Macrophage cholesterol accumulation and foam cell formation are the hallmarks of early atherogenesis. Pomegranate juice (PJ) was shown to inhibit macrophage foam cell formation and development of atherosclerotic lesions. The aim of this study was to elucidate possible mechanisms by which PJ reduces cholesterol accumulation in macrophages. J774.A1 macrophages were preincubated with PJ followed b...

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K e y w o r d s S e t c o v e r i n g problems, Fuzzy sets, Fuzzy set-covering problem, Algebraic sum operator. 1. I N T R O D U C T I O N A classical set-covering problem considers the subsets I = {1, 2 , . . . , m} and J = {1, 2 , . . . , n} of integers. A collection p of subset Pj of I is a cover of I, if the union of the members of go is I, i.e., let Pj C I, go = {Pj : j C J0}, J0 C J, go i...

Abstract To investigate the effect of pomegranate juice (PJ) on cyclosporine (CsA)-induced nephrotoxicity in rats, 80 rats were divided into four groups. The first group was regarded a negative control group, and others as follows: 2 (CsA group) received CsA dose 25 mg/kg/day orally, 3 (treated plus 2.5 mL/day PJ, 4 (PJ mL PJ daily. By end 21st day, plasma creatinine, blood urea nitrogen (BUN),...

The impact of coastal pollution was studied using edible oysters, Crassostrea rivularis as an indicator at two sites viz., North Wandoor (NW) and Phoenix Jetty (PJ) in Port Blair, Andaman. The hydrographic parameters showed that nitrite, nitrate and phosphate concentration were less and dissolved oxygen were more at NW compared to PJ. The oysters were collected from the study sites and biochemi...

OBJECTIVE Serum paraoxonase-1 (PON1) expression is regulated by polyphenols, shown to activate the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma). Pomegranate juice (PJ) is a polyphenol-rich fruit. Because promoter sequence of PON1 gene indicates that it could be regulated by nuclear receptors, we investigated the effect of PJ polyphenols on PON1 gene expression in HuH7 hepatocyte...

The projective space of Rn has a natural open subset: the set of lines spanned by vectors with all coordinates > 0. Such a subset can be defined more generally for any partial flag manifold of a split semisimple real algebraic group. The main result of the paper is that this subset can be defined by algebraic equalities and inequalities. Let G be a simply connected semisimple algebraic group ov...

BACKGROUND & AIM Pomegranate fruit is inescapably linked with fertility, birth and eternal life because of its many seeds. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of pomegranate juice (PJ) consumption on sperm quality, spermatogenic cell density, antioxidant activity and testosterone level of male healthy rats. METHODS Twenty-eight healthy adult male Wistar rats were divided into...

Angiogenesis occurs not only during tissue growth and development but also during wound healing and tumor progression. Angiogenesis is a balanced process controlled by proangiogenic and antiangiogenic molecules. As a critical factor in the induction of angiogenesis, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) has become an attractive target for antiangiogenic and cancer therapeutic agents. In an ...

Pomegranate juice (PJ) and its products are directly used in foods due to their pleasant taste and palatability as well as preservative effects. In spite of useful effects of essential oils such as zataria multiflora Boiss essential oil (ZEO) on prolonging shelf-life of foods, their application is restricted due to their vigorous taste and aroma. In the present study, physicochemical characteri...