Vibrio cholerae, which is a serious human intestinal pathogen, often resides and thrives in estuaries but requires major self-regulation to overcome intestinal hyperosmotic stress or high salt stress in water and food. In the present study, we selected multiple O1 and O139 group V. cholerae strains that were isolated from different regions and during different years to study their salt toleranc...

The effect of salt concentration on catalysis by ribonuclease A (RNase A) has been reexamined. At low salt concentration, the enzyme is inhibited by low-level contaminants in common buffers. When an uncontaminated buffer system is used or H12A RNase A, an inactive variant, is added to absorb inhibitory contaminants, enzymatic activity is manifested fully at low salt concentration. Catalysis by ...

The prevalence of asthma in school children has been reported to have increased, with wide variations between countries. To allow comparison of prevalence data, objective markers of asthma should be measured. Therefore, we assessed the prevalence of bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) to hypertonic saline and its relation to asthma and allergy symptoms in 507 Austrian school children, aged 12-1...

While attempting to develop low salt, low fat and high fibre chicken nuggets, the effect of partial (40%) common salt substitution and incorporation of chickpea hull flour (CHF) at three different levels viz., 5, 7.5 and 10% (Treatments) in pre-standardized low fat chicken nuggets (Control) were observed. Common salt replacement with salt substitute blend led to a significant decrease in pH, em...

Invited talk at the First International Workshop on “Stellar Astrophysics with the World Largest Telescopes”, Toruń, Poland, 7-10 September 2004. I discuss the Gamma Ray Burst research in the era of SALT and Swift, concentrating on the GRB/SN connection.

hypertension is a common health problem. hypotensive drugs and low salt diet are used in its treatment. this study was designed to compare the effectiveness of a low-salt diet and drug therapy in the treatment of arterial hypertension. a total of 256 randomly selected patients with essential hypertension consulting the non-contagious diseases clinic in shahreza, isfahan, iran, were included in ...