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Compounds extracted from Cerrado plant combat fungus that causes candidiasis
Publicado em 16 setembro 2019
Fungi of the genus Candida cause thrush and candidiasis, a fairly common disease in humans. It can be lethal to individuals with low immunity, especially when they are hospitalized. Although the drug most widely used to combat the disease is effective in most cases, some varieties of the fungus are drug-resistant.
Compounds that combat two species of Candida have now been isolated from a plant by researchers based in Brazil and Spain. The plant is Mimosa caesalpiniifolia, a shrub native to the [...]
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Most powerful electric eel yet puts all other electric eels to shame
Publicado em 11 setembro 2019Say hello to two new species of electric eel, including one that can discharge up to 860 volts, the strongest of any known animal, researchers say. Electric eels send out an electrical discharge to stun prey. After analyzing data on 107 specimens from the Amazon in Brazil, Suriname, French Guiana and Guyana, researchers from São Paulo Research Foundation and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History concluded thatnaked-back knifefishshould be reclassified into two new [...]ver notícia