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  1. Article: Antimalarials and the fight against malaria in Brazil.

    Carmargo, Luiz Ma / de Oliveira, Saulo / Basano, Sergio / Garcia, Célia Rs

    Therapeutics and clinical risk management

    2009  Volume 5, Issue 4, Page(s) 311–317

    Abstract: Malaria, known as the "fevers," has been treated for over three thousand years in China with extracts of plants of the genus Artemisia (including Artemisia annua, A. opiacea, and A. lancea) from which the active compound is artemisin, a sesquiterpene ... ...

    Abstract Malaria, known as the "fevers," has been treated for over three thousand years in China with extracts of plants of the genus Artemisia (including Artemisia annua, A. opiacea, and A. lancea) from which the active compound is artemisin, a sesquiterpene that is highly effective in the treatment of the disease, especially against young forms of the parasite. South American Indians in the seventeenth century already used an extract of the bark of chinchona tree, commonly named "Jesuits' powder." Its active compound was isolated in 1820 and its use spread all over the world being used as a prophylactic drug during the construction of the Madeira-Mamoré railroad in the beginning of the twentieth century. During the 1920s to the 1940s, new antimalarial drugs were synthesized to increase the arsenal against this parasite. However, the parasite has presented systematic resistence to conventional antimalarial drugs, driving researchers to find new strategies to treat the disease. In the present review we discuss how Brazil treats Plasmodium-infected patients.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2009-05-04
    Publishing country New Zealand
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2186560-7
    ISSN 1178-203X ; 1176-6336
    ISSN (online) 1178-203X
    ISSN 1176-6336
    DOI 10.2147/tcrm.s4571
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  2. Article ; Online: Antimalarials and the fight against malaria in Brazil

    Luiz MA Carmargo / Saulo de Oliveira / Sergio Basano / Célia RS Garcia

    Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, Vol 2009, Iss default, Pp 311-

    2009  Volume 317

    Abstract: Luiz MA Carmargo1, Saulo de Oliveira2, Sergio Basano3, Célia RS Garcia21ICBV-USP, Monte Negro ...

    Abstract Luiz MA Carmargo1, Saulo de Oliveira2, Sergio Basano3, Célia RS Garcia21ICBV-USP, Monte Negro, Rondônia, Brasil; 2Departamento de Fisiologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil; 3CEMETRON, Porto Velho, Guaporé, BrazilAbstract: Malaria, known as the “fevers,” has been treated for over three thousand years in China with extracts of plants of the genus Artemisia (including Artemisia annua, A. opiacea, and A. lancea) from which the active compound is artemisin, a sesquiterpene that is highly effective in the treatment of the disease, especially against young forms of the parasite. South American Indians in the seventeenth century already used an extract of the bark of chinchona tree, commonly named “Jesuits’ powder.” Its active compound was isolated in 1820 and its use spread all over the world being used as a prophylactic drug during the construction of the Madeira–Mamoré railroad in the beginning of the twentieth century. During the 1920s to the 1940s, new antimalarial drugs were synthesized to increase the arsenal against this parasite. However, the parasite has presented systematic resistence to conventional antimalarial drugs, driving researchers to find new strategies to treat the disease. In the present review we discuss how Brazil treats Plasmodium-infected patients.Keywords: Plasmodium falciparum, malaria, antimalarials, calcium
    Keywords Medicine (General) ; R5-920
    Language English
    Publishing date 2009-04-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Dove Medical Press
    Document type Article ; Online
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  3. Article ; Online: Pollen Content in Honey of Apis mellifera Linnaeus (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in an Atlântica Forest Fragment in the Municipality of Piracicaba, São Paulo State, Brazil.

    Diogo Feliciano Dias Araujo / Augusta Carolina Carmelo Carmargo Moreti / Talita Antonia da Silveira / Luís Carlos Marchini / Ivani Pozar Otsuk

    Sociobiology, Vol 60, Iss 4, Pp 436-

    2014  Volume 440

    Abstract: ... in the experimental apiary of the Entomology and Acarology Department of the College of Agriculture “Luiz de Queiroz ...

