Co-amoxiclav is a fixed combination of the sodium salt of amoxicillin (amoxiNa) and the potassium salt of clavulanic acid (clavK). Although clavulanic acid has weak antibacterial activity when used alone, its combination with certain penicillins results in a synergistic effect which expands the spectrum of activity of the penicillin against many strains of beta-lactamase producing bacteria. Pre...

The influence of protein in the adult diet on first cycle gonotrophic development was examined in newly colonized screwworm flies, Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel), reared on an artificial larval diet and bred in subsequent generations from females stimulated to oviposit only after all individuals in a colony were expected to have matured their eggs. This latter criterion was established with...

An extremely haloalkaliphilic archaeon Natrinema sp. SSBJUP-1 showing potent amylolytic and proteolytic activities was isolated from the saline alkaline Lonar Lake, India. Amylase and protease were active over the neutral to alkaline pH range from 6 to 9. Amylase was more stable over a narrower temperature range of 40-60C than the protease but had the higher optimum (55C) for activity. By contr...

The aim of the work was to determine the effect of potassium iodide on quantitative and qualitative changes of thiamine during thermal processing (cooking) and storage of turkey meatballs. It was found that cooking resulted in 50% loss of total thiamine. Cool storage increased the losses by about 18%, while the use of the –18°C temperature for 30 days caused about 10% loss of the total thiamine...

We demonstrate a simple one-step method for synthesizing noble metal nanoparticle embedded free standing polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) composite films. The process involves preparing a homogenous mixture of metal salt (silver, gold and platinum), silicone elastomer and the curing agent (hardener) followed by curing. During the curing process, the hardener crosslinks the elastomer and simultaneous...

The time dependence of the formation of lotus wax tubules after recrystallization from various chloroform-based solutions on an HOPG surface at room temperature was studied by atomic force microscopy (magnetic AC mode) taking series of consecutive images of the formation process. The growth of the tubules oriented in an upright fashion follows a sequential rodlet→ring→tubule behavior. The influ...

Kaur, Baljeet S., and George Triadafilopoulos. Acidand bile-induced PGE2 release and hyperproliferation in Barrett’s esophagus are COX-2 and PKCdependent. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 283: G327–G334, 2002. First published March 20, 2002; 10.1152/ajpgi.00543.2001.— Barrett’s esophagus (BE) results from acid and bile reflux and predisposes to cancer. To further understand the mechanism...

Complexes 11, 22 and 33 were synthetized according to adapted published protocols. Tris(3,3′,3′′-phosphinidynetris(benzenesulfonato)palladium(0) nonasodium salt nonahydrate] (complex 4), bathophenanthrolinedisulfonic acid disodium salt , bathocuproin disulfonic acid disodium, 2,2′-Biquinoline-4,4′-dicarboxylic acid dipotassium salt, triphenylphosphine-3,3′,3′′-trisulfonic acid trisodium salt li...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of an onium salt in the polymerization kinetics of a dental adhesive model resin. A monomer mixture, based on Bis-GMA, TEGDMA and HEMA, was used as a model dental adhesive resin, which was polymerized using camphorquinone (CQ) as a photo-initiator in addition to either binary or ternary photo-initiator systems. The binary systems were formulat...