The purpose of the present study is to establish the effect of the yacon tuber and leaf (Smallantus Sonchifolius) on the levels of the seric glucose and glycosylated hemoglobin with the consumption of an adlibitum diet. A blind, simple and experimental field-controlled trial was carried out for a period of 90 days in 30 subjects, in an age range from 26 to 90, who were diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus with no control despite the pharmacological treatment. The subjects were divided into 3 groups; the first group received 500g per day of fresh yacon fruit; the second group received freeze-dried yacon equivalent to 500 g per day of the fresh fruit, and the third group received yacon leaves tea bags (each tea bag containing the equivalent to 1 g of yacon leaves), which were taken three times a day.Regarding the glycosylated hemoglobin, the administration of the fruit, the tea bags and...

In a prospective study of patients with leishmaniasis diagnosed at the San Camilo of Pozuzo Health Center, we compared two treatments: glucantime 20 mg Base/kg/day IM for 20 days, with a maximum dose of 1275 mg/day (treatment performed from January 1999 to December 2000), versus sodium stibogluconate 20 mg Base/kg/day IM for 30 days, with a maximum dose of 1500 mg/day (treatment performed from January to December 2001). Of the 173 leishmaniasis patients, 116 had L. cutanea (67.05%) and 57 had L. cutaneomucosa (32.95%). Of the 135 patients treated with glucantime (78.03%) and 38 with sodium stibogluconate (21.96%), 45 (33.3%) and 25 (67.78%) respectively, presented adverse reactions. Six patients under treatment with glucantime (4.44%) and 4 treated with sodium stibogluconate (10.53%) discontinued treatment. Fifteen patients under glucantime (10 affected with L. Cutaneomucosa and 5 with L...

RESUMENEl Lepidium meyenii Walp (Maca) se ha asociado por mucho tiempo como una terapia para la sinto­matología asociada en las mujeres posmenopáusi­cas en la sierra del Perú. Estudios sobre su compo­sición han revelado la presencia de flavonoides.OBJETIVOEvaluar el efecto de la aplicación subcutánea de extracto hexánico de Lepidium meyenii Walp so­bre los niveles séricos de estradiol, el peso corpo­ral, el peso vaginal y uterino luego de cinco días de tratamiento en ratas ooforectomizadas.MATERIAL Y MÉTODOSEstudio experimental aleatorizado. Se evaluaron 56 ratas distribuidas en seis grupos de estudios: control (9 animales), falso operado (9 animales), operado + maca (10 animales), operado + estra­diol (9 animales), falso operado + maca (10 ani­males) y falso operado + estradiol (9 animales). Los grupos operados fueron sometidos a una oofo­rectomía