Propionate-forming bacteria seem to be abundant in anoxic rice paddy soil, but biogeochemical investigations show that propionate is not a correspondingly important intermediate in carbon flux in this system. Mixed cultures of Opitutus terrae strain PB90-1, a representative propionate-producing bacterium from rice paddy soil, and the hydrogenotrophic Methanospirillum hungatei strain SK maintain...

In this study, the feasibility of biohydrogen production from enzymatic hydrolysis of food waste was investigated. Food waste (solid-to-liquid ratio of 10%, w/v) was first hydrolyzed by commercial glucoamylase to release glucose (24.35 g/L) in the food waste hydrolysate. Then, the obtained food waste hydrolysate was used as substrate for biohydrogen production in the batch and continuous (conti...

We report a six year-old asthmatic male who developed transient motor tics, possibly secondary to his use of fluticasone propionate (fluticasone). At this particular clinic visit, the mother reported that the patient had begun using fluticasone 50 mcg two puffs b.i.d. for the last four months. The motor tics began to appear about two months after he began the fluticasone, and continued througho...

CONCLUSION A combined therapy of fluticasone propionate nasal drops (FPND) and functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) can improve quality of life (QoL). When compared with prior data, the results imply that a generic measure of psychological aspects of QoL may be better than measures of respiratory symptoms and clinical parameters to capture a patient's perception of the disease and its tre...

The infrared spectra of CH 3 CH 2 COONa and its C-labeled modifications (1-C, 2-C, and 3l C) suspended in KBr disks were measured in the region 4000 —200 c m 1 at room temperature and liquid nitrogen temperature. Overlapping complex band contours appeared in some regions of the room temperature spectrum, most notably in the region 1500 —1350 cm" , where 5 fundamentals having contributions from ...

The speaker gave a brief review of published reports on the medical therapy of vitiligo in the last five years. First of all, the use of topical agents was discussed. Fifty percent of the patients had more than 75% of their lesions repigmented after 0.1% tacrolimus treatment. The efficacy was comparable to clobetasol propionate. There was limited data on pimecrolimus but a trial showed that its...

Acetate and propionate, produced during colonic fermentation of unabsorbed carbohydrate, may influence systemic lipid metabolism. As a preliminary study to see whether colonic acetate is incorporated into plasma lipids and whether propionate inhibits this process, 5 healthy males were studied after fasting overnight. They were given, in random order, 12.5 mmol (1.05 g) [1,2-13C]sodium acetate b...

Numerous clinical studies have indicated that treatment of human breast cancer with 2a-methyl-17|3-hydroxy-5a-androstan-3-one (2a-MHA) or its propionate ester produces objective and subjective relief (2, 3, 5, 7). That treatment actually produces significant prolongation of life has been indicated but not proved. The present study involves the treatment of rats bearing mam mary fibroadenomas wi...

Comparative evaluation of bioenergy production from food waste was carried out with both a temperature-phased and a conventional mesophilic two-phased process at different organic loading rates (OLRs). No methane was detected in the temperature-phased thermophilic-acidogenic fermenter at all the OLRs tested. However, a significant amount of methane content was detected in the conventional two-p...

During hyperpolarizing pulses, defolliculated Xenopus oocytes have time- and voltage-dependent inward chloride currents. The currents vary greatly in amplitude from batch to batch; activate slowly and, in general, do not decay; have a selectivity sequence of I- > NO3- > Br- > Cl- > propionate > acetate; are insensitive to Ca2+ and pH; are blocked by Ba2+ and some chloride channel blockers; and ...