Ana Catarina Viana Valle

Objectives This study is aimed to evaluate the cytotoxic action of two homoeopathic medicines that are derived from Viscum album (VA) extract. Materials and Methods An osteosarcoma cell line was cultured in the presence of two homoeopathic VA preparations (VAD3 and VAD30) and cell viability was evaluated using MTT assay. The cell line U-2 OS was p...

BACKGROUND Adenocarcinomas can be of several types, and MCF-7 is an adenocarcinoma of human breast cell line useful as preclinical model to screen therapeutic agents such as ultra-diluted Viscum album, an European plant whose extract is commonly used in cancer therapy. AIMS MCF-7 and mesenchymal stem cells were used to evaluate the in vitro cytotox...

Background: Cutaneous melanoma is one of the tumors with the highest incidence in middle-aged dogs. Effective systemic treatments for advanced malignant melanoma are lacking, and survival is about 1 to 3 months. Viscum album therapy is among the complementary therapies against cancer. A 7-year-old Dogue de Bordeaux female d Methods: og. The main co...

Homeopathy has been increasingly standing out for its proven clinical benefits and for providing a course of treatment with fewer side effects to patients, thus promoting a better quality of life for them. Homeopathic therapy can be used in different contexts and is an additional alternative for treating cancer patients in Integrative Medicine. Wit...

Homeopathy has become increasingly known and used in various treatments, showing excellent clinical results. One of its most common indications is to help treat chronic diseases, directly improving patients' quality of life, especially those with cancer. Hepatocellular carcinoma is a disease that depends on different factors for its development and...

Homeopathy has become increasingly known and used in various treatments, showing excellent clinical results. One of its most common indications is to help treat chronic diseases, directly improving patients' quality of life, especially those with cancer. Hepatocellular carcinoma is a disease that depends on different factors for its development and...

Momordica charantia has been used in folk medicine since ancient times, showing excellent efficacy when properly prescribed. However, like all medications, the dose used is essential to avoid possible poisoning in patients. Therefore, homeopathy is presented as a therapeutic tool, as it reduces the risk of direct toxicity to the patient while maint...

Canine papillomatosis is an infectious-contagious pathology caused by the species-specific papillomavirus, characterized by benign neoformations, which can be manifested in the oral cavity, genital tract, lips, pharynx, and esophagus. Sometimes, papillomas may occur in the plantar cushion and as cutaneous disease. Disease transmission occurs by dir...

Pets are living longer. Consequently, they are more predisposed to diseases with advancing age, to the detriment of the lifestyle to which they are submitted. Sometimes these diseases cannot be treated surgically and/or are difficult to control due to concomitant comorbidities that limit the execution of anesthetic and surgical procedures. Under th...

The incidence of cancer has dramatically increased around the world. Among the different types, glioma (brain cancer) represents the majority of diagnosed brain tumors and is known to be a rapidly developing tumor with a high mortality rate. Therapies with viscum album have performed well in cancer treatments and have been the subject of many studi...

Objectives: Given the need to establish less invasive treatments that improve the patient’s quality of life and still have antitumour effects, this study aimed to evaluate the behaviour of breast cancer tumour cells (SKBR3 and PMC42) by treatment with ultradiluted Ruta graveolens (Ruta D35). Material and Methods: The breast cancer cell lines SKBR3...

Introduction: Homeopathy is one of the 10 most commonly used medical alternatives for cancer patients and is also widely used as a complementary health approach for both well-being and mitigating the symptoms of chronic disease or adverse effects of allopathic treatment. The ingredients of homeopathic medicines are ultra-diluted, so the action of t...

Objective: This study report the occurrence of an unilateral case of aural hematoma in a Labrador female dog attended on September 2018, at NaturalPet Veterinary Clinic, in Brasilia, Brazil. Aural hematoma is a pathology characterized by the accumulation of blood in the external ear of the dogs, usually of traumatic origin. The treatments of choice...

Introduction: Anal fistula is a disease that affects the anal tissue and adjacent skin. The diagnosis is clinical, and its treatment employs antibiotics and immunosuppressants. However, these medicines are not always efficient, and surgery becomes the only option. Side effects are frequent, and a complementary treatment plan must be evaluated. Home...

Abstract: Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is characterized as a malignant neoplasia. Its treatment may result in mutilation, deformation, side effects, metastases, and recurrences. Therapy failure is frequently related to disease stage and patient's age and health condition. The need for new therapies against cancer is notorious, with the objective o...

Introduction: The homeopathic treatment is based on three main pillars: the “principle of similarity”, the “experimentation of substances in healthy organisms” and “dynamized medication”. For a medication to be considered "homeopathic", it must be enhanced (dynamized), making a dynamized preparation have the same effect as the mother tincture and p...

Introduction: Osteosarcoma is responsible for up to 85% skeletal malignancies, being the most common bone tumor in dogs. Untreated lesions progress rapidly, causing considerable pain and in some cases pathological fracture, and the amputation with or without adjuvant chemotherapy is the most common procedure for treating this disease. That is why n...

Introduction The use of mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) in cytotoxicity tests is an in-vitro alternative model for predicting initial doses. Homeopathic medicines may stimulate the immune system to combat a pathology effectively and have been used for over two centuries. Viscum album (VA) extracts are widely used in the treatment of cancer, due to the...

Skin problems in dogs represent a daily important casuistic in veterinary practices. They affect both young and adult animals and may have varied causes, challenging the correct diagnosis. Within this context, it should be emphasized the close coexistence and attachment to their owners who play a crucial role in the development and treatment of par...

