considering great medicinal value of hyssopus officinalis l. and possibility of its mass production through in vitro culture, two individual experiments was conducted. effect of various concentrations (0, 2.2, 4.4 and 11 µmol) of tdz and bap in combination with 1 µmol of iaa on direct regeneration from nodal explants were assessed. significant difference between treatments was observed (p≤ 0.01...

the present study was designed to investigate the impact of exogenous administration of gnrh (receptal vet®, intervet pharmaceuticals ltd., india) on serum progesterone profile and conception rates during mid luteal phase of estrous cycle in buffaloes. estrus was induced using cyclix 2 ml. i/m. (intervet india pvt. ltd., india) and animals were bred naturally during observed estrus. the buffalo...

background and objectives: bitter melon is one of the anti-cancer medicinal plants that it’s wide level in vitro propagation and anti-cancer material production was necessary. different factors such as genotype, selected explants’ type and it`s preparation conditions influenced regeneration content. plant growth regulator`s effect on callogenesis and indirect regeneration from parangipetai indi...

Olfaction is an important determinant of attractiveness, possibly even more so than vision when judgments are made by women. However, research that directly compares these cues using actual stimuli (e.g., t-shirt odors) is lacking. In this study, 44 women rated the attractiveness of t-shirt odors and facial photographs of 21 men either independently (i.e., first rated t-shirts, then rated photo...

OBJECTIVE To explore the views of community pharmacists in the North West of England towards the deregulation of emergency hormonal contraception (EHC) and to examine their support and training needs. DESIGN Two focus group discussions. SUBJECTS Fourteen community pharmacists, of whom eight were currently participating in a scheme to supply EHC free of charge through a patient group directi...

OBJECTIVE To examine the association between hormonal contraception (HC) and bacterial vaginosis (BV) by systematic review and meta-analysis. METHODS Medline, Web of Science and Embase databases were searched to 24/1/13 and duplicate references removed. Inclusion criteria 1) >20 BV cases; 2) accepted BV diagnostic method; 3) measure of HC-use either as combined oestrogen-progesterone HC (comb...