This thesis has been conducted at Cargotec Sweden AB as a case study on the loader body of the HIAB XS 144 crane. The loader body is the innermost part in the cranes arm-system and its fatigue life is critical to the operational life of the whole crane. Welding is the main joining process in Cargotec’s cranes and are often a limiting factor when it comes to fatigue life. The weld joining the column to the loader body is carrying the whole crane moment. Previous testing has shown that this weld often limits the fatigue life of the loader body, it has thus been evaluated. Weld fatigue life is affected by a large amount of parameters. To pinpoint the parameters mainly affecting the weld fatigue life and to understand their influence, calculations have been organized using factorial design. The evaluation has been carried out using 3D finite element calculations utilizing sub-modelling to calculate local stresses in the weld notches. Different parameters have been evaluated based on their influence on the local notch stresses. To estimate stresses from the evaluated parameters, regression equations have been fitted. The effective notch method has been used to estimate weld fatigue life. The evaluation has shown that a butt-weld design with root-support, only being welded from the outside of the loader body, as used on some other crane models, could not provide a robust design for the XS 144 crane. The evaluation could also point out several critical parameters that need to be considered when using such design. Apart from the local weld geometry, plate thickness, plate angle, material offset and thickness in the casted column were mainly affecting the weld notch stresses.

The presence of pharmaceuticals in the environment has raised an emerging interest due to the fact that they pose negative environmental impact and health hazards related to long-term toxicity effects. As conventional treatments are not able to totally remove these substances it is necessary to seek for alternative advanced technologies such as oxidation with chlorine dioxide (ClO2). The objective of this master thesis is thus to find the most optimal dose – reaction time of ClO2 for the oxidation and maximum removal of selected environmentally relevant pharmaceuticals. Factorial design and subsequent optimization with MODDE was selected as the best approach to find the optimal dose – time. Batch oxidation tests were conducted on 100mL aliquots treated with ClO2 using wastewater effluent from Henriksdal WWTP. Thereafter solid phase extraction and final determination of pharmaceuticals was carried out on a high performance liquid chromatography- triple quadrupole mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS). Results showed that applying a dose of 5 mg ClO2/L and a reaction time of 10 minutes, it is possible to remove more than a half of the 17 analyzed substances. Besides most of the pharmaceuticals with high and moderate environmental risk, would pose a low risk for the environment after treatment with the optimal ClO2 dose – reaction time. Despite the fact that ClO2 could successfully degrade most environmentally relevant pharmaceuticals, deeper research concerning the formation of toxic by-products after oxidative treatment needs to be done before upscaling this technology to pilot or full scale as a suitable end of pipe technology for pharmaceuticals removal.

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With respect to the continuous growth of computing systems, the energy-efficiency requirement of their processes becomes even more important. Different configurations, implying different energy-efficiency of the system, could be used to perform the process. A configuration denotes the choice among different hard- and software settings (e.g., CPU frequency, number of threads, the concrete algorithm, etc.). The identification of the most energy-efficient configuration demands to benchmark all configurations. However, this benchmarking is time- and energy-consuming, too. This thesis explores (a) the effect of dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS) in combination with dynamic concurrency throttling (DCT) on the energy consumption of (de)compression, DBMS query executions, encryption/decryption and sorting; and (b) a generic approach to reduce the benchmarking efforts to determine the optimal configuration. Our findings show that the utilization of optimal configurations can save wavg. 15.14% of energy compared to the default configuration. Moreover, we propose a generic heuristic (fractional factorial design) that utilizes data mining (adaptive instance selection) together with machine learning techniques (multiple linear regression) to decrease benchmarking effort by building a regression model based on the smallest feasible subset of the benchmarked configurations. Our approach reduces the energy consumption required for benchmarking by 63.9% whilst impairing the energy-efficiency of performing the computational process by only 1.88 pp, due to not using the optimal but a near-optimal configuration.

