January 2012

Food and nutrition education; elaboration of a guide for children of 6 to 12 years

A qualitative description of the food situation for 2196 Algerian healthy school childrenaged 6 to 12 years (Constantine, Jijel, Touggourt) by a qualitative meta-analysis. Our aim is to compare the observed and recommended diet (2001) to correct some food errors (quantity, quality, behaviour) with recommendations for nutrition education as a guide for children to prevent communicable diseases related to diet;...

Author(s): BECHIRI Loubna and AGLI Abdel Nacer

January 2012

α-Glucosidase inhibitory activities of some Oxovanadium(IV) complexes: Examples of low IC50 values

α-Glucosidase inhibition measurements have been made on oxovanadium(IV) complexes of eight Schiff base ligands. Three of the complexes show exceptionally low IC50 values: VO(sal-anl)2 = 2.105 µM, VO(sal-mxyanl)2 = 1.26 µM and VO(sal-ntranl)2 = 1.26 µM. In-vivo experiments for antihyperglycemic activity carried out on one of these complexes, viz.,...

Author(s): Sristicheta Misra, Krishna Bihari Pandeya, Ashok K. Tiwari, Amtul Z. Ali, Thimmapatruni Saradamani, Sachin B. Agawane and Kuncha Madhusudana

January 2012

The acute cytotoxicity and lethal concentration (LC50) of Agaricus sylvaticus through hemolytic activity on human erythrocyte

There is limited information regarding acute toxicity and lethal concentration of edible and medicinal mushrooms. The objective of this paper is to estimate the cytotoxicity of the aqueous extract of Agaricus sylvaticus mushroom on human erythrocytes by determining the lethal average concentration (LC50). Six concentrations of the mushroom (17, 8.5, 4.25, 2.125, 1.0625 and 0.5312 mg/mL) were submitted for...

Author(s): Joice Vinhal Costa Orsine, Rafael Vinhal da Costa, Renata Carvalho da Silva, Maria de Fátima Menezes Almeida Santos and Maria Rita Carvalho Garbi Novaes