Antifungal potential of silver nanoparticles stabilized with the flavonoid naringenin.

Fungal infections caused by yeast have increased in recent decades, becoming a major threat to public health. Antifungal therapy represents a challenging problem because, in addition to presenting many side effects, fungal resistance has been increasing in recent years. As a result, the search for new therapeutic agents has advanced with the use of new technologies such as nanoparticles (NPs).

On a new genus and four new species of the subfamily Cyprettinae (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from Brazilian floodplains.

We describe the new genus Triangocypretta gen. nov. and four new species from Brazilian floodplains.

An annotated checklist of recent non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea) from Argentina, South America.

According to an updated list of extant non-marine ostracods, there are 2,330 subjective species in 270 genera in the world, of which 333 species are known from the Neotropical region. However, the knowledge about the ostracod fauna in Argentina is scarce, fragmented and incomplete. Thus, the aim of this study was to present the first checklist of the recent non-marine ostracods from Argentina, including geographical distributions and ecological characteristics of the species.

On a new tribe, genus and species of Cypricercinae McKenzie, 1971 (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Cyprididae) from New Caledonia (Pacific Ocean).

The New Caledonian Archipelago is a hot spot for biodiversity and endemism. Here, we describe Lithocypris peyia gen. et spec.

An updated checklist of recent non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea) from Venezuela.

Information on the known species diversity of the non-marine ostracods in Venezuela is compiled from the available literature. The review resulted in 34 species and two varieties, belonging to the superfamilies Cypridoidea and Cytheroidea. Of these, the presence of one species should be confirmed for the country.

Vismia cauliflora extracts: bioactive compounds and the in vitro scavenging capacity against reactive oxygen and nitrogen species.

Vismia cauliflora, a scientific unexploited plant from Amazonian forest, used by Amerindians to treat dermatosis and inflammatory processes in the skin may be considered an interesting source of bioactive compounds. Thus, we evaluated for the first time in literature, the scavenging capacity of five extracts of V. cauliflora (leaf, branch, stem bark, flower and whole fruit) against reactive oxygen and nitrogen species.

Effect of diet supplementation with l-carnitine on hepatic catabolism of l-alanine in rats.

Aim: To investigate the effects of chronic supplementation with l-carnitine (LCT) on hepatic catabolism of l-alanine.

Methods: Two groups of male adult Wistar rats were used: 1) supplemented with LCT (1.2 mmol .

Nutritional composition and vitamin C stability in stored camu-camu (Myrciaria dubia) pulp.

Camu-camu (Myrciaria dubia), a native fruit of the Amazon region, is one of the richest sources of vitamin C (2.4 to 3.0 g/100 g in the pulp) found in Brazil.