1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910137210603321

Autore

Pedro Ismael Da Silva Jr

Titolo

Antimicrobial compounds from natural sources [[electronic resource] /] / topic editors: Mirian A. Hayashi, Fernando C. Bizerra and Pedro Ismael Da Silva Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Frontiers Media SA, 2014

[Lausanne, Switzerland] : , : Frontiers Media SA, , 2014

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (149 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Frontiers in microbiology

Frontiers Research Topics, , 1664-8714

Disciplina

615.792

Soggetti

Anti-infective agents

Medicinal plants - Research

Medical microbiology

Microbiology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

"Nature is a generous source of compounds with the potential to treat diseases, including infectious diseases, which is of utmost importance for modern medicine as antimicrobial resistances increase. Known sources of natural compounds with valuable antimicrobial activity include medicinal plants, and marine and terrestrial organisms such as fungi and bacteria. Nevertheless, there is still a vast fauna and flora that, once systematically explored, could provide additional antimicrobial leads and drugs." --Frontiers Research Topics.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910956006903321

Titolo

Gulf War and health . Volume 7 Long-term consequences of traumatic brain injury / / Committee on Gulf War and Health: Brain Injury in Veterans and Long-term Health Outcomes, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 2009

ISBN

9786612008108

9781282008106

1282008102

9780309124096

0309124093

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (397 p.)

Disciplina

956.7044

Soggetti

Persian Gulf War, 1991 - Health aspects - United States

Persian Gulf War, 1991 - Veterans - Diseases - United States

Persian Gulf syndrome - United States

Brain - Wounds and injuries - United States

Veterans - Mental health - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""SUMMARY""; ""1 INTRODUCTION""; ""2 BIOLOGY OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY""; ""3 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ADULT TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY""; ""4 CONSIDERATIONS IN IDENTIFYING AND EVALUATING THE LITERATURE""; ""5 MAJOR COHORT STUDIES""; ""6 NEUROCOGNITIVE OUTCOMES""; ""7 NEUROLOGIC OUTCOMES""; ""8 PSYCHIATRIC OUTCOMES""; ""9 SOCIAL FUNCTIONING""; ""10 OTHER HEALTH OUTCOMES""; ""11 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""INDEX""

Sommario/riassunto

The seventh in a series of congressionally mandated reports on Gulf War veterans health, this volume evaluates traumatic brain injury (TBI) and its association with long-term health affects. That many returning



veterans have TBI will likely mean long-term challenges for them and their family members. Further, many veterans will have undiagnosed brain injury because not all TBIs have immediately recognized effects or are easily diagnosed with neuroimaging techniques. In an effort to detail the long term consequences of TBI, the committee read and evaluated some 1,900 studies that made up its literature base, and it developed criteria for inclusion of studies to inform its findings. It is clear that brain injury, whether penetrating or closed, has serious consequences. The committee sought to detail those consequences as clearly as possible and to provide a scientific framework to assist veterans as they return home.