Background: A dressing often covers the wound to accelerate its healing. Hydrocolloid-type dressing to give better conditions for healing has been developed consisting of gelatin, pectin, water and hydrophilic polymer which promote healing. In recent years, much attention has been focused on the research and development of polymer hydrogels as biomaterials, such as contact lenses, wound dressin...

The influence of varying the amount of wheat germ agglutinin immobilized on Sepharose beads on the binding of glycoproteins to these beads was investigated. A series of wheat germ agglutinin-Sepharose gels containing between 0.10 and 10.0 mg of lectin/ml of gel was prepared, and the actual lectin content was established by acid hydrolysis of the gel followed by analysis of glycine, a major amin...

Results TGF-β1 dose-dependently increased the contraction of collagen gel mediated by cardiac fibroblasts, reaching a maximal effect at 100 pmol/L TGF-β1. TGF-β1 also stimulated H-thymidine incorporation and total protein content in cardiac fibroblasts in the collagen gel lattice. TGF-β1 dose-dependently induced an increase in αsmooth muscle actin, a marker of myofibroblasts. The TGF-β1-induced...

A Glycoprotein, particularly high in tumors, has been extracted from Morris 5123C rat hepatomas and purified. The compound constitutes a major binding component for 67Ga in this hepatoma. It has a molecular weight of approximately 45,000. Its molecular weight was determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate:polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and by Sephadex G-200 superfine gel filtration. The steps inv...

This study investigated on the effects of adding mechanically deboned chicken meat (MDCM) hydrolysates on the quality properties of imitation fish paste (IFP) during storage. IFP was prepared from Alaska Pollack, spent laying hens surimi and protein hydrolysates which were enzymatically extracted from MDCM. The study was designed as a 3×4 factorial design with three MDCM hydrolysate content gro...

Zeolites A and X were co-crystallized in controlled ratios from one synthesis gel. With increasing potassium content of the synthesis gel or increasing proportion of Na-Y seeds in a mixture of Na-Y and Na-A seeds, the ratio of zeolite X to zeolite A in the synthesis product increased.

The structural changes induced by accelerated carbonation in alkali-activated slag/ metakaolin (MK) cements were determined. The specimens were carbonated for 540 h in an environmental chamber with a CO2 concentration of 1.0 ± 0.2%, a temperature of 20 ± 2°C, and relative humidity of 65 ± 5%. Accelerated carbonation led to decalcification of the main binding phase of these cements, which is an ...

Abstract The chemical durability of borosilicate glass used to confine nuclear wastes is known vary nonlinearly with their composition, making dissolution rate predictions difficult. Here, we focus on the effect Al, an important oxide these materials. initial and residual rates were investigated through experiments conducted at 90 °C pH 9. Our results show that low Al content glasses dissolve i...