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Anti-parasitic effect of vitamin C alone and in combination with benznidazole against Trypanosoma cruzi
(Public Library of Science, 2018-09)
Background: Drugs currently used for the treatment of Chagas’ disease, nifurtimox and benznidazole, have a limited effectiveness and toxic side effects. With the aim of finding new therapeutic approaches, in vitro and in ...
Association of vitamin D3, VDR gene polymorphisms, and LL-37 with a clinical form of Chagas Disease
(Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT, 2019)
AbstractINTRODUCTION:Chagas disease (CD) is an important public health problem in Brazil and worldwide. Aging and obesity are important matters in patients with CD, as is hypovitaminosis D3, which can decrease the quality ...
The seasonality of tuberculosis, sunlight, vitamin D, and household crowding
(Oxford University Press, 2014)
Background: Unlike other respiratory infections, tuberculosis diagnoses increase in summer. We performed an ecological analysis of this paradoxical seasonality in a Peruvian shantytown over 4 years. Methods: Tuberculosis ...
COVID-19 Fatalities, Latitude, Sunlight, and Vitamin D
Background: Since Vitamin D is known to be vital in regulating the immune system,
and sunlight UV radiation exposure on the skin produces Vitamin D and UV intensity is
highest nearest the equator, a study was done to ...
Voltametric determination of melatonin and pyridoxine (vitamin b6) in tablets
(2001)
Melatonin and Vitamin B6 can be oxidized at the glassy carbon electrode showing well-resolved anodic peaks by differential pulse voltammetry. Vitamin B6 shows an oxidation peak potential of about 650 mV vs Ag/AgCI in ammonia ...
Vitamin E and Carnitine suplementation effects on blood glucose levels in young rats submitted to exhaustive exercise stress
(DRUNPP-SARAJEVOSARAJEVO, 2012)
Background: In this study we evaluated the effects of carnitine and vitamin E supplementation on blood glucose levels in young rats submitted to exhaustive exercise stress. Methods: Wistar rats were divided into four groups: ...
Oxidative stress markers and apoptosis in the prostate of diabetic rats and the influence of vitamin C treatment
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2012-07-01)
Negative consequences of diabetes on the prostate such as involution are associated with diminished testosterone, insulin deficiency, and hyperglycemia. The contributions of oxidative damage, which usually increases with ...
A HPLC method to evaluate the influence of photostabilizers on cosmetic formulations containing UV-filters and vitamins A and E
(ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2010)
This paper reports a simple and reliable HPLC method to evaluate the influence of two currently available photostabilizers on cosmetic formulations containing combined UV-filters and vitamins A and E. Vitamins and UV-filters, ...
Age-related changes in the response of intestinal cells to 1α,25(OH)2-vitamin D3
(Elsevier Science, 2013-01)
The hormonally active form of vitamin D3, 1α,25(OH)2-vitamin D3, acts in intestine, its major target tissue, where its actions are of regulatory and developmental importance: regulation of intracellular calcium through ...