Emmanuel Viana Pontual
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Recent Articles
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Santos N, Dos Santos P, Lira T, Santos A, Silva J, Dos Santos A, et al.
Plants (Basel)
. 2025 Feb;
14(4).
PMID: 40006770
The lesser mealworm, , is a widespread pest in poultry farming, causing economic losses and facilitating the spread of pathogens. Current control methods rely heavily on synthetic insecticides, which raise...
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de Siqueira Patriota L, de Brito Marques Ramos D, E Silva M, Dos Santos A, Silva Y, Paiva P, et al.
Polymers (Basel)
. 2022 Apr;
14(8).
PMID: 35458359
Most anti-inflammatory drugs used nowadays have an excessive cost and their prolonged use has been connected with several injurious effects. Thus, the search for new anti-inflammatory agents is increasing. Lectins...
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de Siqueira Patriota L, do Nascimento Santos D, Barros B, de Souza Aguiar L, Silva Y, Dos Santos A, et al.
Protein Pept Lett
. 2020 Nov;
28(6):665-674.
PMID: 33191881
Background: Protease inhibitors have been isolated from plants and present several biological activities, including immunomodulatory action. Objective: This work aimed to evaluate a Moringa oleifera flower trypsin inhibitor (MoFTI) for...
4.
Nova I, Rafael Moreira L, Torres D, Oliveira K, de Siqueira Patriota L, Coelho L, et al.
Antibiotics (Basel)
. 2020 Aug;
9(8).
PMID: 32823803
causes the lethal Chagas disease, which is endemic in Latin America. Flowers of (Moringaceae) express a trypsin inhibitor (MoFTI) whose toxicity to trypomastigotes was previously reported. Here, we studied the...
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de Siqueira Patriota L, de Brito Marques Ramos D, Dos Santos A, Silva Y, E Silva M, Torres D, et al.
Food Chem Toxicol
. 2020 Aug;
145:111691.
PMID: 32810586
The plant Moringa oleifera is used as food and medicine. M. oleifera flowers are source of protein, fiber, and antioxidants, and are used to treat inflammation and tumors. This work...
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Dos Santos A, Barros B, de Souza Aguiar L, de Siqueira Patriota L, Lima T, Zingali R, et al.
3 Biotech
. 2020 Mar;
10(4):144.
PMID: 32181106
leaf lectin (SteLL) was reported to be an antimicrobial and antitumor agent. In this work, we evaluated the immunomodulatory activity of SteLL on mice splenocytes and also determined its native...
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Dornelles L, de Souza M, da Silva P, Procopio T, Filho R, Lima T, et al.
Food Chem
. 2017 Dec;
245:1169-1175.
PMID: 29287337
This work describes purification of a protease from the visceral mass of the mussel Mytella charruana as well as evaluation of its ability to hydrolyze milk casein to generate antimicrobial...
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Lectins, Interconnecting Proteins with Biotechnological/Pharmacological and Therapeutic Applications
Coelho L, Silva P, Lima V, Pontual E, Paiva P, Napoleao T, et al.
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med
. 2017 Apr;
2017:1594074.
PMID: 28367220
Lectins are proteins extensively used in biomedical applications with property to recognize carbohydrates through carbohydrate-binding sites, which identify glycans attached to cell surfaces, glycoconjugates, or free sugars, detecting abnormal cells...
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Ferreira F, da Silva P, Soares T, Goncalves Machado L, de Araujo L, da Silva T, et al.
Toxicon
. 2016 Oct;
122:119-126.
PMID: 27693304
This study characterized the protein/peptide profile of venom isolated from the spider Lasiodora sp. (Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) found in northeastern Brazil and determined its antimicrobial activity, toxicity against human cells, and...
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da Silva M, Bezerra-Silva P, de Lira C, Albuquerque B, Agra Neto A, Pontual E, et al.
Exp Parasitol
. 2016 Mar;
165:64-70.
PMID: 26993082
Essential oil from fresh leaves of the shrub Piper corcovadensis (Miq.) C. DC was obtained in 0.21% (w/w) yield by hydrodistillation in a Clevenger type apparatus. Thirty-one components, accounting for...