2 results match your criteria: "University of Ribeirão Preto[Affiliation]"

Article Synopsis
  • * A stepwise approach for screening natural compounds is proposed, involving plant collection, extraction, chromatography, and bioassays to identify potentially active molecules.
  • * This method allows for high-throughput screening and sets the stage for future research on effective formulations and targeting microbes, like inhibiting enzymes related to cariogenic biofilm formation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Hospitalizations for HIV/AIDS: differences between sexes.

Gend Med

February 2010

Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeiraão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeiraão Preto, São Paulo State, Brazil.

Background: Women are especially vulnerable to HIV infection because of biological, social, cultural, and economic factors. In Brazil, AIDS was initially seen predominantly in homosexual men, but the epidemic gradually reached a gender balance as increasing numbers of women became infected with HIV.

Objective: The aim of the present study was to identify the clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of hospitalized patients with HIV/AIDS of both sexes and compare the differences between them.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF