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RESUMO: Nesse estudo, o principal objetivo foi mensurar a concentração de tório, urânio e potássio aplicando a técnica da análise por Ativação Neutrônica Instrumental em dois compartimentos ambientais, águas superficiais e sedimento marginal, do rio Piracicaba, em Minas Gerais. Esse rio possui área de drenagem que inclui as regiões do Quadrilátero Ferrífero da Região do Vale do Aço, sujeitando-se a intensa ação antropogênica. As amostragens ocorreram em quatro pontos de coleta, localizados nos municípios de Fonseca, Rio Piracicaba, Nova Era e Ipatinga, nas estações seca e chuvosa. As concentrações determinadas para aqueles elementos no sedimento se apresentaram elevadas em comparação com os valores usualmente observados para o perfil geológico na região de estudo, denotando relação com o modelo de exploração econômica, notadamente com a mineração e siderurgia. Evidencia, também, a relação com a degradação do feldspato potássico e do quartzo. Na água superficial, constatou-se o incremento da concentração do tório e potássio em comparação com os valores do Conselho Nacional do Meio Ambiente (CONAMA), nº. 357/2005. Os achados desse estudo explicitaram a necessidade da adoção de medidas mitigadoras, visando a contenção dos danos ambientais.

The Piracicaba River, Minas Gerais, presents corresponding extension to 241 km from its source in the Serra do Caraca to its mouth on the Doce River, totaling an area of 6,000 km 2 with several tributaries leading to the River Watershed Piracicaba (RWP). Among the localities of RWP highlights the metropolitan area of the Vale do Aco, which has high level of human pressure on water body according to their production profile (mining, steel, reforestation with eucalyptus, etc.) affecting ecosystem health. In this study prioritized examine the issue of surface water quality with emphasis on the process of eutrophication based on the measurement of the phosphorus and nitrogen concentration in different stations, and P 1 (Fonseca), P 2 (Rio Piracicaba), P 3 (Nova Era), P 4 (Coronel Fabriciano) and P 5 (Ipatinga) located around the Sa Carvalho hydroelectric power plant (HPP- Sa Carvalho). Surface water samples were collected on quarterly basis in the period from July / 2007 to July / 2012, paying attention separates the relevant seasonality of rainfall, compared with changes in physical and chemical parameters and analyzing the influence of hydropower in quality water. The data were worked by analyzing the relationship between nitrogen and phosphorus (N: P), Trophic Status Index (TSI) for total phosphorus and the Trophic State Index (TSI) for chlorophyll a showing an increase of nutrients being identified eutrophied conditions in several campaigns possibly related to the discharge of sewage, agricultural activities and industrial wastewater. This approach is finalized explaining the need for enforcement actions to contain the disturbances aimed at sustainable development and preservation of that water body.

Studies in horses with experimental gastrointestinal fistulas may lead to rapid advancements in equine nutrition, as well as prevention and treatment of diseases such as colic and laminitis. The aim of this study was to devise a technique and a cannula to create a large fistula in the right dorsal colon (RDC). A total of 13 horses with normal gastrointestinal tract were used. After the administration of sedatives and local anesthetics, a segment of the right 16th rib was removed, a circular defect was created in the muscular wall, and the RDC was sutured to the muscular wall. The subcutaneous tissue and skin were closed over the attached RDC in eight horses (closed technique), or removed to expose the serosa of the colon sutured to the abdominal wall in five horses (open technique). A full thickness circular incision was made 2 to 6 weeks later to create a fistula. A cannula (diameter, 5 cm) made of natural rubber or silicon was inserted in the fistula. The open surgical technique was easier to perform and resulted in fewer complications. The cannula made of silicon resulted in less pruritus. One horse had a large colon torsion around the colopexy before fistula creation. One of the 12 fistulated horses had a large colon displacement 43 days after cannula insertion. These observations suggest that pexis of the RDC may predispose the horse to large colon displacement or volvulus. The open technique for the colopexy and the cannula made of silicon can be used for creation of a RDC fistula.

The surface waters are subject to damage caused by the discharge of domestic and industrial sewage and by the precariousness of collection and disposal syste...

