Demuestra el efecto antioxidante del extracto acuoso de las hojas del Smallanthus sonchifolius (yacón). In vitro e In vivo, frente al estrés oxidativo inducido por fructosa más colesterol en ratas. La metodología del estudio es experimental, analítico y transversal; muestra vegetal: hojas de yacón; muestra biológica: 30 ratas hembras (Rattus rattus) de la cepa Holtzmann; la inducción y la reversión del estrés oxidativo In vitro a través del poder antioxidante de reducción férrica(FRAP), radical 2,2’-azino-bis-(3etilbenztiazolin-6-sulfonato de amonio) (ABTS), radical libre 2,2-Difenil-1-picrilhidraizil(DPPH), In vivo el modelo determinadores de marcadores del estrés oxidativo: glutatión reducido(GSH), malondialdehído(MDA), superóxido dismutasa(SODE), catalasa(CAT), Creatinina(CT), lipoproteínas de alta densidad(HDL), triglicéridos(TRI), glucosa(G), y urea(U), se admin...

Objective: To preliminarily determine 10 medicinal plants of the Valle del Mantaro using the qualitative (phytochemical) method for pharmaceutical use. Material and Methods: Qualitative (phytochemical) for pharmaceutical use. Results: The pharmacognostic activity of the medicinal plants are used in the Mantaro Valley: Xanthium spinosum (Juan alonso) as antitumor and anticancer, Equisetum arvense (Horsetail) as osteoporosis, blood clotting Mentha sativa L (Hierba buena) for nervousness, Rumex crispus L. (Cuturrumasa) as anti-inflammatory, Piper aduncum (Matico) as antiviral, Centauriun erythraea Rafn. (Canchalagua) as antitumor, antidiabetic, Schinus molle (Molle) as antirheumatic, Psoralea glandulosaxonomia (Culen) as hypoglycemic, Minthostachys mollis (Inca muña) as antirheumatic and carminative action, Taraxacum officinale (Dandelion) as hypoglycemic. Conclusions: According to the phy...

Objective: To determine the symptoms of stress and psychotropic use as a consequence of COVID 19 due to the confinement of university students in a private university. Huancayo - 2022. Material and Methods: The research is descriptive, with a non-experimental and transversal design. Population: students enrolled in the 2022 - II cycle of the Professional School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry. Sample: 230 students. Results: The sociodemographic relationship with the stress symptoms found is predominantly female, the predominant age is over 24 years. The frequency of consumption of antidepressants is once a month consumed in 6.5%. In terms of prescription by a physician, antidepressants were found with 3.9% and benzodiazepines with 4.5%. The consumption of antidepressants was 10.3% and benzodiazepines 8.4%. The symptoms of stress and use of psychotropic drugs as a result of COVID 19, the lev...

Objective: To determine the level of stress and prescription of anxiolytic drugs in post-pandemic elderly in the city of Huancayo. 2023. Material and Methods: Descriptive, non-experimental and cross-sectional design. Population: 4,250 older adults and a sample of 352 older adults. Results: The level of stress of post-pandemic older adults in the city of Huancayo, according to the EEP-10 scale, was found to be high stress with 1.84. Determined, at a Cronbach's Alpha = 0.828 and at a significance level α ˂ 0.05. The frequency of age 61-69 prevails at 33.5 %. The sex of the respondents prevails female. As for the employment status, mostly engaged in agriculture, retired and self-employed. The most commonly used anxiolytic drugs are clonazepam, alprazolam and diazepam. The anxiolytic drugs modified their sensation in the patient: fatigue, depression and apathy. The prescription for the con...