Editorial

The Health and Society section starts with an original paper focusing cancer indicators. In Portugal, as in other developed countries, cancer is a leading cause of premature death and the second leading cause of death in all ages. This research, part of a PhD project, identified 18 indicators related with the current state and evolution of environmental health in Portugal with impact on the area of oncological diseases... [+] here

Health and Society

Panel of eviromental health indicators for oncological diseases

Rogério Nunes; Margarida Estudante; Cipriano Pires Justo [+] aqui - DOI: 10.19277/bbr.14.1.145

Development of a strategy to identify the characteristics of babie‘s rooms associated with volatile organic compounds and with the occurrence of wheezing 

Raquel Rodrigues dos Santos; Ana S. Fernandes; Liliana Castanheira [+] here - DOI: 10.19277/bbr.14.1.146

Hospital Waste Management - Case Study

Beatriz Edra, Catarina Maia, Filomena Cardoso, José Manuel Silva e Maria do Céu Costa [+] here - DOI: 10.19277/bbr.14.1.147

Biomedical Sciences

About the in vivo discriminatory capacity of photoplethysmography versus laser Doppler flowmetry

Clemente Rocha, Henrique Silva, Hugo Ferreira and L. Monteiro Rodrigues [+] here - DOI: 10.19277/bbr.14.1.148

Anticellulite efficacy of Trichilia catigua and Ptychopetalum olacoides Bentham extracts

Maria Valéria Robles Velasco, Idalina Maria Nunes Salgado Reis dos Santos, Michelli Ferrera Dario, Thamires Batello Freire, André Rolim Baby [+] here - DOI: 10.19277/bbr.14.1.149

Adherence of family medicine physicians to therapy based on medicinal plants in a Greater Lisbon sample: a first survey.

Alda PS Oliveira, Marta Geraldes, Ana Díaz-Lanza, Ilona Kovacs, M Céu Costa [+] here - DOI: 10.19277/bbr.14.1.150

Biopharmaceutical Sciences

Anacardium occidentale L. extract in cosmetic formulations: benefits for oily skin

Daiane G. Mercurio, Tais A. L. Wagemaker,  Patrícia M.B.G. Maia Campos [+] here - DOI: 10.19277/bbr.14.1.151

Molecular identification of Monascus purpureus NART001 isolated from commercially available Chinese red fermented rice

Nelson Tavares, Pedro Miguel Penedo [+] here - DOI: 10.19277/bbr.14.1.152

Biological activity screening of seven Plectranthus species

Epole Ntungwe N, Joana Marçalo, Catarina Garcia, Catarina Reis, Catarina Teodósio, Carolina Oliveira, Cláudia Oliveira, Amílcar Roberto, Patrícia Rijo [+] here - DOI: 10.19277/bbr.14.1.153

Supplements

Supplement - CBIOS Science Sessions - 2016. [+] aqui - DOI: 10.19277/bbr.14.1.154