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| Costa,Maria Regina de Macedo; Ribeiro,Camila Godinho; Santos-Filho,Sebastião David; Neves,Rosane de Figueiredo; Fonseca,Adenilson de Souza da; Bernardo-Filho,Mario; Catanho,Maria Teresa Jansem de Almeida. |
| The development of experimental assays to study properties of herbal medicine is worthwhile. Vitex agnus castus (VAC) is utilized in popular medicine and some actions have been attributed to its extract. Blood cells (BC) and plasma proteins are labeled with technetium-99m (Tc-99m) and have been used in nuclear medicine, as in basic research. This procedure uses a reducing agent and stannous ion is utilized. There are reports that drugs can alter this labeling process. The aim of this work was to evaluate the influence of an aqueous extract of VAC on the labeling of blood constituents with Tc-99m. Blood was incubated with VAC, stannous chloride and Tc-99m, as sodium pertechnetate, and centrifuged. Samples of BC and plasma were separated, aliquots of BC and... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Oxidant properties; Plasma proteins; Red blood cells; Technetium-99m; Vitex agnus-castus. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132007000600023 |
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