Jellyfish play a key role in many pelagic ecosystems, especially in areas of extensive bloom events. In order to understand their role in pelagic food webs and in biogeochemical cycling, the energy stored and the trophic level occupied by jellyfish need to be quantified. To date, the common protocols applied for quantifying jellyfish biomass and analyzing its biochemical composition have been t...

BACKGROUND Nasal septal cartilage is well established as an autograft material. Tissue engineering methods are now being developed to synthesize cartilage constructs with the properties of this type of cartilage. However, important baseline data on the composition of native septal cartilage is sparse. OBJECTIVES To characterize quantitatively the major biochemical constituents of native adult...

Odors from swine production facilities are associated with the storage and decomposition of manure. Diet is linked to manure composition and will likely affect odor, but the microbial mechanisms responsible for manure decomposition and odor production are poorly understood. To identify the sources of odor during manure fermentation, substrates (starch, casein, and cellulose) were added to slurr...

Seminal plasma represents a very interesting fluid for studying semen, with relevance to diluents/extenders, optimizing freezing protocols and understanding reproductive failure. Together with the reductionist approach, in this work we consider different species and, with the use of results from automated clinical equipment, provide some ranges of the most common and economically derived parame...

This pilot study examined the effects of freeze-dried mango (Mangifera indica L.) supplementation on anthropometrics, body composition, and biochemical parameters in obese individuals. Twenty obese adults (11 males and 9 females) ages 20- to 50-years old, received 10 g/day of ground freeze-dried mango pulp for 12 weeks. Anthropometrics, biochemical parameters, and body composition were assessed...

developmental changes in myelin composition. However, one suggestion has come from Hildebrand & Miiller (1974), who described differential shrinkage of thick and thin myelin sheaths during dehydration and embedding for electron microscopy. They proposed that thick and thin myelin sheaths have different chemical composition. This possibility could be investigated in discrete fibre tracts by comb...