The membrane of the red blood cell hides constituents that are lipid rich and can bind to macrophage scavenger receptors, thus posing the challenging hypothesis that erythrocytes contribute to atheroma formation in coronary arteries.

HYDRATION STATES OF METEORITE CONSTITUENTS. L. V. Moroz , M. Schmidt, U. Schade, T. Hiroi and M. A. Ivanova, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Planetary Research, Rutherford Str. 2, D12489, Berlin, Germany, [email protected], BESSY GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Str.15, Berlin, D-12489, Berlin, Germany, Department of Geosciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA, Vernadsky Institut...

Bilaterally vasectomized langur monkeys were compared with age matched sham operated controls for biochemical constituents of the blood following 1.5, 2.0 and 2.5 years of surgery. No appreciable changes were observed in blood glucose and blood urea and serum total protein, total lipid, phospholipid, total cholesterol, sialic acid, electrolytes (chloride, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium, potassiu...

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) nasal therapy has been utilized to treat numerous diseases for over two millennia. It has many advantages compared with other routes. In this article, headspace-solid phase microextraction-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and high performance liquid chromatography-atmospheric pressure chemical ionization-ion trap-time of flight-multistage mass spectrometry...

Several biomolecules, which can be in the form of proteins or nucleic acids, have been identified as biomarkers, serving as telltale signs for specific diseases. These biomarkers are present in the blood at extremely low levels during the early stages of disease, often making it difficult to achieve early detection directly through whole blood testing. One prevailing factor that contributes to ...

a 90 day study was conducted on twenty four indigenous non-descript goats allocated into four groups. they were fed ad libitum basal complete feed constituted rice straw: rhea (60:40) grass hay and concentrate mixture @ 250/animal/day. basal complete feed contain 11.07% dcp and 54.21% tdn. groups were control (t0) basal diet without polyherbal supplementation, treatment 1 (t1) diet with ruchama...

BACKGROUND Rice vinegar (RV) and white vinegar (WV) as daily flavoring, have also used as accessory in traditional Chinese medicine processing. As we know, the promoting blood circulation efficiency could be enhanced when herbs processed by vinegar. Number of reports focused on health benefits derived by consumption of vinegar. However, few concerned the blood circulation bioactivity. METHODS...

BACKGROUND Astragali Radix has been used widely for the treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and to enhance endurance and stamina in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for over 2000 years. The polysaccharide constituents of Astragali Radix (ARP) are considered as one of the major constituents contributing to the multiple pharmacological effects of this medicinal plant. The ...

There is in general a fair agreement between workers as regards the lipid levels of the blood, but there are occasional groups of “normal” values for the lipids, both of whole blood and plasma, which are out of line, and even in a single series occasional widely discrepant values may be found. Inadequacy of methods, while undoubtedly responsible for some of the differences, does not account for...