Factorial randomised controlled trials (RCTs) evaluate two or more interventions simultaneously, enabling assessment of interactions between treatments. This thesis presents literature reviews, methodological reviews, simulation studies and applied case studies that explore methods for assessing cost-effectiveness based on factorial RCTs. My systematic review suggests that factorial RCTs account for around 3% of trial-based economic evaluations, although there is currently no guidance or methodological work indicating the most appropriate methods. Around 40% of published studies assumed no interaction between treatments and many were poorly-reported. Various mechanisms are likely to produce large interactions within economic endpoints such as costs, quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) and net benefits. Failing to take account of interactions can introduce bias and prevent efficient allocation of healthcare resources. I developed the opportunity cost of ignoring interactions as a measure of the implications of this bias. However, allowing for small, chance interactions is inefficient, potentially leading to over-investment in research if trial-based evaluations are used to inform decisions about subsequent research. Nonetheless, analyses on simulated trial data suggest that the opportunity cost of adopting a treatment that will not maximise health gains from the healthcare budget is minimised by including all interactions regardless of magnitude or statistical significance. Different approaches for conducting economic evaluations of factorial RCTs (including regression techniques, extrapolation using patient-level simulation, and considering different components of net benefit separately) are evaluated within three applied studies, including both full and partial factorials with 2x2 and 2x2x2 designs. I demonstrate that within both trial-based and model-based economic evaluation, efficient allocation of healthcare resources requires consideration of interactions between treatments, and joint decisions about interacting treatments based on incremental cost-effectiveness evaluated “inside-the-table” on a natural scale. I make recommendations for the design, analysis and reporting of factorial trial-based economic evaluations based on the results of this thesis.

A novel concept of multiple deterministic analyses is proposed to design safer and more damage-tolerant structures, particularly when excited by dynamic including seismic loading in time domain. Since the presence of numerous sources of uncertainty cannot be avoided or overlooked, the underlying risk is estimated to compare design alternatives. To generate the implicit performance functions explicitly, the basic response surface method is significantly improved. Then, several surrogate models are proposed. The advanced factorial design and Kriging method are used as the major building blocks. Using these basic schemes, seven alternatives are proposed. Accuracies of these schemes are verified using basic Monte Carlo simulations. After verifying all seven alternatives, the capabilities of the three most desirable schemes are compared using a case study. They correctly identified and correlated damaged states of structural elements in terms of probability of failure using only few hundreds of deterministic analyses. The modified Kriging method appears to be the best technique considering both efficiency and accuracy. Estimating the probability of failure, the post-Northridge seismic design criteria are found to be appropriate. After verifying the proposed method, a Site-Specific seismic safety assessment method for nonlinear structural systems is proposed to generate a suite of ground excitation time histories. The information of risk is used to design a structure more damage-tolerant. The proposed procedure is verified and showcased by estimating risks associated with three buildings designed by professional experts in the Los Angeles area satisfying the post-Northridge design criteria for the overall lateral deflection and inter-story drift. The accuracy of the estimated risk is again verified using the Monte Carlo simulation technique. In all cases, the probabilities of collapse are found to be less than 10% when excited by the risk-targeted maximum considered earthquake ground motion satisfying the intent of the code. The spread in the reliability indexes for each building for both limit states cannot be overlooked, indicating the significance of the frequency contents. The inter story drift is found to be more critical than the overall lateral displacement. The reliability indexes for both limit states are similar only for few cases. The author believes that the proposed methodology is an alternative to the classical random vibration and simulation approaches. The proposed site-specific seismic safety assessment procedure can be used by practicing engineers for routine applications. The proposed reliability methodology is not problem-specific. It is capable of handling systems with different levels of complexity and scalability, and it is robust enough for multi-disciplinary routine applications. In order to show the multi-disciplinary application of the proposed methodology, the probability of failure of lead-free solders in Ball Grid Array 225 surface-mount packaging for a given loading cycle is estimated. The accuracy of the proposed methodology is verified with the help of Monte Carlo simulation. After the verification, probability of failure versus loading cycles profile is calculated. Such a comprehensive study of its lifetime behavior and the corresponding reliability analyses can be useful for sensitive applications.

