Prior to ICSI the cumulus-oophorous-complex of the oocyte is commonly remove with impure animal-derived hyaluronidase of low strength. The lower strength of the enzyme, the high concentration of impurities and the necessity of extensive time-dependent mechanical denudation damages of the oocytes, increases the risk of lysing the oocytes and the transfer of animal-derived pathogens. All this can...

cerebrovascular disease is one of the leading causes of death in the world, and about one-fourth of cerebrovascular deaths are due to ruptured cerebral aneurysms (ca). hence it is important to find a way to reduce aneurysm formation and its subsequent morbidity and mortality. proteolytic activity capable of lysing gelatin has been shown to be increased in aneurysm tissue and expression of plasm...

two simple, accurate and precise methods for simultaneous estimation of esomeprazole and itopride in bulk drug and tablet dosage form have been described. method-a employs formation and solving of simultaneous equation using 231 and 370 nm as two analytical wavelengths. method -b is absorption ratio method, which uses 308 and 331 nm as two analytical wavelengths.beer’s law was obeyed in the con...

background: streptokinase is a potent activator of plasminogen to plasmin, the enzyme that can solubilize the fibrin network in blood clots. streptokinase is currently used in clinical medicine as a thrombolytic agent. it is naturally secreted by β-hemolytic streptococci. methods: to reach an efficient method of purification, an immunoaffinity chromatography method was developed that could puri...

found a strain of Sphingomonas sp. that produced a novel pentapeptide exhibiting high algaecidal activity against Microcystis spp. This communication describes the isolation and the structural elucidation of the active compound, argimicin A (1). The producer was isolated from a water sample containing colonies of Microcystis sp. collected at Lake Biwa, and was classified into Sphingomonas sp. b...

Background and Objectives Because of importance of catalase in various industries, efforts have been made to find more suitable bacterial sources for catalase production. Kocuria is one of well-known catalase-producing genus. This is the first report about a new catalase-overproducing bacterial strain, Kocuria sp. ASB 107. Materials and Methods Kocuria sp. ASB 107 had been isolated from Abe-S...

Galaxea fascicularis, a stony coral belonging to family Oculinidae, is widely distributed in Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and large areas of the Indo-Pacific oceans. So far there is a lack of gene expression knowledge concerning this massive coral. In the present study, G. fascicularis was subjected to heat stress at 32.0 ± 0.5°C in the lab, we found that the density of symbiotic zooxanthellae dec...

bridged bithiazoles (5,5'-ethylene-4,4'-bithiazoles) are synthesized as a good chelating agent.