Avaliou-se a ação terapêutica da quercetina, bixina e norbixina, na dose diária de 0,01mol/kg, em coelhos hiperlipidêmicos induzidos por colesterol a 0,5% e ácido cólico a 0,1%, durante o período de vinte e oito dias, após o qual foram dosados colesterol, colesterol-HDL, triacilgliceróis, uréia, creatinina, ácido úrico, proteínas totais, cálcio, aspartato aminotransferase e alanina aminotransferase. Estes estudos são importante para se verificarem os efeitos de flavonóides e corantes sobre o metabolismo destas substâncias, permitindo a interpretação de desordens hepáticas ou renais. Os resultados mostraram que os teores de colesterol foram menores para os animais tratados com bixina (-4,03%) e quercetina (-35,07%), enquanto sua associação reduziu o nível de uréia em 5,73%. Nenhuma das substâncias testadas apresentou efeitos deletérios, todavia, não é possível demonstrar a inocuidade destes compostos. The objective of this study was to evaluate the therapeutic action of quercetin, bixin and norbixin, in the daily dose of 0,01mol/kg, in hyperlipidemic rabbits induced by cholesterol at 0.5% and colic acid at 0.1%, during the period of twenty-eight days, after which they were anesthetized and samples of blood were collected, in order to determine cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, triacylglycerols, urea, creatinine, uric acid, total proteins, calcium, aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase. These researchs are important to verify the effects of flavonoids and natural dyes on the metabolism of these constituents, in order to study hepatic or renal disorders. The results showed that cholesterol was reduced by bixin (-44.03%) and by quercetin (-35.07%), while the association reduced urea in 5.73%. None of the constituents analyzed in this study presented deleterious effects and it was not possible to demonstrate the innocuity of these compounds.

Os flavonóides apresentam diversas atividades biológicas (antioxidantes, antiinflamatórios, anticancerígenos, dentre outras) e estreitas correlações entre o consumo de alimentos ricos em flavonóides e doenças cardíacas. Pesquisas mostram que os flavonóides 7-glicosilapigenina, 7-bissulfato-apigenina, 7-glicosil-luteolina, 7-bissulfato-luteolina e os corantes bixina e norbixina foram isolados e identificadas suas estruturas de sementes de urucum. O objetivo deste estudo foi testar, isoladamente bixina, norbixina e a quercetina, prese ntes no urucum e a associação da bixina com a quercetina, para verificar seus efeitos hipolipidêmicos em coelhos. A hiperlipidemia foi induzida misturando à ração colesterol 1% + ácido cólico 0,1%, durante 28 dias. As substâncias testadas foram fornecidas na dose de 0,01 mol/kg de peso corporal, por via oral, em cápsulas. Após 28 dias, as dosagens sorológicas foram efetuadas e os resultados expressos em mg/dL de colesterol, colesterol-HDL e triacilgliceróis. De acordo com os resultados obtidos, concluiu-se que a bixina apresentou o ma ior valor na redução do colesterol total embora não tenha sido significativo na manutenção dos níveis elevados de colesterol-HDL e a quer cetina na redução dos triacilgliceróis. A bixina apresentou melhor eficácia em relação ao colesterol-HDL uma vez que a redução deste parâmetro foi menor (-11,43%) ao se comparar o grupo 3 com o grupo 2, sendo vantajoso, já que esta lipoproteína transporta o colesterol da circulação sangüínea para o fígado. Com relação à concentração de triacilgliceróis, a quercetina apresentou a maior percentagem de redução e a associação bixina + quercetina apresentou uma percentagem de –38,92%, que foi maior que a bixina isoladamente. Assim, estas substâncias apresentaram potencial para serem, futuramente, utilizadas como fármacos, no tratamento e/ou na prevenção de doenças cardíacas, diabetes e outras. Flavonoids have been isolated with several biological activities and there are correlations among the consumption of rich foods in flavonoids and heart diseases. The 7-glucosyl-apigenin, 7- bisulfate-apigenin, 7-glucosyl-luteolin, 7-bisulfate-luteolin flavonoids and bixin and norbixin were isolated from urucu seeds. The aim of this study was to test the bixin and norbixin dyes and quercetin flavonoid from urucu and bixin with quercetin association to obtain its hypolipidemic effects in rabbits. Induction of hyperlipidaemia was performed with 1% cholesterol + 0,1% colic acid during 28 days. The substances were applied through the oral route, in capsule, in the doses of 0,01 mol/kg body weight. Total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol and triacylglycerols have quantified from serum, after 28 days, and showed in mg/dL The best results for total cholesterol reduction and the HDL-cholesterol elevated levels maintenance was obtained with bixin. On the other hand, the best results for triacylglycerols reduction have been obtained with quercetin. The bixin and quercetin association showed efficacy to HDL-cholesterol and triacylglycerols and norbixin to total cholesterol and HDL-cholesterol. These results stimulate further research on the use of these substances as pharmacs in the heart diseases treatment and/or prevention.