MACHADO, M. O. Obtenção de micropartículas contendo dispersões sólidas de praziquantel por spray congealing. 2011. 120f. Dissertação (Mestrado). Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto - Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, 2011. A esquistossomose é uma verminose provocada pelo Schistosoma mansoni. Sua prevalência no Brasil é de aproximadamente 10 milhões de pessoas infectadas. O tratamento é feito com o praziquantel, um fármaco anti-helmíntico para uso tanto humano como veterinário. Está classificado no sistema de classificação biofarmacêutico como de classe II, dos fármacos que possuem baixa solubilidade e alta permeabilidade necessitando de um estudo para melhorar a sua solubilidade e consequentemente sua taxa de dissolução. Para isso, técnica escolhida nesse estudo foi a de obtenção de dispersões sólidas de praziquantel, microparticuladas, por spray congealing. Esta técnica prepara micropartículas atomizando-se a solução do fármaco em um carreador fundido, dispensando solventes orgânicos ou aquosos. Foram preparadas dispersões sólidas e misturas físicas com formulações de polietilenoglicol 6000:praziquantel nas proporções de 10, 15 e 20% de praziquantel e polietilenoglicol 6000:sorbitol:praziquantel nas proporções de 10, 15, 20 e 40% de praziquantel e determinou-se a sua solubilidade em todas as amostras. As dispersões sólidas preparadas obtiveram um aumento significativo na solubilidade do fármaco em relação ao praziquantel puro e as formulações com polietilenoglicol 6000 e sorbitol apresentaram uma melhoria significante de solubilidade em relação às que continham apenas polietilenoglicol, com p<0,05. Porém ao realizar a atomização no spray a formulação adquiriu características adesivas impossibilitando o sucesso da utilização da técnica de spray congealing. Com isso escolheu-se a formulação de polietilenoglicol 6000:praziquantel nas concentrações de 10, 15 e 20% de praziquantel e realizou-se um planejamento fatorial do tipo Box-Behnken, num total de 15 experimentos, estudando a vazão de atomização, a vazão de dispersão e a porcentagem de praziquantel. Para todas as amostras realizou-se as análises por calorimetria exploratória diferencial, termogravimetria, infravermelho e difração de raios-X. Estas análises mostraram que provavelmente não houve interações fármaco/polímero. Na análise das propriedades de escoabilidade as micropartículas apresentaram fluxo de excelente a tolerável. Estas tiveram um aumento da solubilidade do fármaco que variou de 62,6 a 79% em relação ao praziquantel puro. O diâmetro médio das partículas ficou entre 145 a 215µm. As micropartículas tiveram um aumento da taxa de dissolução de 3,18 vezes em comparação ao praziquantel puro, 2,3 vezes em relação mistura física de 10% e 2,14 vezes em relação à dispersão sólida de 10%. A análise morfológica mostrou partículas irregulares e com superfície rugosa apresentando pequenos cristais do fármaco. A técnica apresentou uma excelente eficiência de encapsulação que variou de 88 a 108%. Pela análise de variância dos dados tivemos que para a solubilidade quanto menor a porcentagem de praziquantel na amostra, maior o aumento da solubilidade e para o tamanho de partícula, quanto maior a vazão de dispersão, maior é a partícula. Com esses resultados pode-se concluir que a técnica de spray congealing apresentou resultados satisfatórios, sendo uma técnica eficiente, rápida e muito promissora para a preparação de dispersões sólidas. / Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease caused by the worm Schistosoma mansoni. Its prevalence in Brazil is around 10 million infected people. Treatment is done with praziquantel, an antihelmintic drug both for human and animal use. As it is a class II drug of low solubility and high permeability according to the Biopharmaceutics Classification System (BCS), it is highly valuable to perform a study to improve the solubility and dissolution rates of praziquantel. That is the aim of the present work. Spray congealing was the technique used to obtain solid dispersions of praziquantel. It consists of atomizing the solution or suspension containing the drug in a melting carrier without the need of