Shepherd's purse, Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik., has been considered a health food for centuries in Asia and is known to contain the isothiocyanate compound sulforaphane. In this study, we evaluated the anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties of a sulforaphane-containing solution (SCS) isolated from shepherd's purse. SCS had significant anti-inflammatory activity indicated by the d...

Periareolar closure in augmentation, mastopexy, and breast reduction has evolved dramatically over the past 10 years with changes in technique and technology. Plastic surgeons have tried many techniques from simple purse string closures using permanent sutures to interlocking purse string closures with GORE-TEX (Gore Medical, Newark, DE) or absorbable sutures. Running and interrupted suture tec...

A computational model is defined to explain the distribution of coin content of French people’s purses as obtained from a sequence of surveys carried out in France during the years 2002 and 2003. The agreement between theoretical and experimental data is noticeable. The model predicts the purse content in both Dollar and Yen monetary areas. r 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.