Diabetes mellitus is a sickness that causes death. In 1995 it ranked in the fouth place, after cardiovascular, oncological and violent causes of death. The number of patients that have this sickness is of the order of 3 to 6 % woldwide. Nowdays, diabetes is treated by the use of...
The diabetes mellitus (DM) represents one of the principal health problems worldwide, having of the highest indices of prevalence and mortality. The DM can be defined as a group of metabolic diseases characterized by chronic hyperglycemia resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both, originating metabolic abnormalities in...
La diabetes mellitus (DM) es un síndrome provocado por la falla en la secreción y/o acción de la insulina que lleva a hiperglucemia y otros trastornos metabólicos. Actualmente, la DM representa uno de los problemas más importantes de la Medicina y es la tercera causa de muerte, después de las...
The inflammation is a process consisting of a number of molecular, cellular and vascular phenomena defensive purposes against physical, chemical or biological attacks. Classically inflammation has been considered composed of four signs: warm, flushing, and tumor pain. According to the intensity and duration of the injury that results in inflammation,...
Senna villosa (Miller) is a plant that grows in México. In traditional Mexican medicine, it is used topically to treat skin infections, pustules and eruptions and to heal wounds by scar formation. However, studies about its potential anti-inflammatory effect have not been performed. The aim of the present work was...
La diarrea es consecuencia de la disfunción en el transporte de agua y electrolitos a nivel del intestino. Como resultado de esta alteración se produce un aumento de la frecuencia, cantidad y volumen de las heces, además de cambio en la consistencia de éstas debido al incremento de agua y...
Los hongos filamentosos tienen un gran potencial para producir moléculas bioac-tivas, muchas de ellas de inter ́es para la industria farmacéutica, como por ejemplo antibióticos y antitumorales. Por ello resulta de gran inter ́es la búsqueda declusters del metabolismo secundario que sinteticen nuevos productos naturales. Sin embargo, frecuentemente estos clúster...