organic or aqueous solvents. Solid dispersions and physical mixtures were prepared using polyethylene glycol 6000:praziquantel in proportions 10%, 15%, and 20% of praziquantel, and using polyethylene glycol 6000:sorbitol:praziquantel in proportions 10%, 15%, 20%, and 40% of praziquantel. Solubility tests were performed in each sample. Solid dispersions had a significant increase in solubility rate compared to pure praziquantel. The formulations containing polyethylene glycol 6000 and sorbitol had a significant improvement in solubility rate compared to the ones with polyethylene glycol only (p<0,05). However, during the atomization through spray congealing technique, the formulation acquired sticky characteristics, impairing the success of such technique. Thus, the formulation of polyethylene glycol 6000:praziquantel in concentrations 10%, 15% and 20% of praziquantel was chosen and a factorial design type Box-Behnken was planned, in a total of 15 experiments, to study the parameters: flow of the atomization, flow rate of the dispersion, and the percentage of praziquantel. It was carried out an analysis of the samples of physical mixtures, microparticles, and solid dispersions in each proportion through differential exploratory calorimetry, thermogravimetry, infrared ray and X-ray diffraction. The analysis showed that probably there were no interactions between the drug and the polymer. Flow rate analysis of microparticles presented a level from excellent to tolerable, showing an increase in solubility that ranged from 62.6% to 79% compared to pure praziquantel. The average diameter of the particles ranged from 145 to 215m, which is a reasonable size to improve solubility and properties of the flow. Microparticles had an increase in dissolution rate of 3.18 times compared to pure praziquantel, 2.3 times in relation to physical mixture of 10%, and 2.14 times in relation to solid dispersion of 10%. Morphological analysis revealed irregular particles with wrinkled surface with small crystals of the drug. Photomicrographs showed that there was agglomeration during spray congealing. The technique exhibited an excellent efficacy of encapsulation that ranged from 88% to 108%. Variance analysis for the studied factors showed that only solubility and particle size exhibited values with significant statistical difference. For solubility, the lower the percentage of praziquantel in the sample, the higher the increase in solubility. For particle size, the higher the flow of dispersion, the bigger the particle. From the study carried out, it can be concluded that spray congealing is an efficient, quick and promising technique for preparation of solid dispersions.

O presente trabalho consistiu na padronização do ratio, definido como a razão entre o teor de sólidos solúveis (SS) e a acidez titulável (AT), no processamento em escala piloto e no estudo da vida de prateleira (VP) de caldo de cana estocado sob refrigeração. Utilizando-se um delineamento central composto rotacional, com onze formulações de caldo de cana, investigou-se o ratio da formulação que resultou em melhor aceitação sensorial, em uma ampla faixa de SS (13,1 a 25,9 ºBrix) e de AT (0,02 a 0,09 % de ácido cítrico). Determinada a melhor formulação, processaram-se três lotes de caldo de cana padronizado (L1, L2 e L3). A estabilização da bebida foi baseada na seguinte combinação de métodos térmicos e não térmicos: acidificação, pasteurização (95 ºC/ 30 s), envase asséptico em garrafas de polietileno tereftalato (PET) e estocagem refrigerada. Testes físico-químicos, microbiológicos e enzimáticos, incluindo-se a determinação da atividade da peroxidase (POD) e da polifenoloxidase (PPO) foram realizados na bebida in natura e recém-processada (tempo zero da VP). Para o estudo da VP do caldo de cana padronizado pasteurizado, as amostras, em todos os lotes processados, foram fracionadas e estocadas nas temperaturas de 4, 8, 12 e -18 ºC (controle), na ausência de luz. A estimativa de VP do produto foi fundamentada em testes microbiológicos e sensoriais. A avaliação da estabilidade microbiológica baseou-se na enumeração de bactérias e fungos psicrotróficos. Testes de escala hedônica de nove