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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 196358, 9 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/196358
Research Article

Long-Term Oral Administration of Capsicum baccatum Extracts Does Not Alter Behavioral, Hematological, and Metabolic Parameters in CF1 Mice

Aline Rigon Zimmer,1 Bianca Leonardi,1 Eduardo Rigon Zimmer,2 Eduardo Kalinine,2 Diogo Onofre de Souza,2 Luis Valmor Portela,2 and Grace Gosmann1

1Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Program, Faculty of Pharmacy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Ipiranga Avendia 2752, 90610-000 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
2Post-Graduate Program in Biological Science, Department of Biochemistry, ICBS, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Ramiro Barcelos Street 2600, 90035-003 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Received 13 August 2012; Revised 20 November 2012; Accepted 21 November 2012

Academic Editor: Jenny M. Wilkinson

Copyright © 2012 Aline Rigon Zimmer et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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