background: during the last two decades, significant advances have been made in the fields of lactococcal genetics and protein expression. lactococcus lactis (l. lactis) is an effective vector for protein expression and can be used as an antigen delivery system. hence, l. lactis is an ideal candidate for mucosal immunotherapy. profilin (che a 2), the major allergen in chenopodium album, is one ...

Up to a little more than twenty-five years ago thymol was the only efficient drug at our disposal for the removal of hookworms. Since then there have been successively introduced beta-naphthol, oil of chenopodium, carbon tetrachloride, tetrachlorethylene and hexylresorcinol, all of which have had their advocates, but in common with thymol none of them are free from certain disadvantages, and it...

An antiserum was raised against a fusion protein containing the C-terminal half of the protein (P3) encoded by the satellite RNA of grapevine fanleaf virus (GFLV; F13 isolate) and the N-terminal portion of the CI repressor of phage lambda. This antiserum specifically recognized P3 synthesized in the in vitro wheatgerm translation system and also in infected Chenopodium quinoa plants. In these p...