background: fungal corneal ulcer is the most dangerous and challenging type of infective keratitis.  since most of the ophthalmic antifungal drops are scarce and expensive in developing countries, attempts have been made to study fungicidal property of some readily available antiseptic agents as a substitute.  povidone iodine (pi) and chlorhexidine gluconate (chx) has been postulated to be effe...

New measurements on cross sections in $e^+e^-\to J/\psi\pi^+\pi^-$, $h_c\pi^+\pi^-$, $D^0D^{*-}\pi^++c.c.$, $\psi(2S)\pi^+\pi^-$, $\omega\chi_{c0}$ and $J/\psi\eta$ channels have been carried out by BESIII, Belle BABAR collaborations, also the $D_s^*\bar D_s^*$ channel. We perform extensive numerical analyses combining all these data available, together with those $D\bar D^*$ $D^*\bar channels....

Responses to the parenteral administration of a live aroA deletion Salmonella serovar Typhimurium vaccine given to three brown egg layer strains and two broiler strains were studied. Twenty-five birds of each strain were reared together in floor pens to 6 weeks of age and then moved as individual strains to new floor pens and injected with 10(8) colony forming units (CFU) per bird of the vaccin...

Brain ischemia affects phosphoinositide metabolism and the level of lipid-derived second messengers. Phosphatidylinositol transfer proteins (PI-PTs) are responsible for the transport of phosphatidylinositol (PI) and other phospholipids through membranes. Isoform of PI-TPs (PI-TPalpha) is an essential component in ensuring substrate supply for phospholipase C (PLC). The current study was conduct...

In a clinical study eight volunteers received psilocybin (PY) in psychoactive oral doses of 212+/-25 microg/kg body weight. To investigate the elimination kinetics of psilocin (PI), the first metabolite of PY, urine was collected for 24 h and PI concentrations were determined by high-performance liquid chromatography with column switching and electrochemical detection (HPLC-ECD). Sample workup ...

We have investigated the nongenomic as well as the genomic effects of glucocorticoids on phosphate (Pi) uptake in primary rabbit renal proximal tubule cells (PTCs) and have defined the involved signaling pathways. In the present study, cortisol-BSA (cortisol-BSA) (>10(-9) M, 30 min) was found to inhibit Pi uptake in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. However, progesterone-BSA (P(4)-BSA...

Kinetics of the cross-bridge cycle in insect fibrillar flight muscle have been measured using laser pulse photolysis of caged ATP and caged inorganic phosphate (Pi) to produce rapid step increases in the concentration of ATP and Pi within single glycerol-extracted fibers. Rapid photochemical liberation of 100 microM-1 mM ATP from caged ATP within a fiber caused relaxation in the absence of Ca2+...

herbal extracts have been successfully used in dentistry as tooth cleaning and antimicrobial plaque agents. the aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical effects of a dental gel containing barberry extracts (from berberis vulgaris) on gingivitis and microbial plaque control. a double blind clinical trial study was conducted in a dormitory on 45 boys aged 11-12 years having the same socioec...