introduction: human calprotectin is an abundant protein in the neutrophil, monocyte and macrophage cytosol. effect of proliferation inhibition of this protein has been elucidated on hepatoma, melanoma, murine fibrosarcoma lukemia and human adenocarcenoma breast cancer but not in human gastric cancer cell lines. in present study, in vitro proliferation inhibition effect of calprotectin in differ...

cadmium has been known to be harmful to human health, mainly via contaminated drinking water, food supplies, tobacco and industrial pollutants. the aim of this study was to determine the ability of cadmium chloride (cdcl 2 ) to cause cell death in the human lung carcinoma cell line (calu-6). the cells were grown in rpmi-1640 medium supplemented with 10% fcs, penicillin/streptomycin (100 u/ml, 1...

OBJECTIVES The basic care requirement for patients with weakened immune systems is to create the environment where the risk of mycosis is reduced to a minimum. MATERIAL AND METHODS Between 2007 and 2013 air samples were collected from various wards of a number of hospitals in Kraków, Poland, by means of the collision method using MAS-100 Iso MH Microbial Air Sampler (Merck Millipore, Germany)...

The biological application of nanoparticles (NPs) is a rapidly developing area of nanotechnology that raises new possibilities in the treatment of human cancers. The cytotoxicity was evaluated by MTT and LDH assays. The apoptotic effect of free ICD-85 and ICD-85 NPs on HeLa cells was assessed using caspase-8 colorimetric assay. The MTT assay showed that ICD-85 NPs could enhance the in-vitro cyt...

Tephrosia apollinea is a perennial shrublet widely distributed in Africa and is known to have medicinal properties. The current study describes the bio-assay (cytotoxicity) guided isolation of (-)-pseudosemiglabrin from the aerial parts of T. apollinea. The structural and stereochemical features have been described using spectral and x-ray crystallographic techniques. The cytotoxicity of isolat...