pontos para avaliação da aparência e do sabor foram empregados na análise da estabilidade sensorial. As médias da aceitação sensorial para impressão global das onze formulações não apresentaram diferença estatística (p &gt; 0,05) entre si, nas faixas de SS e AT estudadas. Verificou-se que apenas o efeito da AT foi significativo (p &lt; 0,05) na aceitação da bebida. A formulação escolhida para a padronização do caldo de cana foi aquela com AT equivalente a 0,09 % (pH próximo a 3,9) e 19,5 ºBrix. Para o caldo de cana padronizado pasteurizado recém-processado, os valores de pH foram inferiores a 4,4 em L1, L2 e L3. As contagens de mesófilos não ultrapassaram 50 UFC/ mL, constatando-se a ausência de coliformes termotolerantes e Salmonella em todos os lotes processados. As médias das atividades de POD e PPO foram de 2,11 U/mL e 1,03 U/mL, respectivamente. As contagens de bactérias e fungos psicrotróficos não ultrapassaram 102 UFC/ mL. As médias dos tempos de VP estimadas para as frações dos lotes estocadas a 4, 8 e 12 ºC foram equivalentes a 71, 74 e 23 dias, respectivamente. Concluiu-se que o caldo de cana foi bem aceito pela equipe de provadores, em uma ampla faixa de SS e AT. A combinação dos métodos empregados na estabilização da bebida foi eficiente na redução da atividade enzimática e da contagem microbiana. Além disso, as temperaturas de 4 e 8 ºC mostraram-se efetivas na manutenção da estabilidade da bebida, satisfazendo a uma eventual demanda do mercado consumidor pela bebida processada. / The present study consisted in standardizing the total soluble solids (SS) and titratable acidity (TA) ratio, in small scale processing and in estimating the shelf-life (SL) of sugarcane juice stored under ideal, commercial and abusive temperature conditions. A central composite rotational design with eleven formulations of sugarcane juice was used to investigate the ratio of the formulation that resulted in the best sensory acceptance in a wide range of SS (13,1 a 25,9 ºBrix) and TA (0,02 a 0,09% citric acid). Found the best formulation, three batches of standardized sugarcane juice were processed (L1, L2 and L3). The juice´s stabilization was based on the following combination of thermal and non-thermal methods: acidification, pasteurization (95 °C/30 s), aseptic filling in polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles and refrigerated storage. Physico-chemical, microbiological and enzymatic tests, including the determination of the peroxidase (POD) and polyphenol oxidase (PPO) activities, were performed in the fresh and freshly processed (time zero of SL) juice. For the SL study, standardized pasteurized sugarcane juice samples were stored at temperatures of 4, 8, 12 and -18 °C (control), kept in the dark. The estimate of the product´s SL was based on microbiological and sensory tests. The evaluation of the microbiological stability was based on the psychrotrophic bacteria and fungi counts. Nine-point hedonic scale tests for appearance and flavor evaluation were used in order to assess the sensory stability. The mean values of sensory acceptance, for overall impression, of the eleven formulations showed no statistical difference (p &gt; 0.05) among them. It was found that only the effect of TA was significant (p &lt; 0.05). The chosen formulation for sugarcane juice standardization was that one with TA 0.09 % (pH near 3.9) and SS 19.5 ºBrix. For the freshly processed standardized pasteurized juice, the pH was less than 4.4 in L1, L2 and L3. The mesophilic counts did not exceed 50 CFU/mL. The presence of coliforms at 45 ºC and Salmonella was no confirmed. The average POD and PPO activities were 2.11 U/mL and 1.03 U/mL respectively. The psychrotrophic bacteria and fungi counts did not exceed 102 CFU/mL. The juice´s SL stored at 4, 8 and 12 °C were 71, 74 and 21 days, respectively. It was concluded that the juice was well accepted in a wide range of SS and TA, and the combination of methods was effective in reducing the enzyme activity and microbial counts. Moreover, temperatures of 4 and 8 °C were proved to be effective in maintaining the sugarcane juice´s quality for a period of time compatible with the consumer market demand.

