Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a neurotrophin which promotes a variety of neural processes ranging from neuronal health to the survival in the peripheral and central nervous systems. There is interest in serum BDNF as a potential biomarker of anxiety disorders in pet dogs for veterinary and comparative behavior research. As an initial step in applying BDNF in canine research, work ...

Purpose : The aim of this study is to compare the results of two series of penetrating keratoplasties, e.sch with a different method of conservation. Methods : The corneas of sixteen donors were conserved one of each pair at 4OC and the other at 31%. The average duration of conservation was 3.2 days at 4°C and 13.4 days at 31°C. Average endothelial cell density evaluated with trypan blue was 34...

The study of cookie development was carried out at the Department Food Technology, Parul Institute Applied Sciences, University, Vadodara. main objective to develop cookies. goal cookies which provide enough calcium and magnesium are found in pumpkin sunflower seeds rich antimicrobial antioxidant properties protein. Cookies were developed by using seed flour first ground into powder combined wi...

Introduction: Respiratory tract infection refers to any infectious disease involving the respiratory tract. In low-income and middle-income countries, is considered as one of major public health problems. It can lead severe mortality morbidity in children well adults. Over years there has been a development resistance antibiotics used for treatment throat infections which led search alternative...

The research was conducted on pig carcasses and meat of 16 Black Slavonian pigs, fattened to approximately 130 kg body mass (group A), and 16 pigs of the same breed fattened to approximately 110 kg body mass (group B). Pigs were kept in the semi-outdoor system, with the same housing and feeding conditions. Dissection of right cooled pig carcasses (+4oC) was conducted according to the modified m...

Baci"us sp. RK-1 was isolated as a bacterium that produced maltose phosphorylase (MPase) in the c"lture supernatant. Screening was done from among about 400 isolates that could grow at 55OC in a medium containing maltose as the sole carbon source. The enzyme was purified to an electrophoretically homogeneous state and some properties were investigated. The Ml of the enzyme was estirnated to be ...

A flat-bed apparatus for preparative gel electrophoresis with intermittent elution [l-31 permits the collection simultaneously of anodeand cathode-migrating components of a mixnue. We employed this first for the separation of isoenzymes of lactate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.27) in crude tissue extracts. Enzyme activity was determined by reaction rate observed at 340 nm in the presence of 0.14 mM N...

The effects of honey solutions on preventing browning discoloration and maintaining visual appearance in fresh-cut ‘Nam Dok Mai’ mango fruit and the comparison of honey dip and commercially used citric acid and ascorbic acid dips were investigated. The mango cubes were dipped in honey solutions at the concentration of 0, 5, 10, 15, 20 or 25 % (v/v) and the visual appearance and browning intensi...

Multiple shoots were achieved through axillary bud explant of Spilanthes acmella on MS medium supplemented with 0.5mg/l BA. In vitro developed axillary buds and tiny shoots isolated from the multiple shoots were encapsulated in different strength of sodium alginate. The present work explains the role of components of culture medium on morphogenic response of encapsulated shoot tips to various t...

c-Met is a tyrosine receptor kinase which is activated by its ligand, the hepatocyte growth factor. Activation of c-Met leads to a wide spectrum of biological activities such as motility, angiogenesis, morphogenesis, cell survival and cell regeneration. c-Met is abnormally activated in many tumour types. Aberrant c-Met activation was found to induce tumour development, tumour cell migration and...