Purpose Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) are chronically relapsing inflammatory disorders of the intestine. Although some therapeutic agents, including steroids, are available for treatment of IBD, these agents have limited use. Therefore, dietary supplements have emerged as possible interventions for IBD. Japanese honeysuckle flower, the flower of Lonicera japonica, is a well-known dietary s...

Arthropods face several key challenges in processing concentrated feedstocks of proteins (silk dope) into solid, semi-crystalline silk fibres. Strikingly, independently evolved lineages of silk-producing organisms have converged on the use of liquid crystal intermediates (mesophases) to reduce the viscosity of silk dope and assist the formation of supramolecular structure. However, the exact na...

Silk-based medical products have a long history of use as a material for surgical sutures because of their desirable mechanical properties. However, silk fibroin fabric has been reported to be haemolytic when in direct contact with blood. The layer-by-layer self-assembly technique provides a method for surface modification to improve the biocompatibility of silk fibroin fabrics. Regenerated sil...

PURPOSE To evaluate the safety and efficacy of silk suture as an agent for preoperative embolization of cerebral arteriovenous malformations. METHODS Clinical and histopathologic results were analyzed in six patients who underwent embolization of cerebral arteriovenous malformations using silk suture in combination with other agents. RESULTS Three of the patients treated with silk hemorrhag...

The primary objective of this research is to elucidate the interactions, mechanisms and biochemistry of the spider silk producing process at the molecular level. Our primary focus is to characterize the protein-rich fluid in the various spider silk producing glands. We have been using a battery of magnetic resonance methods including solution and solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and...

Objective(s): The objective of the current study was to prevent surgical site infection (SSI) by creating a new antibacterial silk suture. Methods: Cefixime trihydrate (CFX) was prepared as nanoparticles via mixing with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) hydrogel by covalent cross-linkage. The mixture was stirred vigorously to obtain a homogenous gel. Under this conditio...

BACKGROUND AND AIM Cassia (C.) surattensis Burm. f. (Leguminosae), a medicinal herb native to tropical equatorial Asia, was commonly used in folk medicine to treat various diseases. The aim of the present study is to investigate the effects of methanolic flower extract of C. surattensis against Aspergillus (A.) niger. MATERIALS AND METHODS Antifungal activity of C. surattensis flower extract ...

Silk Fibers has emerged as a versatile biomaterial for regenerative medicine. In article 2203237, Christine Radtke and co-workers use silk-based nerve conduit filled with spider silk fibers to treat rat sciatic defect. The silk-in-silk achieves similar performance the current gold standard, autograft, represents promising approach reconstruction.

Objective: To establish the accuracy of an eight-polar tactile-electrode impedance method in the assessment of total body water (TBW). Design: Transversal study. Setting: University department. Subjects: Fifty healthy subjects (25 men and 25 women) with a mean (s.d.) age of 40 (12) y. Methods: TBW measured by deuterium oxide dilution; resistance (R) of arms, trunk and legs measured at frequenci...