    Abstract The productive and reproductive characteristics of Apis mellifera L. bees are directly affected by climatic conditions and food availability in the region where the bees are reared or kept; therefore, food storage (honey and pollen), oviposition and population growth of these bees are subject to seasonal variations. These variations lead the bees to constantly search for food, taking exploratory trips, called “foraging”. This study investigated the botanical origin of nectar sources collected by A. mellifera bees for six consecutive months, from October/2011 to March/2012 in six bee colonies. The study was carried out in the experimental apiary of the Entomology and Acarology Department of the College of Agriculture “Luiz de Queiroz”, from the University of São Paulo, in the municipality of Piracicaba, São Paulo State. The study site has a predominance vegetation of Semideciduous Forest (Atlântica Forest). In each sampling month, we analyzed the pollen types in the honey samples. We used the acetolysis method to prepare the samples for melissopalynology. We carried out the quantitative analysis by successive count of 900 sample grains. The samples were grouped in terms of botanical species, families and/or pollen types. The results show that bees used several plants from the region as a nectar source. However, Arecaceae, Fabaceae/Mimosoideae and Myrtaceae families were predominant throughout the sampling period. The occurrence of these plant species was significant and essential for the maintenance of the bee colonies.
    Keywords Melissopalynology ; Nectar ; Foraging ; Apiculture ; Food source ; Zoology ; QL1-991 ; Ecology ; QH540-549.5 ; Natural history (General) ; QH1-278.5
    Subject code 590
    Language English
    Publishing date 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
    Document type Article ; Online
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  4. Article ; Online: Avaliações fenológicas e agronômicas em café arábica cultivado a pleno sol e consorciado com banana 'Prata Anã' Phenological and agronomic evaluations in a coffee crop grown under unshaded and shaded by 'Prata Anã' banana plants

    José Ricardo Macedo Pezzopane / Mário José Pedro Júnior / Paulo Boller Gallo / Marcelo Bento Paes de Carmargo / Luiz Carlos Fazuoli

    Bragantia, Vol 66, Iss 4, Pp 701-

    2007  Volume 709

    Abstract: O trabalho foi realizado em cafeeiros (Coffea arabica L.) cv. Icatu Vermelho IAC 4045, cultivados a pleno sol e consorciados com banana 'Prata Anã' (Musa AAB), em Mococa (SP), em Latitude 21º 28' S, Longitude 47º 01' W, altitude 665 m. Entre julho de ... ...

    Abstract O trabalho foi realizado em cafeeiros (Coffea arabica L.) cv. Icatu Vermelho IAC 4045, cultivados a pleno sol e consorciados com banana 'Prata Anã' (Musa AAB), em Mococa (SP), em Latitude 21º 28' S, Longitude 47º 01' W, altitude 665 m. Entre julho de 2001 e junho de 2004 foi acompanhado o desenvolvimento fenológico dos cultivos, além de se avaliar, o crescimento das plantas em altura e diâmetro da copa. Nas safras de 2002, 2003 e 2004 foram avaliados os parâmetros de produção nos dois sistemas de cultivo, além de sua variabilidade nas parcelas do cultivo consorciado. Nos sistemas de cultivo avaliados, o crescimento vegetativo em altura e diâmetro foi maior no período primavera-verão em relação ao período outono-inverno, não tendo sido encontradas diferenças significativas das taxas de crescimento, de desenvolvimento fenológico e dos índices de produção entre os cultivos. No cultivo consorciado, no ponto próximo às bananeiras observaram-se diferenças em relação aos demais pontos amostrados no crescimento vegetativo e desenvolvimento fenológico para algumas épocas do ano, além de apresentar menor produção por planta. A study was carried out in coffee crop (Coffea arabica L.) cv. Icatu Vermelho IAC 4045, unshade and shaded by banana 'Prata Anã' (Musa AAB), in Mococa, São Paulo State, Brazil (Latitude South 21º 28 ', Longitude West 47º 01 ', altitude 665m). Phenological data for the coffee crops were taken, from July, 2001 to June, 2004. The growth of the plants concerning height and diameter was also evaluated. The harvests of 2002, 2003 and, 2004 were appraised by the production parameters, and their variability for different positions in shaded coffee crop. The vegetative growth in height and diameter showed higher activity during the spring-summer period in relation to the autumn-winter period, in both in the cultivation systems evaluated. No significant differences of the growth taxes, of phenological development and of the yield indexes were found. In coffee crop shaded, the nearest point to the banana plants showed differences in relation to the other amostral points in vegetative growth and phenological development for some seasons of the year, besides showing smaller plant yield.
    Keywords Coffea arabica ; fenologia ; crescimento vegetativo ; arborização ; phenology ; crop growth ; shading ; Agriculture (General) ; S1-972
    Language English
    Publishing date 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Instituto Agronômico de Campinas
    Document type Article ; Online
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  5. Article ; Online: Terapia de reposição enzimática para as mucopolissacaridoses I, II e VI: recomendações de um grupo de especialistas brasileiros.

