Atlantic rainforests, the Brazilian marine fauna remains practically unexplored in the search for new biologically active natural products. Considering that marine organisms have been shown to be one of the most promising sources of new bioactive compounds for the treatment of different human diseases, the 8000 km of the Brazilian coastline represents a great potential for finding new pharmacologically active secondary metabolites. This review presents the status of marine natural products chemistry in Brazil, including results reported by different research groups with emphasis on the isolation, structure elucidation, and evaluation of biological activities of natural products isolated from sponges, ascidians, octocorals, and Opistobranch mollusks. A brief overview of the first Brazilian program on the isolation of marine bacteria and fungi, directed toward the production of biologically active compounds, is also discussed. The current multidisciplinary collaborative program under development at the Universidade de Sã o Paulo proposes to establish a new paradigm toward the management of the Brazilian marine biodiversity, integrating research on the species diversity, ecology, taxonomy, and biogeography of marine invertebrates and microorganisms. This program also includes a broad screening program of Brazilian marine bioresources, to search for active compounds that may be of interest for the development of new drug leads.
Journal of Food Process Engineering, 2010
Suspensions formed by saturated sucrose solutions were analyzed at different temperatures (0 Յ T ... more Suspensions formed by saturated sucrose solutions were analyzed at different temperatures (0 Յ T Յ 65C) and with different added fractions (0.005 Յ f Յ 0.40) of known size sucrose crystals (0.163 Յ d p Յ 1.26 mm). Saturated sucrose solutions, taken as the suspension dispersant mean, were rheologically characterized using a concentric-cylinder rheometer and showed Newtonian behavior. The crystal suspensions were rheologically evaluated by using a mixer-type rheometer constituting an anchor impeller coupled to a rotational rheometer, also known as a mixer-type rheometer. The studied crystal suspensions also showed Newtonian behavior. Theoretical and semiempirical models were used to describe the correlation between suspension relative viscosity and crystal volumetric fraction. The best results were obtained using the Krieger and Dougherty, and the Mooney model, resulting in values of intrinsic viscosity, (h), and maximum packing fraction, f m , compatible with data reported for coarse concentrated suspensions of nonspherical particles.
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