The aim of this study was to evaluate the antioxidant activity, screening the phytogenic chemical compounds, and to assess the alkaloids present in the E. intermedia to prove its uses in Pakistani folk medicines for the treatment of asthma and bronchitis. Antioxidant activity was analyzed by using 2,2-diphenyl-1-picryl-hydrazyl-hydrate assay. Standard methods were used for the identification of...

BACKGROUND To describe the rare finding of a double massa intermedia (MI). Typically, the MI (interthalamic adhesion) is a single bridge of gray matter connecting the medial surfaces of the thalami. METHODS Twelve formalin- and alcohol-fixed human third ventricles were examined from superior to inferior by fiber dissection technique under ×6 to ×40 magnifications and with the endoscope. RES...

In this contribution, new data concerning bryophytes, fungi and lichens of the Italian flora are presented. It includes records confirmations for algal genus Chara , bryophyte genera Bryum Grimmia Cephaloziella Hypnum Nogopterium Physcomitrium Polytrichastrum Rhynchostegiella Saelania Schistostega fungal Cortinarius Lentinellus Omphalina Xerophorus lichen Acarospora Agonimia Candelariella Clado...

Our understanding of the molecular and pathophysiological mechanisms underlying the disease process in patients with thalassaemia intermedia (TI) has substantially increased over the past decade. TI encompasses a wide clinical spectrum of beta-thalassaemia phenotypes. Some TI patients are asymptomatic until adult life, whereas others are symptomatic from as young as 2 years of age. A number of ...