Ochradenus baccatus is a medicinal plant of high value, spread over sandy and stony places of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and most of the desert regions of Egypt. This species contains several flavanoids and specific constituents which are important as these have already been effectively used in lowering cholesterol in the blood of rats and high inhibition potential of the malarial parasite (Plasmo...

Purpose: In this article we studied the effect of the packaging material on the liquid stability of interferon alpha 2b (rhIFN-α2b). Methods: The compatibility of this cytokine with type I borosilicate glass ampoules was evaluated by ELISA and RP-HPLC, at 4oC and after heat sealing. Additionally, the influence of protein concentration (3 and 10 MIU/ml), buffer species (sodium phosphate, sodium ...

Background Livers derived from donation after cardiac death (DCD) are increasingly accepted for transplantation. However, DCD livers suffer additional donor warm ischemia, leading to biliary injury and more biliary complications after transplantation. It is unknown whether oxygenated machine perfusion results in better preservation of biliary epithelium and the peribiliary vasculature. We compa...

Red blood cell membrane contains blood group antigens, and typing and matching are needed before donor blood can be transfused into patients. This results in delays in emergency situations. Donor blood requires storage at 4oC using standard methods and is good for less than 42 d. Red blood cells cannot be sterilized to remove hepatitis viruses, HIV and other potential emerging infective agents....

1 This study examined whether the exercise-increased extracellular heat shock protein 72 2 (eHsp72) level in rat was associated with body temperature elevation during exercise. In all, 3 26 female Sprague-Dawley rats (3 months old) were assigned randomly to control (CON, n = 4 8), exercise under warm temperature (WEx, n = 9), or exercise under cold temperature (CEx, 5 n = 9). The WEx and CEx we...

Infections of prosthetic grafts in vascular surgery are the cause of many serious postoperative complications including death (Bahnini et al.,1991; Callow,1996; Wilson,2001; Yeager&Porter,1992). Encouraging results were obtained when cold-preserved fresh arterial homografts and other biologic grafts were used to replace infected prosthetic grafts (Chiesa et al.,1998, 2002). Cooling down the gra...

Thirty-six Merino lambs (8 to 9 wk of age, and 15.3 ± 0.13 kg of initial BW) 1 were used to evaluate the effects of the inclusion of 120 g sugar beet pulp (replacing 2 barley) and of the addition of 20 g sodium bicarbonate per kg concentrate on feed 3 intake, digestibility, animal performance and carcass characteristics in fattening lambs. 4 Animals were housed individually and fed barley straw...

Background: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), is the major known infectious cause of gastric diseases in children and adults. The rate of antibiotic resistance to H. pylori treatment regimens has rapidly increased. We aimed to determine the sensitivity of helicobacter pylori in gastric tissue samples of children and adolescents to various antibiotics in Isfahan, Center of Iran. Materials and Met...

A plant’s response to osmotic stress is a complex phenomenon that causes many abnormal symptoms due limitations in growth and development or even the loss of yield. The current research aimed analyze agronomical, physiological, biochemical mechanisms accompanying acquisition salt resistance Vigna radiata L. variety ‘Ramzan’ using seed osmo- thermopriming presence PEG-4000 4 °C under induced sal...