Efectividad del AliviHo®-reuma en pacientes con artrosis de rodilla / Effectiveness of the AliviHo®-rheumatism in patients with arthrosis of the knee

Se realizó un estudio retrospectivo de observación analítica, de casos y contrles, en 42 pacientes con artrosis de rodilla, pertenecientes al Policlínico Docente José Martí Pérez" de Santiago de Cuba, de septiembre de 2014 a junio de 2015, a fin de evaluar la efectividad del producto homeopático AliviHo®-reuma como tratamiento coadyuvante unido al esquema terapéutico convencional basado en antiinflamatorios no esteroideos y analgésicos. En el procesamiento estadístico de la información se emplearon el porcentaje como medida de resumen, el test exacto de Fisher, para determinar si la asociación era significante, y la oportunidad relativa (OR), con un intervalo de confianza (IC) de 95 por ciento. La favorable evolución en la mayoría de los pacientes reveló la utilidad de esta terapia adyuvante en la disminución de manifestaciones psicosomáticas y en el prolongamiento de los períodos de remisión de la enfermedad; de manera que quedó demostrada la efectividad del AliviHo®-reuma para tratar a pacientes con artrosis de rodilla y mejorar así la calidad de vida de estos

A cases and controls retrospective study of analytic observation was carried out in 42 patients with arthrosis of the knee who belonged to José Martí Pérez Teaching Polyclinic in Santiago de Cuba, from September, 2014 to June, 2015, in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the homeopathic product AliviHo®-rheumatism as coadjuvant treatment with the conventional therapeutic schedule based on non esteroids and analgesic anti-inflammatory drugs. In the statistical processing of the information, the percentage as a summary measure, the exact test of Fisher to determine whether this difference is significant or not, and the odds ratio, with 95 percent of confidence, were used. The favorable clinical course in most of the patients revealed the usefulness of this adjuvant therapy in the decrease of psychosomatic manifestations and in the extension of the referral periods of the disease; so that the effectiveness of the AliviHo®-rheumatism was demonstrated to treat patients with arthrosis of the knee and to improve in this way their life quality

Fenóis totais, atividade antioxidante e constituintes químicos de extratos de Anacardium occidentale L., Anacardiaceae / Total phenolics, antioxidant activity and chemical constituents from extracts of Anacardium occidentale L., Anacardiaceae

O presente artigo relata o isolamento e identificação do palmitato, oleato e linoleato de sitosterila, sitosterol, estigmasterol, 3-O-β-D-galactopiranosídeo do sitosterol, 3-O-β-Dgalactopiranosídeo do estigmasterol, 3-O-β-D-glicopiranosídeo do sitosterol e uma mistura de ácidos anacárdicos (monoeno e dieno) do extrato etanólico de cascas do caule de Anacardium occidentale L., Anacardiaceae, bem como do sitosterol, estigmasterol, lupeol, β-amirina, catequina e epicatequina do extrato etanólico do tegumento da castanha de caju in natura. Os extratos EtOH da casca e do tegumento foram avaliados quanto ao conteúdo de fenóis totais e atividade antioxidante. O extrato etanólico das cascas do caule apresentou maior conteúdo de compostos fenólicos e percentual de atividade antioxidante.

This paper describes the isolation and identification of a mixture of sitosteryl ester derivatives of fatty acids (palmitic, oleic and linoleic), sitosterol, stigmasterol, sitosterol-3-O-β-galactopyranoside, stigmasterol-3-O-β-galactopyranoside, sitosterol-3-O-β-glucopyranoside and a mixture of anacardic acids (monoene and diene) from stem bark of Anacardium occidentale L., Anacardiaceae, as well as sitosterol, stigmasterol, lupeol, β-amyrin, catechin and epicatechin from in natura cashew nut testa. Ethanol extracts from stem bark and testa were analyzed for antioxidant activity and total phenol content. The ethanol extract from stem bark exhibited the maximum of antioxidant activity and phenol content.