Kaempferia parviflora (KP), a Zingiberaceae plant, is used as a folk medicine in Thailand for the treatment of various symptoms, including general pains, colic gastrointestinal disorders, and male impotence. In this study, the inhibitory activities of KP against xanthine oxidase (XOD) were investigated. The extract of KP rhizomes showed more potent inhibitory activity (38% at 500 µg/ml) than th...

By using disipative version of the second and the third members of AKNS hierarchy, a new method to solve 2+1 dimensional KadomtsevPetviashvili (KP-II) equation is proposed. We show that dissipative solitons (dissipatons) of those members give rise to the real solitons of KP-II. From the Hirota bilinear form of the SL(2,R) AKNS flows, we formulate a new bilinear representation for KP-II, by whic...

Concentrations of oxirane and naphthalene were determined using GC/Mass spectrometer (modelQP201 Plus Shimadzu), in effluent samples from four selected petroleum based industries in Kaduna metropolis, Nigeria, coded as KP, TL, OL(I) and OL(II). Oxirane was detected in the morning, afternoon and evening samples of OL(II), morning and afternoon samples of KP and afternoon samples of TL. While nap...

Local anesthetics (LAs) inhibit membrane depolarization by reducing sodium and potassium conductance, and subsequent displacement of calcium ions from binding sites seems to occur. Histamine release appears to be a secretory process in which calcium couples the stimulus to the exocytosis of histamine-containing granules. Furthermore, LAs are structurally similar to histamine H(1)-receptor antag...

Hypermucoviscous Klebsiella syndrome is a unique syndrome caused by a new variant of Klebsiella pneumoniae (KP), characterized by abscess formation at distant body sites. This emerging KP strain is different from the usual classic strains in having the rmp gene which increases capsule formation making this strain resistant to phagocytosis and helping in its dissemination to distant organs. A 50...

The non-classical KP(6)Mo(18)O(73) heteropolyanion has been studied by the density functional theory (DFT) method, and the calculated geometry compares well with the experimental one. In fully oxidized [KP(6)Mo(18)O(73)](7-) state, the d(xy)-orbitals centered at eight "belt" Mo sites in the lower part of the "basket" are the major contributors to the LUMO and LUMO+1, while the LUMO+2 orbital is...

The prevalence of Klebsiella pneumonia bloodstream infections (KP-BSIs) is increasing worldwide. Few study reports focus on the KP-BSIs published in Mainland China over the previous years. This study aimed to describe the risk factors of mortality from KP-BSIs.A retrospective study was conducted in a teaching hospital in Shanghai, China, for a period of 4 years. Risk factors related to the pati...

Kisspeptin-10 (Kp-10), a decapeptide derived from the primary translation product of KISS1 gene, has been reported previously to be a key hormone for puberty and an inhibitor for tumor metastasis via the activation of G protein-coupled receptor 54. However, whether Kp-10 inhibits angiogenesis, which is critical for tumor growth and metastasis and other human diseases, is still unknown. Here we ...

In 2002, Kaiser Permanente (KP) launched its Women’s Health Center of Excellence in Culturally Competent Care in the KP Northern California Region’s Greater Southern Alameda Area (GSAA) Service Area, which includes the KP Fremont and Hayward Medical Centers. The KP National Diversity Program Offices’ Institute for Culturally Competent Care made this designation of excellence possible. The Insti...