Antitumor activity of essential oils-based nanostructured lipid carriers on prostate cancer cells.

Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most frequent malignancy in men worldwide. Essential oils (EOs) are natural products which can act in cancer suppression by several mechanisms. In this work, a nanotechnological approach was used to develop and evaluate the antineoplastic effects of EOs loaded by nanostructured lipid carriers (NLCs).

Influence of age and sex on the blood biochemical constituent values of broiler breeders during the egg-laying stage.

This study aimed to evaluate the influence of age and sex on the blood biochemical constituents of broiler breeders during the egg production stage. The analysis was performed in an industrial broiler breeder farm, and blood samples were collected from males and females at five different ages. Biochemical elements analysed in each serum sample were total proteins, albumin, globulins, uric acid, total cholesterol and triglycerides, alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST), gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT), creatine kinase (CK), alkaline phosphatase (PAL), calcium and phosphorus, beside the glycaemic status.

First Report of Genetic Variability of sp. Strain 2 in Turkeys Associated to Vero Cells Morphometric Alteration.

Erysipelas is a disease caused by the genus, whose main species is the , the causative agent of animal erysipelas and human erysipeloid. We isolated sp. strain 2 (ES2) from turkey's organs during an outbreak in Brazilian commercial and breeder flocks with sepsis and high mortality levels.