Bladder cancer is a urothelial malignancy. starts in the cells lining inside of bladder. The 5-year recurrence rate for bladder ranges from 31% to 78%, and progression approximately 45%. To treat cancer, intravesical drug therapy often used. Leonurus artemisia extract (LaE) was obtained medicinal samples Chinese motherwort Scientific Medicine; L. has various biological effects. This study inves...

A new member of the AKH/RPCH family was isolated and identified from the corpora cardiaca of the firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus. The peptide was isolated in a single step by reversed phase HPLC and the structure deduced from the multiple MS (MS(N)) electrospray mass spectra and amino acid analysis as that of an octapeptide with the sequence pGlu-Leu-Asn-Phe-Thr-Pro-Asn-Trp-NH(2): this sequence was...

T. Martin-Rojas1, F. Gil1, L.F. Lopez-Almodovar2, R. Juarez-Tosina3, V.M. Darde4, F. de la Cuesta5, G. Alvarez-Llamas5, F. Vivanco5,6, L.R. Padial7, M.G. Barderas1 1Laboratorio de Fisiopatología Vascular. Hospital Nal. de Parapléjicos. SESCAM. Toledo. Spain; 2Servicio de Cirugía cardiaca. Hospital Virgen de la Salud, Toledo, Spain; 3Departamento de Anatomía Patológica. Hospital Virgen de la Sal...

The herb and fruits of Leonurus japonicus Houtt., named "Yimucao" and "Chongweizi", respectively, in Chinese, have been widely used in China as gynecological medicines. The components of the essential oils obtained by hydrodistillation were investigated by GC-MS. The antibacterial activity of the essential oils was determined by micro-dilution assay. The results showed large variations in the c...

1. Llorens P, Martín FJ, González-Armengol JJ, Herrero P, Jacob J, Álvarez AB, et al. Perfil clínico de los pacientes con insuficiencia cardiaca en los servicios de urgencias: datos preliminares del estudio EAHFE (Epidemiology Acute Heart Failure Emergency). Emergencias. 2008 [In press]. 2. Mebazaa A, Gheorghiade M, Piña I, Harjola VP, Hollenberg S, Follath F, et al. Practical recommendations f...

1. Llorens P, Martín FJ, González-Armengol JJ, Herrero P, Jacob J, Álvarez AB, et al. Perfil clínico de los pacientes con insuficiencia cardiaca en los servicios de urgencias: datos preliminares del estudio EAHFE (Epidemiology Acute Heart Failure Emergency). Emergencias. 2008 [In press]. 2. Mebazaa A, Gheorghiade M, Piña I, Harjola VP, Hollenberg S, Follath F, et al. Practical recommendations f...