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A Puente

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[Functional components in fish and algae oils].

An important area of the development of new functional foods is facussed on finding or applying food components which favour achieving a healthier lipid profile in the organism. The objective of this work was to carry out the characterisation of the lipid fraction of two oils, fish oil and algae oil, to evaluate their potential use as functional ingredients, in relation to the high molecular weight fatty acid content and the presence of sterols and other components of the unsaponificable fraction. Both oils showed a lipid fraction rich in high molecular weight polyunsaturated omega-3 fatty acids, containing a 33.75% in the fish oil and a 43.97% in the algae oil. Eicosapentaenoic acid was the major fatty acid in fish oil, whereas docosahexaenoic was the most abundant fatty acid in algae oil. The omega-6/omega-3 ratio was lower than 0.4 in both oils. In the unsaponificable fraction, algae oil had a Mold lower cholesterol content and a higher proportion of squalene than fish oil. The phytosterol content was significantly higher in the algae oil.

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Ketamine antagonizes toxic action of anticholinesterase agents.

Ketamine is an anaesthetic interacting with several neurotransmitters. Among others, ketamine exerts some cholinergic actions (ACh). This paper presents the results of studying the interaction of ketamine with ACh in two animal species. Atropine slightly increased the time of immobility produced by ketamine injections in rats. Meanwhile, neostigmine slightly decreased such immobility. Ketamine resulted similar in behavioral actions and shared some electroencephalographic (EEG) actions of scopolamine in cats. The most striking interaction consisted on an antagonism of ketamine on the action of anticholinesterase agents. In both species, ketamine blocked the EEG and the behavioral toxic effects of neostigmine and physostigmine. Notwithstanding, the anticholinesterase agents were unable in reducing the actions of ketamine. This partial cholinergic agonist action of ketamine support certain but limited use of the anesthetic against insecticidal anticholinesterase poisoning.

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[Usefulness of SPECT (single-photon emission-computed tomography) in the detection of coronary disease].

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical usefulness of cardiac SPECT in the detection of coronary artery disease, and the relation with the site, number and severity of the angiographic lesions. METHOD: We studied 216 patients; with myocardial perfusion imaging with SPECT (T1-201 and/or Tc-99 Sestamibi) and coronary angiogram. We defined the localization of myocardial perfusion defects (anterior, inferior, septal, lateral or apex), and their correlation with coronary angiogram, based on the location, number and severity of coronary angiographic lesions. We considered significative coronary stenosis obstructions of 60% or more. RESULTS: Of the 216 patients studied, 181 (83.8%) were male and 35 (16.2%) female. Age ranged between 30 and 82 years; 143 males and 23 females had a previous myocardial infarction. The SPECT sensitivity for diagnosing ischemia of one, two and three vessel disease was 94%, 96% and 100%. The sensitivity for diagnosing disease in specific vascular territories was 91.6% for LAD 100% for RCA, 92.8% for CX and 100% for left main. CONCLUSIONS: Myocardial perfusion imaging with SPECT has high sensitivity for diagnosing coronary artery disease. The sensitivity and specificity were more accurate in proximal anterior descending artery disease, left main and three-vessel coronary artery disease. We found correlation in the site, number and severity of the angiographic lesions and in myocardial perfusion defects.

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