The pharmacokinetics of 16-dehydropregnenolone (16-DHP), a sterols compound isolated from Solanum lyratum Thunb., was investigated in rats following a Single intramuscular administration (40 mg/kg). The concentration of 16-DHP in rat plasma was determined by a high Performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method with UV detection. Levonorgestrel was used as the internal Standard (IS). The pharm...

The thermodynamic stability of certain mismatched base pairs has made the development of DNA sequence sensing systems challenging. Thus, the stability of fully matched and mismatched DNA oligonucleotides in the hydrated ionic liquid choline dihydrogen phosphate (choline dhp) was investigated. Mismatched base pairs were significantly destabilized in choline dhp relative to those in aqueous buffe...

Bester, a hybrid sturgeon (Huso huso L. females ´ Acipenser ruthenus L. males), neither spermiate nor ovulate in the captivity. Thirteen-year-old adult male and female bester were injected with LH-RHa (0.1-0.3 mg/kg B.W.) intramuscularly and spawning status of the treated fish was checked 24-48 hours later. Additionally, changes in serum levels of DHP in both the responded and the non-responded...

Bester, a hybrid sturgeon (Huso huso L. females ´ Acipenser ruthenus L. males), neither spermiate nor ovulate in the captivity. Thirteen-year-old adult male and female bester were injected with LH-RHa (0.1-0.3 mg/kg B.W.) intramuscularly and spawning status of the treated fish was checked 24-48 hours later. Additionally, changes in serum levels of DHP in both the responded and the non-res...

Dehaloperoxidase (DHP) from Amphitrite ornata is the only heme-containing, hydrogen peroxide-dependent globin capable of oxidatively dehalogenating halophenols to yield the corresponding quinones. To ascertain that this enzymatic activity is intrinsic to DHP, we have cloned and expressed the enzyme in Escherichia coli. We also find that an alternate oxygen atom donor, meta-chloroperbenzoic acid...

An IL-4 antagonist was designed based on structural and biochemical analysis of unbound IL-4 and IL-4 in complex with its high-affinity receptor (IL-4Ralpha). Our design strategy sought to capture a protein-protein interaction targeting the high affinity that IL-4 has for IL-4Ralpha. This strategy has impact due to the potential relevance of IL-4Ralpha as a drug target in the treatment of asthm...

of dihydropyrazines (DHPs) such as 2,3-dihydro-5,6-dimethylpyrazine (Me-DHP), which causes DNA strand breakage in the plasmid pBR322. We showed that DHPs inhibit growth and cause mutagenesis in Escherichia coli and that Me-DHP is cytotoxic and genotoxic in E. coli due to the production of radical species in the presence of Cu . Phenyl substituted dihydropyrazines (Ph-DHPs) have much higher DNA ...

A variety of alternate training strategies for implementing the Dual Heuristic Programming (DHP) method of approximate dynamic programming in the neuro-control context are explored. The DHP method of controller training has been successfully demonstrated by a number of authors on a variety of control problems in recent years, but no unified view of the implementation details of the method has y...

Tree detection and tree crown delineation from Airborne LiDAR has been focusing mostly on utilizing the canopy height model (CHM). This paper presents a method for individual tree crown delineation based on densities of high points (DHP) from the high resolution Airborne LiDAR. The DHP method relies on the fact that the density of received laser pulses above a certain height is high at the cent...

The purpose of this study is to confirm the impact of polar functional groups on inter and intra-molecular hydrogen bonding in haloperidol (HP) and droperidol (DP) and, hence, their effects on dissolution using a new approach. To confirm our theory, a new molecule: deshydroxy-haloperidol (DHP) was designed and its synthesis was requested from a contract laboratory. The molecule was then studied...