Publications by authors named "F Nunes"
The increasing incidence of colorectal cancer and inflammatory diseases poses a major health concern, with oxidative stress playing a significant role in the onset of these pathologies. Factors such as excessive consumption of sugar-rich and fatty foods, synthetic food additives, pesticides, alcohol, and tobacco contribute to oxidative stress and disrupt intestinal homeostasis. Functional foods arise as a potential tool to regulate redox balance in the intestinal tract.
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- Atlantic reef-building corals are declining due to climate change, disease, pollution, and human activities, prompting a reassessment of their extinction risk under the IUCN Red List.
- The latest evaluation shows an increase in the percentage of species at high extinction risk, with nearly 46% to 54% of shallow water corals now classified as threatened, compared to 15% to 40% in 2008.
- Although there's been a slight improvement in coral coverage over historical data, projections indicate that severe bleaching events could significantly threaten the future survival of 26 species, which are now labeled as Critically Endangered.
Digitaria insularis poses a significant challenge in weed control due to its perennial habit, dense clumping growth, and the widespread presence of herbicide-resistant biotypes. Our research investigates whether single or multiple herbicide resistance biotypes of D. insularis experience fitness costs, specifically affecting their germination.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWith the alarming rise in cases of arterial hypertension worldwide, there is an urgent need to develop combined therapies to mitigate this scenario. Rose oxide (RO), a monoterpene with anti-inflammatory and hypotensive properties, emerges as an alternative. The present study is the first to evaluate the effect of RO administered chronically and combined with physical exercise (swimming) since both have been reported to have beneficial impacts on hypertension.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMorphological studies concerning salivary glands have emerged as an exciting tool to understand feeding habits. In this sense, this study aimed to describe capybara salivary glands morphology to understand potential morphological associations to this species feeding habits. Macroscopic dissections and microscopic analyses were performed on eight specimens.
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