Six different types of bacteria (five strains of lactic acid bacterium and one strain of coliform) isolated from 35-day-old Serra cheese were assayed for proteolytic and lipolytic activities on milk agar and tributyrin agar, respectively. Peptidase and lipase activities were further studied via analytical assaying of free amino acids by spectrophotometry and of free fatty acids by HPLC in in vi...

Substance P (SP) binding to neurokinin 1 receptors (NK1R) in the spinal cord reportedly plays an important role in the micturition reflex as well as in nociceptive responses. We therefore investigated the effect of ablation of NK1R-expressing neurons in the spinal cord using saporin, a ribosome-inactivating protein, conjugated with [Sar9, Met (O2)11]SP, a specific ligand of NK1R (SSP-saporin), ...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Barley (Hordeum vulgare ssp. vulgare) cultivation started between 9500 and 8400 years ago, and was a major part of ancient agriculture in the Near East. The brittle rachis is a critical trait in the domestication process. METHODS A DNA sequence closely linked to the brittle rachis complex was amplified and resequenced in a collection of cultivated barleys, wild barleys (H....

This is the first report, to our knowledge, to reveal important factors by which members of the Cucurbitaceae family, such as cucumber (Cucumis sativus), watermelon (Citrullus lanatus), melon (Cucumis melo), pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo), squash (C. pepo), and zucchini (C. pepo), are selectively polluted with highly toxic hydrophobic contaminants, including organochlorine insecticides and dioxins. X...

background: in current study, chemical composition and antibacterial activity of leaves and flowers essential oils of origanum vulgare ssp. gracile against four food-borne pathogens including  escherichia coli, listeria monocytogenes, salmonella thyphimurium and staphylococcus aureus were examined. methods: the different organs (leaves and flowers) of o. vulgare ssp. gracile were harvested at f...

A revision of the Euphorbia dioscoreoides complex (subgenus Agaloma) is provided. Euphorbia dioscoreoides ssp. attenuata and E. eglandulosa, both from Mexico, are proposed as new; E. digitata is reduced to synonymy under E. subpeltata. Representative specimens are cited, and distributional and ecological data are provided.

purpose : to evaluate the effectiveness of chemoreduction (crd) for globe saving in patients with intraocular retinoblastoma methods : in this interventional case series all patients with intraocular retinoblastoma were included and classified according to the international classification of retinoblastoma (icrb) from group a to e. six cycles of intravenous vincristine, etoposide and carboplati...

Establishing plantation forests significantly increases the carbon (C) storage of terrestrial ecosystems. However, how vegetation types affect ecosystem C sequestration capacity is not completely clear. Here, a slash pine (SPP), Schima superba (SSP), and Masson (MPP), which have been planted for 30 years, were selected in subtropical China. The distribution patterns plant, litter, soil investig...

Faculty 2005: C. ALLEGRA (Rome, Italy); G. M. ANDREOZZI (Padua, Italy); P. L. ANTIGNANI (Rome, Italy); E. AROSIO (Verona, Italy); G. BREVETTI (Naples, Italy); M. COSPITE (Palermo, Italy); R. DEL GUERCIO (Naples, Italy); G. P. DERIU (Padua, Italy); C. DZSINICH (Budapest, Hungary); E. HUSSEIN (Cairo, Egypt); J. FERNANDES E FERNANDES (Lisboa, Portugal); S. FORCONI (Siena, Italy); R. MARTINI (Padua...

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, PPGEM, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, Setor 4, Prédio 74, Cep. 91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, Departament de Quı́mica, Escola Politècnica Superior, Universitat de Lleida, c/Jaume II no. 69, Lleida E-25001, Spain, Centro Universitário Feevale, ICET, RS 239-2755, Cep. 93352-000, Novo Hamburgo, RS, Brazil, Departament d’Enginyeria Quı́mica, ETS d’Enginyer...