Fish skin, a sustainable material used from ancient times to today's fashion

Isolation and Evaluation of Collagen from the Fish (Thunnus Tonggol) Skin: A Biological Material for Medical Tissue Engineering

Introduction: Collagen bears many applications in pharmacy and medicine, health and cosmetic products as well as food industry. In recent years, much attention has been paid to separation of collagen from marine organisms arising from the fact that its use in the diet is not restricted and triggers no risk of contagious diseases as well as religious restrictions. Moreover, fish collagen is uniq...

ginger from ancient times to the new outlook

context ginger is the rhizome of zingiber officinale, a perennial plant, used alone or in compounds as a spice or remedy in ancient recipes of iranian traditional medicine (itm) as an effective tonic for the memory and digestive system, the opener of hepatic obstructions, aphrodisiac, for expelling compact wind from stomach and intestines, diluting, desiccating and emollient of phlegmatic and c...

Gill remodeling in fish--a new fashion or an ancient secret?

While a large respiratory surface area is good for gas exchange, it also poses several problems, including energetically unfavorable fluxes of water and ions. As a result, fishes appear to have a respiratory surface area that is matched to their oxygen demands. When faced with changes in their need for oxygen uptake, e.g. through altered physical activity or altered ambient oxygen levels, fishe...

Latin Language and Latin Culture from ancient to modern times

Ginger From Ancient Times to the New Outlook

CONTEXT Ginger is the rhizome of Zingiber officinale, a perennial plant, used alone or in compounds as a spice or remedy in ancient recipes of Iranian traditional medicine (ITM) as an effective tonic for the memory and digestive system, the opener of hepatic obstructions, aphrodisiac, for expelling compact wind from stomach and intestines, diluting, desiccating and emollient of phlegmatic and c...