The regioand enantioselective hydrolysis of several phenyloxiranes catalyzed by soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) was investigated using recombinant human, mouse or cress sEH. Results indicate that human and mouse sEH enantioselectively hydrolyze (S,S)-alkyl-phenyloxiranes faster than the (R,R)alkyl-phenyloxiranes investigated in this study, while cress sEH displayed opposite enantioselectivity. ...

CRESS (Communication Representation Employing Systematic Specification) is introduced as notation, a methodology and a toolset for service development. The article focuses on rigorous development of composite grid services, with particular emphasis on the principles behind the methodology. A straightforward graphical notation is used to describe grid services. These are then automatically speci...

Ficaria verna Huds. is a plant belonging to the Ranunculaceae family, known as mole grass and celandine among people. It have anti-inflammatory anti-haemorrhagic pharmaceutical effects. In this study, it was aimed determine antimicrobial effect of different concentrations F. extracts obtained from methanol, ethanol chloroform antioxidant activity extract methanol. results obtained, best (17-20 ...

Shuji Nakamura University of California–Santa Barbara, Materials Department, Santa Barbara, California 93106; Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology, Japan Science and Technology Corporation (NICP/ERATO JST) Group, University of California–Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106; and University of California–Santa Barbara, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Santa Barba...

A major challenge in basic research into homeopathic potentisation is to develop bioassays that yield consistent results. We evaluated the potential of a seedling-biocrystallisation method. Cress seeds (Lepidium sativum L.) germinated and grew for 4 days in vitro in Stannum metallicum 30x or water 30x in blinded and randomized assignment. 15 experiments were performed at two laboratories. CuCl...

Garden cress or "hab arachad" seeds are considered one of the popular medicinal herbs used in Arabian countries. Garden cress meal (Lepidium sativum) is a by-product remaining after the extraction of the oil from seeds. The decline in male reproductive health and fertility in the last 30 years has been linked to environmental toxicants. The present study was designed to investigate the effects ...

Re-creation of the extent of urban land use at different periods in time is valuable for examining how cities grow and how policy changes influence urban dynamics. To date, there has been little focus on the modeling of historical urban extent (other than for ancient cities). Instead, current modeling research has emphasized simulating the cities of the future. Predictive models can provide ins...

1. National Center for Macromolecular Imaging, Verna and Marrs Mclean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. 2. Program in Structural and Computational Biology and Molecular Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. 3. Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. 4. Department of Biolog...

The nucleus of eukaryotic organisms is highly dynamic and complex, containing different types of macromolecules including DNA, RNA, and a wide range of proteins. Novel proteomic applications have led to a better overall determination of nucleus protein content. Although nuclear plant proteomics is only at the initial phase, several studies have been reported and are summarized in this review us...