The tree species, Pistacia vera (P. vera) is an important commercial product that is salt-tolerant and long-lived, with a possible lifespan of over one thousand years. Gene expression analysis is an efficient method to explore the possible regulatory mechanisms underlying these characteristics. Therefore, having the most suitable set of reference genes is required for transcript level normaliza...

Background. The use of aloe vera is being promoted for a large variety of conditions. Often general practitioners seem to know less than their patients about its alleged benefits. Aim. To define the clinical effectiveness of aloe vera, a popular herbal remedy in the United Kingdom. Method. Four independent literature searches were conducted in MEDLINE, EMBASE, Biosis, and the Cochrane Library. ...

for centuries, aloe vera has been used by many different cultures. the ancient greeks, the romans, the babylonians, indians and the chinese have all used aloe vera as a medicinal plant. one of the common experimental cancer models is sarcoma-180. when aloe was administered to mice bearing s-180 tumors, the tumor growth was inhibited. aloe vera is a dietary supplement and not a regulated drug. t...

dum-Nielsen K. Clonal Ph-negative hematopoiesis in CML after therapy with imatinib mesylate is frequently characterized by trisomy 8. Leukemia 2002;16:1390-3. 44. Cashman J, Henkelman D, Humphries K, Eaves C, Eaves A. Individual BFU-E in polycythemia vera produce both erythropoietin dependent and independent progeny. Blood 1983;61:876-84. 45. Levin J, Cocault L, Demerens C, Challier C, Pauchard...

Removing the bacteria, including Enterococcus faecalis, from the root canal is one of the important aims in endodontic treatment.We aimed to compare the antibacterial activity of Chlorhexidine with two natural drugs. The antibacterial activities of three different propolis extracts (alcohol concentrations: 0, 15, 40%) and Aloe vera gel on E. faecalis were compared using three methods: disk dif...

Translating without in-domain corpus: Machine translation post-editing with online learning techniques Antonio L. Lagarda a,∗, Daniel Ortiz-Martínez b,1, Vicent Alabau b,1, Francisco Casacuberta b,1 a Institut Tecnològic d’Informàtica, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camí de Vera s/n, 46022 València, Spain b PRHLT Research Center, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camí de Vera s/n, 4602...

The Vienna Environmental Research Accelerator (VERA) is a dedicated facility for accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS), operated at the University of Vienna since 1996. The principle of AMS with VERA and the advantage of measuring long-lived radioisotopes by atom counting (AMS) rather than decay counting (ß decay) is described. A brief overview on AMS applications is also presented.

Cancer is diagnosed in approximately 11 million people and is responsible for almost 8 million deaths worldwide every year. Research in cancer control has shown the importance of co-adjuvant therapies. Aloe vera may reduce tumour mass and metastasis rates, while honey may inhibit tumour growth. This study verified the influence of Aloe vera and honey on tumour growth and in the apoptosis proces...

The aim of this study was to evaluate evidence for the efficacy of aloe vera on managing prediabetes and early non-treated diabetes mellitus. We performed a systematic search of PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials until 28 January 2016. A total of five randomized controlled trials (RCTs) involving 415 participants were included. Compared with the controls, aloe ve...

BACKGROUND The aim of this ex vivo study was to compare the antimicrobial effect of triantibiotic paste, 0.2% chlorhexidine gel, Propolis and Aloe vera on Enterococcus faecalis in deep dentin. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ninety fresh extracted single-rooted teeth were used in a dentin block model. Seventy-five teeth were infected with E. faecalis and divided into four experimental groups (n = 15). ...