Diferentes floculantes ecológicos têm sido estudados na literatura para o tratamento de água. Entre tais substâncias, a quitosana e os taninos têm sido utilizados, regularmente, em diversos trabalhos relacionados ao tratamento de água. Neste contexto, o objetivo deste trabalho foi a obtenção de microesferas de quitosana comercial (QTSc) e tanino extraído da casca de Eucalyptus urograndis (TAN), para a utilização piloto no tratamento de água bruta com baixa turbidez (100-110 NTU). Primeiramente, avaliou-se o grau de desacetilação da quitosana comercial (QTSc) e da quitosana na microesfera (QTSm) para a avaliação da porcentagem de grupamentos aminas livres ou desacetiladas. Em seguida, a quitosana desacetilada foi utilizada como matriz na preparação de microesferas empregando duas concentrações de TAN (5,0 e 7,5 % v/v). O material preparado foi caracterizado por FTIR, DRX, MEV e TGA. Os espectros de FTIR apresentaram aumento da intensidade dos picos à medida que havia aumento de concentração de TAN nas microesferas formadas. Os espectros de DRX apresentaram um material amorfo. As micrografias por MEV mostraram que a interação da QTS com o TAN modifica as características superficiais da microesfera provocando mudanças na superfície. As análises de DTA/TGA mostraram que as microesferas preparadas com 0 e 5% apresentaram três estágios de degradação térmica e dois estágios para QTS/TAN 7,5% mostrando que o material com QTS/TAN 7,5% apresenta resistência térmica diferenciada quando comparado ao QTS/TAN 0 e 5%. As microesferas foram avaliadas em ensaios de coagulação/floculação por Jar test no tratamento de água bruta utilizando planejamento fatorial experimental (23) no qual fatores utilizados os paramentos de massa de coagulante de 10 mg e 25 mg, pH=7,0 e pH=8,0 e tempo de decantação de 15 min e 30 min. Os fatores foram avaliados quanto a porcentagem de remoção de turbidez e cor. Os resultados mostraram-se satisfatórios quanto a remoção de turbidez, com mínimo de 51,52 % e máximo de 76,67 % e remoção de cor com mínimo de 42,86 % e máximo de 66,00 %. Os melhores resultados de % remoção foram obtidos quando foram utilizadas as microesferas de QTS/TAN 5% em pH = 8,0 com tempo de decantação de 30 min e massa de coagulante de 25 mg. Os resultados permitiram avaliar as microesferas de QTS/TAN como materiais promissores no tratamento de água. / Different ecological flocculants have been studied in the literature for treatment of water and wastewater. Among such substances, chitosan and tannins have been used regularly in several works related to water treatment. In this context, the aim of this study was to obtain commercial chitosan microspheres (QTSc) and tannin extracted from barks of Eucalyptus urograndis (TAN) for pilot utilization in the treatment of raw water with low turbidity (100-110 NTU). At first degree of deacetylation of both, commercial chitosan (QTSc) and the chitosan microsphere (QTSm) was verified for assessment of degree of deacetylation of amines. Microspheres were prepared at different concentrations of TAN ranging from 0 - 7.5% v/v and then characterized by FTIR, XRD, SEM and DTA/TGA. FTIR showed an increase of peak intensity as increased the concentration of the TAN microspheres formed. XRD presented an amorphous material. SEM micrographs allowed verifying the interaction of chitosan and tannin in the modification of the surface. Analyses of DTA/TGA showed that chitosan microspheres CTS/TAN 0% and 5% exhibited three stages of thermal degradation and two stages were observed for 7.5% CTS/TAN, allowed to conclude that CTS/TAN 7.5% has lower heat resistance compared to CTS/TAN 0 and 5%. The microspheres were evaluated in terms of coagulation/ flocculation assays by Jar test using an experimental factorial design (23). The coagulant mass of 10 mg and 25 mg, pH = 7.0 and pH = 8.0 and settling time of 15 min and 30 min were used as main factors. The factors were assessed for percentage removal of turbidity and color, which gave satisfactory results in the removal of turbidity with a minimum at 51.52% and a maximum at 76.67% and color removal with a minimum at 42.86% and maximum at 66.00%. The best results of were obtained using microspheres CTS/TAN 5% at pH 8.0 and settling time of 30 min and 25 mg of coagulant. Microspheres of CTS/TAN are promising in the treatment of water, but additional studies are necessary for searching the better conditions/results for water treatment.

