OBJECTIVE We aimed to examine whether baseline homocysteine (Hcy) concentrations affect antihypertensive responses to enalapril treatment among previously untreated hypertensive patients (n=10 783) in the CSPPT (China Stroke Primary Prevention Trial). APPROACH AND RESULTS After a 3-week run-in treatment with a daily dose of 10 mg enalapril, eligible hypertensive patients were randomly assigne...

Urea 171 mg/dL 15–40 mg/dL Creatinine 3.6 mg/dL 0.9–1.8 mg/dL Sodium 141 mEq/L 133–145 mEq/L Potassium 4.3 mEq/L 3.8–5.0 mEq/L Chloride 107 mEq/L 96–106 mEq/L Calcium 13 mg/dL 8.5–11 mg/dL Phosphate 2.3 mg/dL 2.4–4.1 mg/dL Uric acid 7.6 mg/dL 1.9–7.5 mg/dL Total bilirubin 0.4 mg/dL 0–2 mg/dL Direct bilirubin 0.2 mg/dL 0.2–1.0 mg/dL AST 6 U/L 10–40 U/L ALT 26 U/L 7–56 U/L Total protein 6.8 gm/dL...

The aim of this study was to determine the effects of different plant growth regulators, NAA (0 mg/l, 50 mg/l and 100 mg/l) and GA3 (0 mg/l, 50 mg/l and 100 mg/l), with various boron concentrations (0 mg/l, 50 mg/l and 100 mg/l) on pollen germination of ‘Şaba’, ‘Rabie’ and ‘Padre’ almond cultivars in 10% sucrose and 1% agar medium at 24°C in dark conditions. The results showed that different tr...

BACKGROUND Nitric oxide (NO) is an intercellular messenger that plays a critical role in learning and memory processes. Effects of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitors and guanylate cyclase (GC) inhibitors on cognitive function remain controversial. MATERIAL AND METHODS The aim of this study was to investigate effects of an NOS inhibitor, 7-nitroindazole (7-NI), and a GC inhibitor, 1H-[1,2,...

The disinfection of wastewater is a treatment that allows for its reuse. However, not all pathogenic microorganisms or their resistant structures, e.g., endospores, cysts, oocysts, are eliminated in conventional treatments. This work compared the removal efficacy sodium hypochlorite (NaClO) and peracetic acid (PAA) on three strains bacteria isolated from tertiary effluent plant. results inactiv...

an experiment was conducted to study the micropropagation of satureja khuzistanica. the seeds were planted in 1/2ms medium. after germination and growth of plantlets, they were subcultured in fresh medium. then, they cultured into medium supplemented by different concentrations of ba and kinetin. results showed that, the highest proliferation (2.4 shoots) was observed at concentrations of 0.5 m...