    Giugliani, Roberto / Federhen, Andressa / Muñoz Rojas, Maria Verónica / Vieira, Taiane Alves / Artigalás, Osvaldo / Pinto, Louise Lapagesse Carmargo / Azevedo, Ana Cecília / Acosta, Angelina Xavier / Bomfim, Carmem / Lourenço, Charles Marques / Kim, Chong Ae / Horovitz, Dafne / Souza, Denize Bomfim / Norato, Denise / Marinho, Diane / Palhares, Durval / Santos, Emerson Santana / Ribeiro, Erlane / Valadares, Eugênia Ribeiro /
    Guarany, Fábio / De Lucca, Gisele Rosone / Pimentel, Helena / Souza, Isabel Neves de / Corrêa Neto, Jordão / Fraga, José Carlos / Góes, José Eduardo / Cabral, José Maria / Simeonato, José / Llerena, Juan Clinton / Jardim, Laura Bannach / Giuliani, Liane de Rosso / Silva, Luiz Carlos Santana da / Santos, Mara / Moreira, Maria Angela / Kerstenetzky, Marcelo / Ribeiro, Márcia / Ruas, Nicole / Barrios, Patricia / Aranda, Paulo / Honjo, Rachel / Boy, Raquel / Costa, Ronaldo / Souza, Carolina Fishinger Moura de / Alcântara, Flavio F / Avilla, Sylvio Gilberto A / Fagondes, Simone / Martins, Ana Maria

    Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992)

    2010  Volume 56, Issue 3, Page(s) 271–277

    Abstract: Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) are rare genetic diseases caused by deficiency of specific lysosomal enzymes that affect catabolism of glycosaminoglycans (GAG). Accumulation of GAG in various organs and tissues in MPS patients results in a series of signs ... ...

    Title translation Enzyme replacement therapy for mucopolysaccharidoses I, II and VI: recommendations from a group of Brazilian F experts.
    Abstract Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) are rare genetic diseases caused by deficiency of specific lysosomal enzymes that affect catabolism of glycosaminoglycans (GAG). Accumulation of GAG in various organs and tissues in MPS patients results in a series of signs and symptoms, producing a multisystemic condition affecting bones and joints, the respiratory and cardiovascular systems and many other organs and tissues, including in some cases, cognitive performance. So far, eleven enzyme defects that cause seven different types of MPS have been identified. Before introduction of therapies to restore deficient enzyme activity, treatment of MPS focused primarily on prevention and care of complications, still a very important aspect in the management of these patients. In the 80's treatment of MPS with bone marrow transplantation/hematopoietic stem cells transplantation (BMT/HSCT) was proposed and in the 90's, enzyme replacement therapy (ERT),began to be developed and was approved for clinical use in MPS I, II and VI in the first decade of the 21st century. The authors of this paper are convinced that a better future for patients affected by mucopolysaccharidoses depends upon identifying, understanding and appropriately managing the multisystemic manifestations of these diseases. This includes the provision of support measures (which should be part of regular multidisciplinary care of these patients) and of specific therapies. Although inhibition of synthesis of GAG and the recovery of enzyme activity with small molecules also may play a role in the management of MPS, the breakthrough is the currently available intravenous ERT. ERT radically changed the setting for treatment of mucopolysaccharidosis I, II and VI in the last decade., Benefits can even be extended soon to MPS IV A (ERT for this condition is already in clinical development), with prediction for treatment of MPS III A and the cognitive deficit in MPS II by administration of the enzyme directly into the central nervous system (CNS). A large number of Brazilian services, from all regions of the country, already have experience with ERT for MPS I, II and VI. This experience was gained not only by treating patients but also with the participation of some groups in clinical trials involving ERT for these conditions. Summing up the three types of MPS, more than 250 patients have already been treated with ERT in Brazil. The experience of professionals coupled to the data available in international literature, allowed us to elaborate this document, produced with the goal of bringing together and harmonize the information available for the treatment of these severe and progressive diseases, which, fortunately, are now treatable, a situation which bring new perspectives for Brazilian patients, affected by these conditions.
    MeSH term(s) Brazil ; Enzyme Replacement Therapy/methods ; Enzyme Replacement Therapy/statistics & numerical data ; Humans ; Mucopolysaccharidoses/classification ; Mucopolysaccharidoses/drug therapy ; Practice Guidelines as Topic
    Language Portuguese
    Publishing date 2010-07-28
    Publishing country Brazil
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2027973-5
    ISSN 1806-9282 ; 0104-4230
    ISSN (online) 1806-9282
    ISSN 0104-4230
    DOI 10.1590/s0104-42302010000300009
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  6. Article ; Online: Terapia de reposição enzimática para as mucopolissacaridoses I, II e VI

