The objective of this study was to determine the effect of pregrazing pasture herbage mass (HM) on CH4 emissions, ruminal fermentation, and ADG of grazing beef heifers at 2 stages of the grazing season. Thirty Limousin cross heifers were allocated to 1 of 2 target pregrazing HM treatments [a low HM (LHM) or high HM (HHM) treatment] for 126 d in a randomized block design experiment. Pasture herb...

PURPOSE The exact etiology of mesenteric panniculitis (MP) is still unknown and has been discussed in relation to different causes. The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate a coherence between MP and malignancy. MATERIALS AND METHODS Retrospective analysis of consecutive CT abdomen examinations of 5595 patients in terms of MP over a period of 3 years was performed. To make the diag...

The melting point (MP), an easily accessible physical parameter, has considerable potential for the judgment of drug-like properties. However, to the best of our knowledge, there are no useful guidelines for understanding the relationship between the MP and drug-like properties. To this end, we have constructed the largest MP database (experimental value) of globally approved drugs (3164 organi...

We present cyclic voltammetry studies of the underand overpotential deposition of copper on a Pt(111) electrode in aqueous 0.50 M sulfuric acid solution in the presence and in the absence of adsorbed layers of 2and 4-mercaptopyridine (2-MP, 4-MP). In general, the presence of adsorbed layers has been found to inhibit electrodeposition processes, suggesting very strong interactions between the ad...

3-Aminobenzamide (3AB) has been used widely to inhibit the nuclear enzyme poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (EC 2.4.2.30) and study the involvement of poly(ADP-ribose) synthesis in DNA repair and other cellular functions. 3AB (3 mM) potentiates the cytotoxicity of 6-mercaptopurine (MP) and azathioprine in CHO-K1 cells with dose enhancement factors at 10% survival of 30-fold. In synchronized cells, 3A...

This study investigated the effects of microbial transglutaminase (MTGase) and pH-shift processing on the functional properties of porcine myofibrillar proteins (MP). The pH-shift processing was carried out by decreasing the pH of MP suspension to 3.0, followed by re-adjustment to pH 6.2. The native (CM) and pH-shifted MP (PM) was reacted with and without MTGase, and the gelling and emulsion ch...

background meralgia paresthetica (mp) is a benign clinical syndrome of entrapment of the lateral cutaneous nerve in the thigh. among the complications of bariatric surgery, neurologic complications are not uncommon and of these complications, mp is a frequent clinical diagnosis. thus, knowing the clinical risk factors of mp is of great importance as they help with the differential diagnoses of ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The benefit of strict blood pressure (BP) control in high-risk patients with symptomatic major cerebral artery disease and misery perfusion (MP) is controversial. Our purposes were (1) to determine whether MP is a predictor of a 5-year risk of subsequent stroke and (2) to investigate the relationships among BP during follow-up, MP, and the stroke risk. METHODS We studie...

The role of mitochondria in stimulus-secretion coupling of pancreatic beta-cells was examined using methyl pyruvate (MP). MP stimulated insulin secretion in the absence of glucose, with maximal effect at 5 mM. K+ (30 mM) alone, or in combination with diazoxide (100 microM), failed to enhance MP-induced secretion. Diazoxide (100 microM) inhibited MP-induced insulin secretion. MP depolarized the ...

cis-3-(9H-Purin-6-ylthio)acrylic acid (PTA) is a structural analog of azathioprine, a prodrug of the antitumor and immunosuppressive drug 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP). In this study, we examined the in vitro and in vivo metabolism of PTA in rats. Two metabolites of PTA, 6-MP and the major metabolite, S-(9H-purin-6-yl)glutathione (PG), were formed in a time- and GSH-dependent manner in vitro. Formati...