The body of published work on the role of exhaled nitric oxide (FENO) in the study of bronchial inflammation allows it to be classed as a simple, non-invasive measurement that is very useful in evaluating asthmatic patients. During a prospective study into the effects of air pollution on the health of the population of Viseu (Saud'AR Project), children with a clinical history of wheezing were i...

Nitrosatability of dried Nigerian vegetables and spices was investigated under simulated gastric conditions. N-Nitroso-dimethylamine (NDMA) was the only volatile nitrosamine found above the preformed level except in ugwu where N-nitroso-piperidine (2.3 ppb) was also detected. The lowest NDMA value of 0.4 ppb was found in bitterleaf while onions had the highest level (14.7 ppb) of nitrosation. T...

The present study was conducted to find out the aflatoxin concentration in commercial beef cattle feed and ingredients Bangladesh. Commercial samples collected from four district of Bangladesh were analyzed by ELISA test kit for aflatoxin. levels varied widely all types 6.36 59.18 ppb. mean found be significantly higher (p<0.05) maize (32.34 ± 24.81 ppb) rice polish (20.33 9.55 which than ma...

Fibroblast activation protein (FAP) is a cell-surface serine protease highly expressed on cancer-associated fibroblasts of human epithelial carcinomas but not on normal fibroblasts, normal tissues, and cancer cells. We report herein a novel FAP-triggered photodynamic molecular beacon (FAP-PPB) comprising a fluorescent photosensitizer and a black hole quencher 3 linked by a peptide sequence (TSG...

One hundred and thirty-five soil samples were collected from a depth of 2–2.5 m near oil and gas fields of Tatipaka, Pasarlapudi, Ponnamanda, Kaza and Palakollu areas of Krishna–Godavari Basin, Andhra Pradesh, India and were analysed for light hydrocarbon gases. The adsorbed soil gas analysis showed the presence of moderate to low concentrations of methane (CH4; 2–83 ppb), ethane (C2H6; 1–92 pp...

Exhaled nitric oxide (eNO) appears to be associated with airway inflammation seen in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The present authors studied the effects of exacerbation, season, temperature and pollution on eNO. eNO was measured seasonally and at exacerbations in 79 outpatients suffering from COPD (mean forced expiratory volume in one second=42%). The effects of exacerbation s...