    Roberto Giugliani / Andressa Federhen / Maria Verónica Muñoz Rojas / Taiane Alves Vieira / Osvaldo Artigalás / Louise Lapagesse Carmargo Pinto / Ana Cecília Azevedo / Angelina Xavier Acosta / Carmem Bomfim / Charles Marques Lourenço / Chong Ae Kim / Dafne Horovitz / Denize Bomfim Souza / Denise Norato / Diane Marinho / Durval Palhares / Emerson Santana Santos / Erlane Ribeiro / Eugênia Ribeiro Valadares /
    Fábio Guarany / Gisele Rosone De Lucca / Helena Pimentel / Isabel Neves de Souza / Jordão Corrêa Neto / José Carlos Fraga / José Eduardo Góes / José Maria Cabral / José Simeonato / Juan Clinton Llerena Jr / Laura Bannach Jardim / Liane de Rosso Giuliani / Luiz Carlos Santana da Silva / Mara Santos / Maria Ângela Moreira / Marcelo Kerstenetzky / Márcia Ribeiro / Nicole Ruas / Patricia Barrios / Paulo Aranda / Rachel Honjo / Raquel Boy / Ronaldo Costa / Carolina Fishinger Moura de Souza / Flavio F Alcântara / Sylvio Gilberto A Avilla / Simone Fagondes / Ana Maria Martins

    Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira, Vol 56, Iss 3, Pp 271-

    recomendações de um grupo de especialistas brasileiros Enzyme replacement therapy for mucopolysaccharidoses I, II and VI: recommendations from a group of Brazilian F experts

    2010  Volume 277

    Abstract: As mucopolissacaridoses (MPS) são doenças genéticas raras causadas pela deficiência de enzimas lisossômicas específicas que afetam o catabolismo de glicosaminoglicanos (GAG). O acúmulo de GAG em vários órgãos e tecidos nos pacientes afetados pelas MPS ... ...

