AVALIAÇÃO DA ATIVIDADE ANTI-HIPERTENSIVA DO EXTRATO DE Arrabidaea chica Verlot EM RATOS ESPONTANEAMENTE HIPERTENSOS

A espécie Arrabidaea chica Verlot (Bignoniaceae) é indicada para o tratamento de doenças de pele, cálculos renais, hipertensão arterial sistêmica, e no combate à anemia. Seu extrato etanólico foi quimicamente investigado e avaliado como fator no controle do tônus vascular e pressão arterial, utilizando-se como modelo anéis isolados da artéria mesentérica superior de ratos espontaneamente hipertensos (SHR). Este trabalho reporta o relaxamento concentração dependente da adição cumulativa do EAC no endotélio intacto ou sem endotélio, bem como a avaliação da influência do íon cálcio sobre a resposta do EAC. Os resultados em conjunto encontrados sugerem que o princípio ativo presente em Arrabidaea chica apresenta atividade sobre os mecanismos envolvidos na hipertensão arterial e que sua ação decorre do bloqueio dos canais de cálcio tipo L.Descritores: Arrabidaea. atividade anti hipertensiva.AbstractEvaluation of antihypertensive activity of Arrabidaea chica Verlot extract in rat SHR. The species Arrabidaea Verlot Chica (Bignoniaceae) is indicated for the treatment of skin diseases, kidney stones, high blood pressure, anti-inflammatory and anti-anemia. Its ethanol extract was chemically investigated and evaluated as a factor in the control of vascular tone and blood pressure, using as a model rings isolated superior mesenteric artery of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). This work reports the relaxation concentration dependent and cumulative addition of the EAC in the intact endothelium or without endothelium, as well as evaluating the influence of calcium ions on the EAC’s response. The results found together, suggest that the active ingredient present in Arrabidaea chica shows activity on the mechanisms involved in hypertension and that his action stems from the blockade of L-type calcium channelsDescriptors: Arrabidaea. anti hypertensive activity

Globally invariant metabolism but density-diversity mismatch in springtails.

Soil life supports the functioning and biodiversity of terrestrial ecosystems. Springtails (Collembola) are among the most abundant soil arthropods regulating soil fertility and flow of energy through above- and belowground food webs. However, the global distribution of springtail diversity and density, and how these relate to energy fluxes remains unknown. Here, using a global dataset representing 2470 sites, we estimate the total soil springtail biomass at 27.5 megatons carbon, which is threefold higher than wild terrestrial vertebrates, and record peak densities up to 2 million individuals per square meter in the tundra. Despite a 20-fold biomass difference between the tundra and the tropics, springtail energy use (community metabolism) remains similar across the latitudinal gradient, owing to the changes in temperature with latitude. Neither springtail density nor community metabolism is predicted by local species richness, which is high in the tropics, but comparably high in some temperate forests and even tundra. Changes in springtail activity may emerge from latitudinal gradients in temperature, predation and resource limitation in soil communities. Contrasting relationships of biomass, diversity and activity of springtail communities with temperature suggest that climate warming will alter fundamental soil biodiversity metrics in different directions, potentially restructuring terrestrial food webs and affecting soil functioning