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Moreno,S.R.F.; Silva,A.L.C.; Diré,G.; Honeycut,H.; Carvalho,J.J.; Nascimento,A.L.; Pereira,M.; Rocha,E.K.; Oliveira-Timóteo,M.; Arnobio,A.; Olej,B.; Bernardo-Filho,M.; Caldas,L.Q.A.. |
The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of the oral ingestion of an extract of the herb Uncaria tomentosa (cat's claw) on the biodistribution of the radiobiocomplex sodium pertechnetate (Na99mTcO4) in rats. The animals (male Wistar rats, 2 months old, 180-220 g), were treated (1 mL) with an U. tomentosa extract (32 mg/mL, N = 5) or 0.9% NaCl solution (control, N = 5) for 7 days. After this period, Na99mTcO4 (3.7 MBq, 0.3 mL) was injected through the ocular plexus and after 10 min the rats were killed, the organs isolated and counted in a well-gamma counter. A significant (P < 0.05) alteration in Na99mTcO4 uptake i) from 0.57 ± 0.008 to 0.39 ± 0.06 %ATI/organ (P < 0.05) and from 0.57 ± 0.17 to 0.39 ± 0.14 %ATI/g (P < 0.05) was... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: Uncaria tomentosa; Biodistribution; Sodium pertechnetate; Radiobiocomplex. |
Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2007000100010 |
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