ASTRAGALUS SPP. COMO ESPECIE VEGETAL METABOLITOS SECUNDARIOS ALCALOIDES SWAINSONINA FUENTES VEGETALES Y FÚNGICAS DE SWAINSONINA MÉTODO EXTRACTIVO Y FERMENTATIVO MÉTODOS DE IDENTIFICACIÓN POR TLC Y HPLC PERSPECTIVAS FUTURAS

The authors report a rare case of a chronic splenic abscess in a 52 years old male patient, who had an incidental diagnosis of an asymptomatic calcified splenic cyst two years before. Admission history was of 12 months left upper quadrant pain as the sole symptom. After surgical intervention, a diagnosis of chronic splenic abscess or splenic pseudocyst was established with anatomopathological confirmation. The case characteristics are described and the literature is reviewed.

Objectives: To determine the adjunctive antihypertensive effect and safety of passion fruit juice in patients with hypertension treated with enalapril. Design: prospective pilot clinical trial, phase II, randomized, double blind, parallel group, controlled, dose finding and evaluation of the product. Setiing: Instituto de Investigaciones Clínicas, Facultad de Medicina, UNMSM, Dos de Mayo Hospital in Lima, Hospital Belen de Trujillo and Moche and Laredo Health Centers in Trujillo city. Participants: Patients with arterial hypertension. Interventions: Patients were randomly assigned to four groups, each receiving enalapril 10 mg / day; the first group also received placebo and the other, 2, 3 and 4 groups, 500 mg capsules of freeze-dried passion fruit juice / day, respectively. Main outcome measures: Reduction in blood pressure. Results: Groups receiving enalapril and passion fruit had be...