Objective: To explore the anti-inflammatory activity of calcium channel blockers. Material and Methods: The anti-inflammatory activity was determined by producing inflammation in rats of either sex. Acute inflammation was produced by injecting carrageenan, formalin and histamine in hindpaw of rats. For sub-acute inflammation the cotton pellets granuloma method was employed. Formaldehyde induced...

Background and Aims: The current study was conducted to compare the expression levels of collagen type Π and X during chondrogenesis of human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hADMSCs) pellet and micromass cultures.  Materials and Methods: Extracted hADMSCs were cultured until three passages and then transferred to pellet and micromass cultures in the experimental groups of day 7 and day...

Field experiments were conducted in 2012 and 2013 during drought conditions in South Texas and the Texas High Plains to test whether cotton water-deficit stress, age, and cultivars are moderating and interacting factors that affect cotton fleahopper, Pseudatomoscelis seriatus (Reuter) (Hemiptera: Miridae), abundance and yield loss. Irrigation and sequential plantings of several cultivars were u...

Traditionally aerial parts of Barleria prionitis Linn. has been used in the inflammation, fever & toothache. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the anti-inflammatory and anti-nociceptive activity of 50% ethanolic extract of the flower of B. prionitis (BPF) in experimental animals. The BPF in doses of 50, 100 and 200 mg/kg caused a dose-dependent inhibition of swelling caused by carrag...

Fraxinus floribunda Wallich (Family-Oleaceae) is a wide green tree in the sub-alpine region of Sikkim, India. The methanolic extract of the leaves of Fraxinus floribunda (MEFF) at 100, 200 and 400 mg/kg/p.o was screened in rats for anti-inflammatory activity by acute-carrageenan induced paw edema, sub-acute cotton pellet induced granuloma and chronic Freund's adjuvant induced arthritis models. ...

The unique properties of graphene, such as the high elasticity, mechanical strength, thermal conductivity, very high electrical conductivity and transparency, make them it an interesting material for stretchable electronic applications. In the work presented herein, the authors used graphene and carbon nanotubes to introduce chemical sensing properties into textile materials by means of a scree...

A novel plant gene CFLl was cloned from cotton (GossJPium hirsutum L.) fibers by expressed se­ quence tag (EST) database searching and 5'-RACE (rapid amplification of eDNA ends). This gene shows sequence homology with FKSl which has been identified as the putative catalytic subunit of the yeast fi-1,3-glucan syn­ thase. It encodes a protein (CFLlp) of 219 kDa with 13 deduced transmembrane helic...

We previously demonstrated that Copenhagen (COP) and DA inbred rat strains show a wide difference in a test for aerobic treadmill running that correlated positively with isolated cardiac function. The purpose of this study was to test adenosine production as a candidate intermediate phenotype that may explain part of the difference in running and cardiac performance in these genetic models for ...

To study the anti-inflammatory activity of a hydro-ethanolic extract of Alternathera brasiliana leaves (HEAB).The study was carried out using Wistar albino rats (150-180 gm) and Swiss albino mice (20-25 gm) of either sex. HEAB was prepared by cold maceration. The effect of HEAB was investigated for anti-inflammatory activity using carrageenan induced paw edema (acute), cotton pellet granuloma (...