Anal Fistulas are often diagnosed in the small animal clinic. This disease can be defined as an inflammatory lesion of the anal mucosa or adjacent tissues, causing pain and discomfort. The conventional treatment by surgery and/or use of antibiotics, corticoids, and immunosuppressants has adverse effects and sequelae, such as fecal incontinence. The...

Given the variety of diseases that affect the human and animal organism, associated with the significant failure of conventional therapies for their treatment, complementary therapies should be considered possible therapeutic tools since they have established efficacy throughout history. Homeopathy was described by Hahnemann in Germany in 1796 and...

Ruta graveolens belongs to the family Rutaceae, and it is used to treat inflammatory diseases and some cases of cancer due to its anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties. Osteosarcoma (OS) is a bone cancer that mainly affects children and adolescents and has a high index in dogs. The treatment of this cancer consists of high doses of chemotherap...

Viscum Album (VA) has been widely used as adjuvant therapy in cancer. Its anticancer activity has been attributed to a combination of cytotoxic, immunomodulatory, and anti-inflammatory properties, induction of apoptosis, and inhibition of angiogenesis. This study aimed to evaluate the in vitro immunologic effects of homeopathic VA on mesenchymal st...

Cancer in dogs and cats comprises a complex process with several variables. For this reason, its treatment is difficult and often does not offer many benefits to patients. Oral fibrosarcoma is a relatively common neoplasm in veterinary oncology, and it is among the three most frequent neoplasm in canine species. Conventional treatment is, in genera...

Eye affections are frequent in dogs. Among them, ulcerative keratitis is the most frequent and can be of traumatic origin or not. This condition destroys the corneal epithelium or stroma, often causing aesthetic damage associated with visual impairments to the animals. Clinical treatmentis a meaningful way to avoid surgery, in which the patient nee...

Canine oral papillomatosis is a disease caused by the papillomavirus that affects young dogs or immunocompromised animals. Papillomatosis results in verrucous lesions in the oral mucosa, causing discomfort, difficulty in chewing and/or swallowing, and, in some cases, predisposing to the development of oral carcinomas in this species. In general, th...

The interest in all types of research related to medicinal plants has intensified with the increase in microorganism resistance to conventional drugs. Within this context, antimicrobial peptides found in plant seeds are of great importance due to their high antimicrobial potential. Several authors have already reported such antimicrobial action in...

Viscum album L., also called "Mistletoe", is a semi-parasitic plant from the European continent that grows on several host trees. This plant has a wide variety of active compounds that can be used for treating various diseases, such as diabetes, epilepsy, hypertension, among others. However, it is most indicated in human medicine for the adjuvant t...

Background: Viscum album (VA) extracts have a wide variety of biologically active compounds that can be used in the treatment of various diseases, with cancer being the main one. However, few data on the effects of homeopathic VA are found in the literature, even though commercially VA formulations are available, with extremely low doses of its act...

Perineal fistulas are frequently diagnosed in dogs in clinical practice. They are characterized by an inflammatory lesion in the perianal region or adjacent tissues, causing pain and discomfort to patients. In many cases, fistulas can be ulcerated. In general, corticosteroids and immunosuppressants are the treatment of choice for perianal fistulas....

Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) is characterized by the uncontrolled growth of abnormal skin cells. The disease affects dogs and cats generally with advanced age and has a high incidence in white and/or depigmented animals. In some situations, the conventional treatments do not contemplate the cure nor the improvement of life quality of the patients...

Viscum album L., popularly known as "Mistletoe", is considered a semi-parasitic plant that grows on several host trees. It has a wide variety of biologically active compounds that can be used to treat various diseases, being its most significant indication for the adjuvant treatment of cancer patients. However, little data is found in the literatur...

Background: Auricular hematoma is a self-limiting disease, usually traumatic in origin, and most commonly affects dogs than cats. Surgery is usually the treatment of choice. However, homeopathic therapy has been gaining ground in these treatments for offering innumerable advantages, such as easy administration, low cost, no side effects to the pati...

Introdution: Anal fistula/perianal is a disease that affects the anal tissue and adjacent skin, associated with severe skin infections. The occurrence of this disease is higher than it appears in the routine of the small animal clinic. The etiology of the perianal fistula has not been elucidated so far. The diagnosis is clinical, and its treatment...

Aural hematoma is a pathology commonly diagnosed in dogs and characterized by the accumulation of blood in the external ear of the animal, usually of traumatic origin. The treatments of choice for the clinical improvement of the affected ear are, in general, invasive. The present work reports the case of a Labrador female dog attended at NaturalPet...

O otohematoma, enfermidade altamente prevalente em cães e comumente encontrada na prática clínica, é caracterizada pelo acúmulo de sangue no pavilhão auricular externo do animal, geralmente de etiologia traumática. Convencionalmente, os tratamentos utilizados para o restabelecimento fisiológico e estético da orelha são invasivos e muitas vezes cirú...

Dermatitis is a general term that describes an inflammation of the skin, which could be caused by many agents. Some common causes of dermatitis in pets are bacterial, fungal, yeast, and parasite infection, as well as allergies or even trauma. Bacteria obtained from several pets as dogs and cats, presenting clinical signs of dermatitis were collecte...

The interest in all types of research related to medicinal plants has intensified with the increase in microorganism resistance to conventional drugs. Within this context, antimicrobial peptides found in plant seeds are of great importance due to their high antimicrobial potential. Several authors have already reported such antimicrobial action in...

span> Corneal sequestrum is an affliction of cats, which is not well defined. The lesion is characterized by degeneration of collagen, followed by accumulation in the cornea of a darkened pigment of variable intensity. Various treatments are adopted taking into account the depth and stage of the lesion, where lamellar keratectomy is the option most...