Landscape change under indirect effects of human use: the Savanna of Central Chile     

Eduardo R. Fuentes  Reinaldo Avilés  Alejandro Segura 《Landscape Ecology》1989,2(2):73-80

The Chilean Intermediate Depression to the north of Santiago has experienced a physiognomical transformation from a Prosopis chilensis woodland to an Acacia caven savanna. Today P. chilensis trees are scarce and belong mostly to the larger size classes. By contrast A. caven seems to reproduce frequently and its populations consist of individuals of all size classes. In this paper we document these changes and report the results of tests aimed at determining the causes of these physiognomical changes. We found that livestock, leporids, introduced Mediterranean forbs and agriculture account for differences in seed dispersal and survival of A. caven and P. chilensis, which can explain the documented changes in the Chilean landscape.  相似文献   

First report of Sida golden yellow vein virus infecting Sida species in Cuba   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

A. L. Echemendía  P. L. Ramos  L. Díaz  R. Peral  A. Fuentes  M. Pujol  G. González 《Plant pathology》2004,53(2):234-234

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Morphological Analysis of Quinoa Germplasm Grown Under Lowland Desert Conditions     

F. Fuentes  A. Bhargava 《Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science》2011,197(2):124-134

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Double chambered right ventricle in 9 cats     

Koffas H  Fuentes VL  Boswood A  Connolly DJ  Brockman DJ  Bonagura JD  Meurs KM  Koplitz S  Baumwart R 《Journal of veterinary internal medicine / American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine》2007,21(1):76-80

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Carvedilol in dogs with dilated cardiomyopathy     

Oyama MA  Sisson DD  Prosek R  Bulmer BJ  Luethy MW  Fuentes VL 《Journal of veterinary internal medicine / American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine》2007,21(6):1272-1279

BACKGROUND: Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is characterized by reduced systolic function, heightened sympathetic tone, and high morbidity and mortality. Little is known regarding the safety and efficacy of beta-blocker treatment in dogs with DCM. HYPOTHESIS: Carvedilol improves echocardiographic and neurohormonal variables in dogs with DCM over a 4-month treatment period. METHODS: Prospective, placebo-controlled, double-blinded randomized study. Dogs with DCM underwent echocardiography, ECG, thoracic radiographs, and neurohormonal profiling, followed by titration onto carvedilol (0.3 mg/kg q12h) or placebo over a 4-week period and subsequently received 3 months of therapy. Primary study endpoints included left ventricular volume and function. RESULTS: Sixteen dogs received carvedilol and 7 received placebo. At study end, 13 carvedilol dogs and 5 placebo dogs were alive. There was no difference in the mean percentage change in left ventricular volume at end-diastole (LVVd), left ventricular end-systolic volume (LVVs), and ejection fraction (EF) between treatment groups, suggesting that both groups experienced similar amounts of disease progression. Carvedilol treatment did not result in significant changes in neurohormonal activation, radiographic heart size, heart rate, or owner perceived quality-of-life. Baseline B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) predicted dogs in the carvedilol-treated group that maintained or improved their EF over the study duration. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: Carvedilol administration did not improve echocardiographic or neurohormonal indicators of heart function. The lack of effect may be related to severity of disease, carvedilol dose, or brevity of follow-up time. Statistical power of the present study was adversely affected by a high fatality rate in study dogs and small sample size.  相似文献   

Astaxanthin from Haematococcus pluvialis Prevents Oxidative Stress on Human Endothelial Cells without Toxicity     

Philippe Régnier  Jorge Bastias  Violeta Rodriguez-Ruiz  Noelia Caballero-Casero  Carmen Caballo  Dolores Sicilia  Axelle Fuentes  Murielle Maire  Michel Crepin  Didier Letourneur  Virginie Gueguen  Soledad Rubio  Graciela Pavon-Djavid 《Marine drugs》2015,13(5):2857-2874

Astaxanthin, a powerful antioxidant, is a good candidate for the prevention of intracellular oxidative stress. The aim of the study was to compare the antioxidant activity of astaxanthin present in two natural extracts from Haematococcus pluvialis, a microalgae strain, with that of synthetic astaxanthin. Natural extracts were obtained either by solvent or supercritical extraction methods. UV, HPLC-DAD and (HPLC-(atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI)+)/ion trap-MS) characterizations of both natural extracts showed similar compositions of carotenoids, but different percentages in free astaxanthin and its ester derivatives. The Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC) assay showed that natural extracts containing esters displayed stronger antioxidant activities than free astaxanthin. Their antioxidant capacities to inhibit intracellular oxidative stress were then evaluated on HUVEC cells. The intracellular antioxidant activity in natural extracts was approximately 90-times higher than synthetic astaxanthin (5 µM). No modification, neither in the morphology nor in the viability, of vascular human cells was observed by in vitro biocompatibility study up to 10 µM astaxanthin concentrations. Therefore, these results revealed the therapeutic potential of the natural extracts in vascular human cell protection against oxidative stress without toxicity, which could be exploited in prevention and/or treatment of cardiovascular diseases.  相似文献   

Chemical composition of the Lippia origanoides essential oils and their antigenotoxicity against bleomycin-induced DNA damage     

Gloria Carolina Vicuña  Elena E. Stashenko  Jorge Luis Fuentes 《Fitoterapia》2010,81(5):343-349

The present work evaluated the chemical composition of the essential oils (EO) obtained from Lippia origanoides and their DNA protective effect against bleomycin-induced genotoxicity. L. origanoides EO chemical composition was determined by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS). The major compounds of the L. origanoides EOs were thymol (34–58%) and carvacrol (26%). The antigenotoxic effects of the EOs, major compounds and standard compound (epigallocatechin gallate) were assayed in co-incubation procedures using the SOS chromotest in Escherichia coli. Both EOs and their major compounds protected bacterial cells against bleomycin-induced genotoxicity indicating that these two compounds were principally responsible for the antigenotoxicity detected in the oils. Thymol and carvacrol antigenotoxicity was lower than those observed with epigallocatechin gallate. The results were discussed in relation to the chemopreventive potential of L. origanoides EOs and their major components, carvacrol and thymol.  相似文献   

Incidentally detected heart murmurs in dogs and cats: executive summary 2015          下载免费PDF全文

E. Côté  N. J. Edwards  S. J. Ettinger  V. L. Fuentes  K. A. MacDonald  B. A. Scansen  D. D. Sisson  J. A. Abbott 《The Journal of small animal practice》2015,56(10):593-594

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Circulating concentrations of a marker of type I collagen metabolism are associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy mutation status in ragdoll cats          下载免费PDF全文

K. Borgeat  J. Dudhia  V. Luis Fuentes  D. J. Connolly 《The Journal of small animal practice》2015,56(6):360-365

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Intra-specific patterns of δ13C,growth and wood density variation at sites of contrasting precipitation with implications for modelling carbon sequestration of tropical tree species     

Halder  Nirmol Kumar  Chowdhury  Md. Qumruzzaman  Fuentes  David  Possell  Malcolm  Merchant  Andrew 《Agroforestry Systems》2021,95(8):1429-1443

Agroforestry Systems - Tropical agroforestry practices play a crucial role in mitigating global climate change by absorbing CO2 from the atmosphere through photosynthesis and storing carbon in...  相似文献