Super oxide anion had been known as a critical role in a phagocytic cell when microorganisms invade inside. However, this radical seldom need for a clean environment such in a developed country. Moreover, this agent sometimes triggered as serious factor in the site of inflammation. There are many papers which concerned newly found anti-oxidative substances. However, many reports only focused on...

Remarkable surface wettability transition occurs with an inducement of ultraviolet (UV) for aligned ZnO nanorod films. The inorganic oxide films, which show super-hydrophobicity (left), become super-hydrophilic (right) when exposed to UV illumination. After the films are placed in the dark, the wettability evolves back to super-hydrophobicity. This reversible effect is ascribed to the cooperati...

The effects of altered thyroid hormones level (through induction of Hypothyroidism or Hyperthyroidism) on oxidative stress and antioxidant biomarkers as well as on gene expression of neuronal nitric oxide synthase and superoxide dismutase of adult male rat brain were studied. Hypothyroidism was induced by daily intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection of propylthiouracil (PTU, 10 mg/kg body weight) for...

Abbreviations: BBB: Blood Brain Barrier; Ca: Calcium; CT: Computed Tomography; EM: Electro-Magnetic; EMA: European Medicines Agency; FDA: (U.S.) Food And Drug Administration; Fmri: Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Gd: Gadolinium; GI: Gastro-Intestinal; IV: Intra-Venous; Mn: Manganese; MEMRI: Manganese-Enhanced MRI; Mn-DPDP: Chelated Manganese Nanoparticles; MRA: Magnetic Resonance Angiogr...

Cadmium (Cd) is considered as phytotoxic in nature, its toxicity on the plant development decrease antioxidative enzymes activities under stress environment. Castor (Ricinus Communis L.) a metal tolerant and ability to survive highly polluted soils. exhibited high level of Cd soil buildup antioxidants i.e., super oxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD) malondialdehyde (MAD) top ground parts str...

Cadmium (Cd) is widely used in some industries and emitted from fossil fuels. It a heavy metal with number of side effects, including hepatotoxicity. Resveratrol (Rs) considered an important polyphenol, which secondary plant metabolite has the ability to scavenge free radicals. The study was designed evaluate effects resveratrol on Cd, induced hepatotoxicity, by assessment histopathological bio...

IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY, the Chimera was a fearsome monster with the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a serpent, which was slain by Bellerophon. In their paper (the current article in focus, Ref. 1, see p. L917 in this issue) on the construction of a chimeric superoxide dismutase (SOD), it appears that Gao et al. may have slain the monstrous task of constructing a therapeutically ...

OBJECTIVES The objective of the study is comparing pathohistological picture and test results of the activity of the enzymes of the anti-oxidative protection -cytoplasmic super-oxide dismutase (CuZnSOD) from the blood and endometrium in the promotion of the progression or regression of the hyperplasia and endometrium carcinoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study has been carried out on 70 patien...