BIOMATERIALS AND ESSENTIAL OILS AS PROMISING TOOLS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEMS IN BRAZIL: PRELIMINARY STUDY

Abstract

Biomaterials have been applied for a long time in different areas and, for countless uses and with technological advances, they have helped to solve several problems in the most diverse areas of health, working on the development of different mechanisms, orthoses, prostheses. and, in recent years, in the creation of formulations for the biological control of microorganisms that cause public health problems. Brazil is among the countries that have the most cases of diseases transmitted by arboviruses in the world. There is scientific evidence reporting the use of plants with repellent and bioactive properties for the development of natural, non-toxic and efficient alternative products. Develop a biodegradable polymeric formulation containing encapsulated essential oil, and test the essential oil of Piper callosum in natura on larvae of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. The formulation developed and submitted to 35 °C was stable in all evaluations during the 25 days of analysis and the essential oil of Piper callosum proved to be a promising natural resource against larvae of the mosquito Aedes aegypti.