Assessing the Taxonomic Status of the Gray Brocket Mazama simplicicornis argentina Lönnberg, 1919 (Artiodactyla: Cervidae).

Mazama simplicicornis argentina is the name that was given to describe a gray brocket collected by Lönberg in 1919 in the central Chaco region of Argentina. Subsequent authors, based on morphological similarities, considered this name to be a synonym for the species Subulo gouazoubira Fischer, 1814 from Paraguay. In the absence of genetic analyses to compare the Argentinian and Paraguayan gray brockets, we aimed to clarify the taxonomy of M. simplicicornis argentina through an integrative assessment using morphological, cytogenetical, and molecular data from its holotype and a current topotype. Qualitative skull features and cranio-morphometric results of M. simplicicornis argentina showed a great similarity with the S. gouazoubira neotype characters. The diploid chromosome number of M. simplicicornis argentina topotype corresponded with the karyotypical pattern of S. gouazoubira with 2n = 70 and FN = 70, showing a great similarity in all classic and molecular cytogenetic results and revealing the homologies between karyotypes. The phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial genes used in this study (concatenated partial ND5 and Cytb gene) allocated the M. simplicicornis argentina specimens in the monophyletic clade of S. gouazoubira with a branch value of 100%. These results show that there is no discontinuity between the Argentinian and Paraguayan gray brockets. Therefore, the individuals originally described as M. simplicicornis argentina should be recognized as S. gouazoubira.

Heart structure, serum cholesterol, and adiposity of rats treated with a hypercaloric diet: effectiveness of Citrus sinensis (L) Osbeck and swimming / Estrutura cardíaca, colesterol sérico e adiposidade de ratos submetidos a dieta hipercalórica: eficácia da Citrus sinensis (L) Osbeck e da natação

This study evaluated the effects of the herbal medicine red orange (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck) and swimming for 84 days on the animal, heart, and abdominal fat weight and the histomorphometric aspects of heart and total cholesterol of Wistar rats. The rats were divided into seven experimental groups of 12 animals each, consisting of a normocaloric diet (Dn), hypercaloric diet (Dh), normocaloric diet and herbal medicine (DnH), hypercaloric diet and herbal medicine (DhH), normocaloric diet and swimming (DnS), hypercaloric diet and swimming (DhS), and hypercaloric diet, swimming, and herbal medicine (DhSH). The data were analyzed statistically by the Tukey test and considered significant when p < 0.05. Groups treated with the normocaloric diet had lower abdominal fat weight. The normocaloric diet and herbal medicine (DnH) provided the smallest thickness of the right ventricle. The hypercaloric diet (Dh) reduced the number of cardiomyocytes and the perimeter of cardiac muscle fibers. Swimming and the red orange extract acted synergistically by reducing the deleterious effects of the hypercaloric diet and increasing the thickness of the cardiac chambers and the number of cardiomyocytes. Only the supplementation with the red orange extract did not reduce abdominal fat in rats treated with a hypercaloric diet. Therefore, red orange alone did not promote beneficial changes in the studied data, but its association with swimming increased the number of cardiomyocytes and thickness of muscle fibers, which could contribute to preventing cardiovascular diseases and maintaining health, as well as the regular swimming and a normocaloric diet, which provided less adiposity.(AU)

Este estudo avaliou os efeitos do fitoterápico Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck e da natação durante 84 dias sobre o peso dos animais, do coração e da gordura abdominal e aspectos histomorfométricos do coração e colesterol total de ratos Wistar. Sete grupos experimentais, de 12 animais cada, que consistiram em dieta normocalórica (Dn), hipercalórica (Dh), dieta normocalórica e fitoterápico (DnF), dieta hipercalórica e fitoterápico (DhF), dieta normocalórica e natação (DnN), dieta hipercalórica e natação (DhN), e dieta hipercalórica, natação e fitoterápico (DhNF). Os dados foram analisados estatisticamente pelo teste de Tukey e considerados significativos quando p < 0,05. Os grupos tratados com dieta normocalórica tiveram menor peso da gordura abdominal. A dieta normocalórica e fitoterápico (grupo DnF) proporcionou menor espessura do ventrículo direito. A dieta hipercalórica (Dh) reduziu o número de cardiomiócitos e o perímetro das fibras musculares cardíacas. A natação e o extrato de laranja agiram de forma sinérgica ao reduzir os efeitos deletérios da dieta hipercalórica e aumentou a espessura das câmaras cardíacas e o número de cardiomiócitos. Somente a suplementação com extrato de laranja vermelha não reduziu a gordura abdominal em ratos tratados com dieta rica em calorias. Conclui-se que a laranja vermelha sozinha não promoveu alterações benéficas nos dados estudados, entretanto, associada com a natação, promoveu aumento no número de cardiomiócitos e espessura das fibras musculares, o que poderia contribuir com a prevenção de doenças cardiovasculares e a manutenção da saúde, assim como a prática regular de natação e dieta normocalórica, que proporcionaram uma menor adiposidade.(AU)

