estrogen replacement therapy (ert) in postmenopausal women may decrease the risk of coronary artery diseases (cad). we hypothesized that nitric oxide (no) releasing due to ert may be the essential factor by which endothelial permeability decreases. four groups of ovariectomized rabbits were under investigation for five weeks. groups 1 & 4 received high cholesterol diet and other two groups (2 &...

in this research zinc oxide (zno) nano-crystalline powders were prepared by sol-gel method using zinc acetate. the zno nanoparticles were characterized by x-ray diffraction (xrd), scanning electron microscopy (sem), ultraviolet-visible (uv-vis), fourier transform infra-red (ft-ir) and energy dispersive x-ray (edx) spectroscopy. the structure of nanoparticles was studied using xrd pattern. the c...

the interaction of copper oxide nanoparticles and copper ions and proteinase k from tritirachium album limber has been investigated employing uv spectroscopy and kinetics measurements. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of nanoparticles of cuo for proteinase k. in this paper we compare the effect of copper oxide nanoparticles with the effect of copper ions on proteinase k stabilit...

in this study the effect of nitric oxide synthesis inhibition on stress-induced gastric damage was evaluated in bile duel ligated, sham operated and unoperated rats. animals were injected intraperitoneally with ng-nitro-l-arginine methylester (l-name), 40 mglkg, l-argininc, 200 mg/kg or saline, 30 min before water-immersion stress. one hour after water immersion, the animals were killed and the...

objective: zinc oxide eugenol (zoe) under composite restorations should be covered with a suitable material in order to prevent the harmful effect of zoe on the composite. the aim of this in vitro study was to evaluate microleakage of composite restorations in pulpotomized primary molars with different bases for covering the zoe layer and to assess the distance between different layers. materia...

a novel zinc oxide - agar nanocomposite was successfully synthesized using zinc chloride as a precursor. the nanocomposite was prepared using a domestic microwave oven. the prepared nanocomposites have been characterized by fourier transform infrared (ftir) spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction (xrd) analysis, scanning electron microscopy (sem) and uv- visible spectroscopy. the crystalline properties...

background: respiratory distress syndrome and persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn are common acquired diseases in preterm infants. in the past several years, randomized controlled trials (rcts) have indicated that inhaled nitric oxide (ino) can potentially lower for both the incidence of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (bpd) and mortality in affected infants. other research has, however...

cu2o nanoparticles were synthesized by thermal treatment in liquid paraffin without any inert gas protection using nano structures of schiff base copper (ii) complex (1) as precursor. liquid paraffin was used as solvent and reductant. span 80 was applied to control the morphology of cuprous oxide nanoparticles. the nano structure of the complex was characterized by x-ray diffraction measurement...

background:   astrocytes are cells within the central nervous system which are activated  in a wide spectrum of infections,  and  autoimmune and  neurodegenerative diseases.in pathologic states, they produce  inflammatory cytokines, chemokines,  and  nitric oxide (no), and sometimes  they induce apoptosis.their protease-activated receptors (pars) can be activated by proteases, e.g.thrombin and ...

zno nanocrystalline thin films were synthesized using cathodic reduction of zn foil in aqueous electrolyte containing  zncl2 and h2o2, followed by annealing at 400 oc in the air. the x-ray diffraction pattern exhibited a set of well-defined diffraction peaks corresponding to the zno wurtzite phase. scanning electron microscope and transmission electron microscope images clearly revealed formati...