As informações sobre a absorção de flavonóides ainda são muito controversas e na sua grande maioria os estudos foram realizados com O-heterosídeos, flavonóides bastante instáveis. Para o estudo de previsão de absorção de flavonóide foi utilizado a vicenina-2, que é um flavonóide C-heterosídeo, com atividade antinflamatório. A relação entre retenção-atividade (QRAR) usando a cromatografia micelar de biopartição (BMC) foi a técnica empregada para atingir tal objetivo. Os resultados deste método in vitro foram comparados com resultados obtidos em ensaios in vivo de permeação intestinal em ratos obtendo-se as mesmas taxas de absorção de 60%. A taxa de união a proteínas plasmáticas foi avaliada por eletroforese capilar (EC) e indicou uma relação entre estrutura-taxa de união a albumina (HSA). A presença ou a disponibilidade da hidroxila em C3 do anel C do flavonóide parece ser determinante para altas taxas de união a HSA, e as substituições no anel B não demonstraram importantes relações na taxa de união a HSA. No estudo de afinidade dos polifenólicos a proteínas plasmáticas totais verificou-se uma alteração de comportamento de ligação em relação a HSA de alguns compostos. Esse comportamento foi atribuído a uma degradação sérico pelas enzimas presentes no plasma ou pela competição pelos sítios de ligação dos compostos fenólicos com substâncias endógenas. Após a obtenção da informação de que a vicenina-2 é um flavonóide que possui absorção intestinal, foi possível desenvolver o extrato de Lychnophora ericoides com máxima extração de vicenina-2, utilizando delineamento fatorial. Esse delineamento estatístico mostrou-se eficiente para a obtenção de produto farmacêutico, utilizando um mínimo de experimentos. Nesses estudos, além do controle químico da presença de vicenina-2, estudos de genotoxicidade e atividade antinflamatória pela inibição da atividade sobre o óxido nítrico foram realizados e verificou-se que o extrato fluido padronizado, não possui atividade genotóxica e mantém a atividade antinflamatória, vista pela inibição da formação do NO. O extrato fluido padronizado com tais propriedades foi obtido com etanol 20° GL, 24 de maceração simples e proporção droga:solvente de 1:5. A secagem desse extrato, com o objetivo de melhorar a estabilidade e garantir propriedades tecnológicas adequadas, foi realizada por nebulização (spray dryer). O pó obtido foi avaliado e manteve suas propriedades. / Information on flavonoid absorption is still too controversial. Studies have been mostly carried out with O-heterosides, very unstable flavonoids. As for the study of flavonoid absorption forecast, vicenine-2 was used, which is a C-heteroside flavonoid with anti-inflammatory activity. The quantitative relationship retention-activity (QRAR) using biopartition micellar chromatography (BMC) was the technique used to achieve this purpose. The results of this method in vitro were compared with results obtained in tests in vivo of intestinal permeation with rats and the same 60% absorption rates were obtained. The linking rate to plasmatic proteins was evaluated by capillary electrophoresis (CE) and indicated a relation between structure-rate of linking to albumin (HSA). The presence or the availability of hydroxyl in C3 of the C ring of the flavonoid seems to be determinant for high linking rates to HSA and the replacements in the B ring did not show important relations in the linking rate to HSA. As for total plasmatic proteins, it was also possible to verify that flavonoid heteroside seem to undergo metabolism by enzymes present in the plasma. After obtaining the information that vicenin-2 is a flavonoid which has intestinal absorption, the development of an extract of Lychnophora ericoides enriched with vicenin-2 was possible, using factorial outlining. This statistical outlining showed to be efficient for obtaining a pharmaceutical product, using few experiments. In these studies, besides the chemical control of vicenin-2 presence, genotoxicity and anti-inflammatory (on nitric oxide (NO)) studies were carried out and it was verified that the standardized fluid extract does not have genotoxic activity and keeps the anti-inflammatory activity, that can be seen by the inhibition of NO formation. The standardized fluid extract with such properties was produced with ethanol 20 GL, 24 of simple maceration and ratio plant:solvent of 1:5. The drying process of this extract, with the purpose of improving stability and assuring adequate technological properties, was carried out by nebulization (spray dryer). The obtained result was evaluated and kept its properties.