objective: diabetes mellitus type 2 is one of the most widespread chronic metabolic diseases. in most cases, this type of diabetes is associated with alterations in levels of some inflammatory cytokines and hormones. considering anti-inflammatory properties of plant extracts rich in ascorbic acid (vitamin c) and alpha-tocopherol (vitamin e), anti-diabetic properties of these two well-known anti...

core-shell 12-tungstophosphoric acid/tio2 (hpw/tio2) nanoparticles at 10 and 20% of hpw have been synthesized by simple in-situ sol- gel method. characterization of the samples was carried out by x-ray diffraction (xrd), scanning electron microscopy (sem), fourier transform infrared (ftir). the x-ray diffraction patterns of as prepared solid samples, indicated characteristic peaks of titania wi...

The article presents the results of mechanical activation steel-smelting slag affecting properties gypsum composition. As a result study, parameters were identified that characterize reactivity during activation. It was established increase in number Bronsted active adsorption centers on surface formed powders is responsible for their reactivity. However, maximum activity leads to large percent...

objective: an association between high homocysteine levels and proteinuria in diabetic nephropathy has been shown. on the other hand, supplementation with folic acid lowers homocysteine concentration. we have studied the effects of folic acid supplementation on proteinuria in type 2 diabetic patients with overt proteinuria. materials and methods: forty five (29 men and 16 women) type 2 diabetic...

background: skin flap grafting is a popular approach for reconstruction of critical skin and underlying soft tissue injuries. in a previous study, we demonstrated the beneficial effects of two 5α-reductase inhibitors, azelaic acid and finasteride, on tissue survival in a rat model of skin flap grafting. in the current study, we investigated the involvement of nitric oxide and inducible nitric o...

Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglu-cose positron emission tomography in mature T-cell and natural killer cell ma-lignancies. Recently in Blood, Schonthal and colleagues reported in an elegant study that green tea polyphenols interact directly with bortezomib and other boronic acid–based proteasome inhibitors and block their anticancer effects. 1 This subject has significant practice implications. By re...

A convenient and efficient direct protocol for the preparation of antibacterial azo dyes by the reaction of 2-naphthol with aromatic amines in the presence of catalytic amount of N-methyl-2-pyrrolidonium hydrogen sulfate ([H-NMP]HSO4) was carried out under solvent free conditions. This method has some advantages such as: easy work-up and easy separation of catalyst from the reaction mixture. Th...