TODOR MISHONOV, STEFAN-LUDWIG DRECHSLER and EVGENI PENEV † Laboratorium voor Vaste-Stoffysica en Magnetisme, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Celestijnenlaan 200 D, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium Department of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Physics, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” 5 J. Bourchier Blvd., 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria Institut für Festkörperund Werkstofforshung Dresden, D-001171 Dresden, Ge...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Monoglyceride lipase (MGL) degrades 2-arachidonoyl glycerol (2-AG), an endogenous agonist of cannabinoid receptors (CB1/2 ). Because the CB1 receptor is involved in the control of gut function, we investigated the effects of pharmacological inhibition and genetic deletion of MGL on intestinal motility. Furthermore, we determined whether defective 2-AG degradation affects ...

Anaerobic bioreactors have been developed to remove perchlorate from water, but backwashing and operational interruptions can expose biofilms to oxygen. While it is well known that oxygen is a preferential electron acceptor to perchlorate for perchlorate-respiring bacteria, little is known about the effect of oxygen exposure or redox potentials on perchlorate reduction. Four different dissolved...

Thirty four arsenic resistant bacterial strains were isolated from the soil samples of Khulna Shipyard. They by growing them on nutrient broth medium containing 5 mgl-1 arsenic. From them, five finally selected, and studied their morphological, biochemical ecological characters in details. identified as Bacillus lichenifomis, polymyxa, Listeria murrayi, Moraxella urethralis Planococcus citreus....

Background & Aim: Lemon verbena (Lippia citriodora H.B.K.) is a richly scented herb and has a long history as a sacred and medicinal plant. Select an appropriate medium in tissue culture is a necessity for success Experimental: To evaluate the effect of 10 medium of previous researches for Lippia micropropagation (1- MS medium supplemented with BAP (3 mgL-1) + IBA ...

Enzymatic oxidation of 3,4-dihydroxyphenyl-L-alanine (L-DOPA) with laccase from Trametes versicolor was investigated. The highest enzyme activity at pH 5.4 and at 25 °C was found. The reaction kinetics and the effect of dissolved oxygen concentration on the reaction rate were evaluated. A mathematical model, comprised of double-substrate Michaelis-Menten kinetics and mass balances for L-DOPA an...

The town of Krugersdorp in South Africa is the locus an important wildlife game reserve, Game Reserve (KGR), which juxtaposed by (<1000 m) down-gradient large-scale gold mining outfits Mintails Mogale Gold (MMG) and Rand Uranium (RU). aim study was to determine concentration levels potentially harmful elements (PHEs) that have accumulated due post-mining activities local water bodies use the...

Robust statistical tools were applied on the water quality datasets with the aim of determining the most significance parameters and their contribution towards temporal water quality variation. Surface water samples were collected from four different sampling points during dry and wet seasons and analyzed for their physicochemical constituents. Discriminant analysis (DA) provided better results...

The colonic mucus gel layer (MGL) is a critical component of the innate immune system acting as a physical barrier to microbes, luminal insults, and toxins. Mucins are the major component of the MGL. Selected microbes have the potential to interact with, bind to, and metabolize mucins. The tolerance of the host to the presence of these microbes is critical to maintaining MGL homeostasis. In dis...