Considering their economic importance, there has been relatively little research published on postharvest handling of cut lilies. Complicating this is the diversity of cultivar groups--asiatics, orientals, LA hybrids, OT hybrids, longiflorum and others. And, the diversity within each group is large and constantly growing as new cultivars are released. Cultivation practices and production locati...

Albinism is an inherited, generalised hypomelanotic condition, caused by impaired melanin synthesis (1). Tyrosinase catalyses the conversion of tyrosine into melanin. Mutations in its gene (tyr) have been described in a few albinos (2). A polymorphism for Mbol at codon 192 of the human tyrosinase gene has been described in Caucasians but was absent from Indian Asians and Orientals (3,4). Hence,...

A new telomycin-like cyclic depsipeptide, ambobactin (1), was isolated from the metabolites of Streptomyces ambofaciens F3, an endophyte of Platycladus orientalis. Its structure was elucidated on the basis of extensive spectroscopic analysis and advanced Marfey's method. Ambobactin is structurally related with telomycin, except that the configuration of the 3-methyltryptophanes in their structu...

The ratio of the depth of the index finger at the base of tbe nail (DPD) divided by the depth at the d i i interphalangeal joint (IPD) has been reported useful in evaluating subjects for the presence of digital clubbing. A ratio which exceeds 1 has been considered abnormal. This relationship was independent of age and sex. To determine whether the ratio of DPD/IPD was independent of race, measu...

INTRODUCTION Kimura's disease (KD) is an allergic inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology endemic in Orientals. Kimura's disease was first mentioned by Kimm and Szeto in China in 1937. Kimura's disease is commonly encountered in Asia and is mostly reported in Japan, China, Singapore and Honkong. However, only a few cases have been reported in the Indian subcontinent. CASE REPORT A case of K...

Choledochal cysts are an uncommon anomaly of the biliary system manifested by cystic dilatation of the extra or intrahepatic biliary tree or both. It is most frequently found in Orientals and in females. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography is a valuable imaging technique in the diagnosis of choledochal cysts in adults. Additionally, in selected cases, a choledochocele may be effectiv...

Male and female leaves and fruits of eleven different taxons of Iranian conifers (Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis, C. sempervirens var. sempervirens, C. sempervirens cv. Cereifeormis, Juniperus communis subsp. hemisphaerica, J. excelsa subsp. excelsa, J. excelsa subsp. polycarpos, J. foetidissima, J. oblonga, J. sabina, Platycladus orientalis and Taxus baccata) were collected from diff...