Many studies show the antioxidant ability of parasite plant. This study aims to determine capacity Dendrophthoe pentandra (L.) Miq and Scurrula ferruginea stem from Syzygium aqueum use as a natural source. The sample was taken host aqueum. sampels were exraction with ethanol using maceration. parameters determined spectrophotometrically specific reagents that 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl, phen...

This study determined the reliability of dipstick urinalysis for detection of protein, glucose, blood and nitrites in non-random urine samples from 300 people aged > 50 years attending a health centre for check-up. The gold standards were fasting blood glucose for glucosuria and the sulfosalicylic acid method for urine protein. Microscopic examination of urinary sediment and urine culture were ...

Many methods have been devised to detect the action of bacterial cultures in or on gelatin media. The traditional gelatin stab technique involves incubation of the culture below the thermal liquefaction point of the gelatin in order to inaintain the gel structure so that the shape and size of the liquefied portion can be observed. A long incubation time is usually required. Bertiau (1914) sugge...

Human platelets and platelet particulate fractions were found to emit a burst of chemiluminescence during incubation with arachidonic acid. The magnitude of light emission was directly related to the number of platelets in the reaction mixture and varied little for the same individual from day to day. The chemiluminescence response of platelets was localized to the particulate fraction and was ...

Attack of the vascular endothelium by free radical and other reactive oxygen species OCCUTS in many pathological conditions, including rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel diseases, arteriosclerosis and ischaemd reperfusion injury. Such attack may be an important part of ampllfylng the cellular injury seen. Damage or destruction of endothelial cells will result in activation of thrombotic a...

Digoxin determined in the Abbott "TDx" by fluorescence polarization immunoassay by the manufacturer's recommended method involving precipitation of protein with 5-sulfosalicylic acid (SSA) is subject to interference from endogenous compounds having digoxin-like immunoreactivity. Guided by the work of Graves et al. (Clin Chem 1986;32:1506-9), we eliminated interference caused by digoxin-like imm...

Elimination of endogenous digoxin-like immunoreactive factors (DLIF) that interfere with accurate measurement of digoxin requires use of a highly specific anti-digoxin antibody, or that DLIF be separated from digoxin before immunoassay. Several commercial digoxin-assay kits include a step for separating serum proteins and other substances from digoxin before immunoassay. We tested six different...