BACKGROUND Gum of Chios mastic (Pistacia lentiscus var. chia) is a natural antimicrobial agent that has found extensive use in pharmaceutical products and as a nutritional supplement. The molecular mechanisms of its anti-inflammatory activity, however, are not clear. In this work, the potential role of antioxidant activity of Chios mastic gum has been evaluated. METHODS Scavenging of superoxi...

Ten Chios ewe lambs and 10 Damascus she-kids born in October-November and similar numbers born in February along with eight multiparous females from each species, were used to examine pubertal events and reproductive seasonality. Reproductive activity was monitored by determining serum progesterone concentrations once a week for 12 months. The mean date of onset of ovulation (puberty) in autumn...

A. TSAKONAS Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Dept. of Informatics, Artificial Intelligence and Information Analysis Lab BOX 451, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece, tel: +2310-996361, fax: +2310-998453 , e-mail: [email protected] G.DOUNIAS University of the Aegean, Dept. of Financial and Management Engineering, 31 Fostini st., 82100 Chios, Greece, tel. +23271-35165, fax: +23271-93464, e-mail: ...

1 Markovian Analysis of a Push-Pull Merge System with Two Suppliers, An Intermediate Buffer, and Two Retailers; Alexandros Diamantidis, Department of Economics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki, Greece Stylianos Koukoumialos, Department of Business Administration, Technological Educational Institute of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece Michael Vidalis, Department of Business Administra...

Chios is an island of Greece in the Aegean Sea. The island, which connected to North region country, separated from Turkey by Strait Chios. It famous for mastic trees and gum obtained these trees. Shortly before death Suleiman Magnificent, joined Eyalet Archipelago (Eyālet-i Cezāyir-i Baḥr-i Sefīd Ottoman Turkish) Empire, was conquered Kapudan Pasha Piyale 1566. Due mountainous nature Chios, a ...