Heart structure, serum cholesterol, and adiposity of rats treated with a hypercaloric diet: effectiveness of Citrus sinensis (L) Osbeck and swimming / Estrutura cardíaca, colesterol sérico e adiposidade de ratos submetidos a dieta hipercalórica: eficácia da Citrus sinensis (L) Osbeck e da natação

This study evaluated the effects of the herbal medicine red orange (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck) and swimming for 84 days on the animal, heart, and abdominal fat weight and the histomorphometric aspects of heart and total cholesterol of Wistar rats. The rats were divided into seven experimental groups of 12 animals each, consisting of a normocaloric diet (Dn), hypercaloric diet (Dh), normocaloric diet and herbal medicine (DnH), hypercaloric diet and herbal medicine (DhH), normocaloric diet and swimming (DnS), hypercaloric diet and swimming (DhS), and hypercaloric diet, swimming, and herbal medicine (DhSH). The data were analyzed statistically by the Tukey test and considered significant when p < 0.05. Groups treated with the normocaloric diet had lower abdominal fat weight. The normocaloric diet and herbal medicine (DnH) provided the smallest thickness of the right ventricle. The hypercaloric diet (Dh) reduced the number of cardiomyocytes and the perimeter of cardiac muscle fibers. Swimming and the red orange extract acted synergistically by reducing the deleterious effects of the hypercaloric diet and increasing the thickness of the cardiac chambers and the number of cardiomyocytes. Only the supplementation with the red orange extract did not reduce abdominal fat in rats treated with a hypercaloric diet. Therefore, red orange alone did not promote beneficial changes in the studied data, but its association with swimming increased the number of cardiomyocytes and thickness of muscle fibers, which could contribute to preventing cardiovascular diseases and maintaining health, as well as the regular swimming and a normocaloric diet, which provided less adiposity.

Este estudo avaliou os efeitos do fitoterápico Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck e da natação durante 84 dias sobre o peso dos animais, do coração e da gordura abdominal e aspectos histomorfométricos do coração e colesterol total de ratos Wistar. Sete grupos experimentais, de 12 animais cada, que consistiram em dieta normocalórica (Dn), hipercalórica (Dh), dieta normocalórica e fitoterápico (DnF), dieta hipercalórica e fitoterápico (DhF), dieta normocalórica e natação (DnN), dieta hipercalórica e natação (DhN), e dieta hipercalórica, natação e fitoterápico (DhNF). Os dados foram analisados estatisticamente pelo teste de Tukey e considerados significativos quando p < 0,05. Os grupos tratados com dieta normocalórica tiveram menor peso da gordura abdominal. A dieta normocalórica e fitoterápico (grupo DnF) proporcionou menor espessura do ventrículo direito. A dieta hipercalórica (Dh) reduziu o número de cardiomiócitos e o perímetro das fibras musculares cardíacas. A natação e o extrato de laranja agiram de forma sinérgica ao reduzir os efeitos deletérios da dieta hipercalórica e aumentou a espessura das câmaras cardíacas e o número de cardiomiócitos. Somente a suplementação com extrato de laranja vermelha não reduziu a gordura abdominal em ratos tratados com dieta rica em calorias. Conclui-se que a laranja vermelha sozinha não promoveu alterações benéficas nos dados estudados, entretanto, associada com a natação, promoveu aumento no número de cardiomiócitos e espessura das fibras musculares, o que poderia contribuir com a prevenção de doenças cardiovasculares e a manutenção da saúde, assim como a prática regular de natação e dieta normocalórica, que proporcionaram uma menor adiposidade.