Efeitos de um salgante isento de sódio sobre marcadores sanguíneos bioquímicos hepáticos, renais e cardíacos de ratos normo e hipertensos / Effects of a sodium-free salting agent on blood hepatic, renal and cardiac biochemical markers of normal and hypertensive rats

Introdução: A hipertensão arterial é um dos fatores de risco para doenças cardiovasculares, estando diretamente associada ao elevado consumo de sódio. Objetivo: Avaliar os níveis de marcadores de lesão hepática, renal e cardíaca em ratos hipertensos comparados aos seus controles normotensos, tratados com um salgante isento de sódio, água ou NaCl. Métodos: Ratos hipertensos (SHR) e seus controles normotensos (NWR) foram divididos em 3 grupos (n=7): G1 (água); G2 (solução aquosa contendo NaCl 70 mg/kg/dia); G3 (solução aquosa contendo salgante sem sódio 70 mg/kg/dia). Após 30 dias, o sangue dos animais foi processado. Resultados: Não houve diferença entre os níveis séricos de creatina quinase total, creatina quinase-MB, lactato desidrogenase, ácido úrico, aspartato aminotransferase e fosfatase alcalina tanto nos NWR como nos SHR tratados com NaCl ou Salgante. Houve diminuição da creatinina nos NWR e SHR tratados com NaCl e Salgante em relação aos controles (p<0,005). Conclusões: A suplementação diária com o Salgante e NaCl diminuiu os níveis séricos de creatinina nos grupos NWR e SHR. Contudo, não houve modificação nos níveis séricos de marcadores de lesão cardíaca e hepática. (AU)

Introduction: Hypertension is one of the risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, being directly associated with high consumption of sodium. Objective: To assess the levels of hepatic, renal and cardiac injury markers in hypertensive rats compared to their normotensive controls, treated with a salt free saline solution, water or NaCl. Methods: Hypertensive rats (SHR) and their normotensive controls (NWR) were divided into 3 groups (n = 7): G1 (water); G2 (aqueous solution containing NaCl 70 mg / kg / day); G3 (sodium salt-free aqueous solution 70 mg / kg / day). After 30 days, the animals' blood was processed. Results: There was no difference between serum levels of total creatine kinase, creatine kinase-MB, lactate dehydrogenase, uric acid, aspartate aminotransferase and alkaline phosphatase in both NWR and SHR1 treated NaCl or Salgante. There was a decrease in creatinine in NWR and SHR treated with NaCl and Salgante comparing to controls (p <0.005). Conclusions: Daily supplementation with sodium salt-free aqueous solution and NaCl decreases serum creatinine levels in NWR and SHR groups. However, there was no change in serum levels of cardiac and hepatic injury markers. (AU)

Unripe Musa sapientum peel in the healing of surgical wounds in rats

PURPOSE: To assess the effects of unripe Musa sapientum peel on the healing of surgical wounds in rats. METHODS: One hundred and twenty Wistar rats were divided into two treatment groups of 60 animals each: the control group (gel without the active ingredient) and experimental group (4% Musa sapientum peel gel). A 4 x 4 cm surgical wound was created on the back of each animal. The wound was cleaned daily with 0.9% saline, treated with 4% gel or natrosol gel (control), and covered with gauze. Animals from both groups were sacrificed after seven, 14 and 21 days of treatment; the tissue from the wound site was removed together with a margin of normal skin for histological analysis. RESULTS: No significant differences in wound contraction rates (p=0.982) were found between time points (seven, 14 and 21 days of treatment) in both groups. However, a significantly higher wound contraction rate was observed in the control group on day 21 compared with the experimental group (p=0.029). There were no significant differences in histomorphological features between groups. The experimental group showed an increased number of polymorphonuclear cells on day 7, with a significant reduction on day 21 (p=0.026). CONCLUSION: The use of 4% unripe Musa sapientum peel gel on surgical wounds in rats resulted in an increased number of polymorphonuclear cells on day 7, reduced wound contraction, reduced vascular proliferation and increased concentration of collagen fibers on day 21.