    Abstract As mucopolissacaridoses (MPS) são doenças genéticas raras causadas pela deficiência de enzimas lisossômicas específicas que afetam o catabolismo de glicosaminoglicanos (GAG). O acúmulo de GAG em vários órgãos e tecidos nos pacientes afetados pelas MPS resulta em uma série de sinais e sintomas, integrantes de um quadro clínico multissistêmico que compromete ossos e articulações, vias respiratórias, sistema cardiovascular e muitos outros órgãos e tecidos, incluindo, em alguns casos, as funções cognitivas. Já foram identificados 11 defeitos enzimáticos que causam sete tipos diferentes de MPS. Antes do advento de terapias dirigidas para a restauração da atividade da enzima deficiente, o tratamento das MPS tinha como principal foco a prevenção e o cuidado das complicações, aspecto ainda bastante importante no manejo desses pacientes. Na década de 80 foi proposto o tratamento das MPS com transplante de medula óssea/transplante de células tronco hematopoiéticas (TMO/TCTH) e na década de 90 começou o desenvolvimento da Terapia de Reposição Enzimática (TRE), que se tornou uma realidade aprovada para uso clínico nas MPS I, II e VI na primeira década do século 21. Os autores deste trabalho têm a convicção de que um melhor futuro para os pacientes afetados pelas MPS depende da identificação, compreensão e manejo adequado das manifestações multissistêmicas dessas doenças, incluindo medidas de suporte (que devem fazer parte da assistência multidisciplinar regular destes pacientes) e terapias específicas. Embora a inibição da síntese de GAG e o resgate da atividade enzimática com moléculas pequenas também possam vir a ter um papel no manejo das MPS, o grande avanço disponível no momento é a TRE intravenosa. A TRE permitiu modificar radicalmente o panorama do tratamento das mucopolissacaridoses I, II e VI na última década, sendo que ainda pode estender seus benefícios em breve para a MPS IV A (cuja TRE já está em desenvolvimento clínico), com perspectivas para o tratamento da MPS III A e do déficit cognitivo na MPS II através de administração da enzima diretamente no sistema nervoso central (SNC). Um grande número de centros brasileiros, incluindo serviços de todas as regiões do país, já têm experiência com TRE para MPS I, II e VI. Essa experiência foi adquirida não só com o tratamento de pacientes como também com a participação de alguns grupos em ensaios clínicos envolvendo TRE para essas condições. Somados os três tipos de MPS, mais de 250 pacientes já foram tratados com TRE em nosso país. A experiência dos profissionais brasileiros, somada aos dados disponíveis na literatura internacional, permitiu elaborar este documento, produzido com o objetivo de reunir e harmonizar as informações disponíveis sobre o tratamento destas doenças graves e progressivas, mas que, felizmente, são hoje tratáveis, uma realidade que traz novas perspectivas para os pacientes brasileiros afetados por essas condições. Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) are rare genetic diseases caused by deficiency of specific lysosomal enzymes that affect catabolism of glycosaminoglycans (GAG). Accumulation of GAG in various organs and tissues in MPS patients results in a series of signs and symptoms, producing a multisystemic condition affecting bones and joints, the respiratory and cardiovascular systems and many other organs and tissues, including in some cases, cognitive performance. So far, eleven enzyme defects that cause seven different types of MPS have been identified. Before introduction of therapies to restore deficient enzyme activity, treatment of MPS focused primnarily on prevention and care of complications, still a very important aspect in the management of these patients. In the 80's treatment of MPS with bone marrow transplantation/hematopoietic stem cells transplantation (BMT/HSCT) was proposed and in the 90's, enzyme replacement therapy (ERT),began to be developed and was approved for clinical use in MPS I, II and VI in the first decade of the 21st century. The authors of this paper are convinced that a better future for patients affected by mucopolysaccharidoses depends upon identifying, understanding and appropriately managing the multisystemic manifestations of these diseases. This includes the provision of support measures (which should be part of regular multidisciplinary care of these patients) and of specific therapies. Although inhibition of synthesis of GAG and the recovery of enzyme activity with small molecules also may play a role in the management of MPS, the breakthrough is the currently available intravenous ERT. ERT radically changed the setting for treatment of mucopolysaccharidosis I, II and VI in the last decade., Benefits can even be extended soon to MPS IV A (ERT for this condition is already in clinical development), with prediction for treatment of MPS III A and the cognitive deficit in MPS II by administration of the enzyme directly into the central nervous system (CNS). A large number of Brazilian services, from all regions of the country, already have experience with ERT for MPS I, II and VI. This experience was gained not only by treating patients but also with the participation of some groups in clinical trials involving ERT for these conditions. Summing up the three types of MPS, more than 250 patients have already been treated with ERT in Brazil. The experience of professionals coupled to the data available in international literature, allowed us to elaborate this document, produced with the goal of bringing together and harmonize the information available for the treatment of these severe and progressive diseases, which, fortunately, are now treatable, a situation which bring new perspectives for Brazilian patients, affected by these conditions.
    Keywords Mucopolissacaridoses ; Mucopolissacaridose I ; Mucopolissacaridose II ; Mucopolissacaridose VI ; Glicosaminoglicanos ; Terapia de reposição enzimática ; Mucopolysaccharidosis I ; Mucopolysaccharidosis II ; Mucopolysaccharidosis VI ; Glycosaminoglycans V ; Enzyme replacement therapy ; Medicine (General) ; R5-920
    Language English
    Publishing date 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Associação Médica Brasileira
    Document type Article ; Online
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