CHUANLAI X., CIFANG P., KAI H., ZHENGYU J., WUKANG W. (2005): Quantitative analysis of chloramphenicol residues in shrimp muscle tissues by chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay. Czech J. Food Sci., 23: 251–256. A competitive indirect chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay (ic-CLEIA) has been developed for the determination of chloramphenicol (CAP) residues in shrimp. After the optimisation of four ...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to evaluate allergy prevalence to latex proteins in health care workers at the Laboratory and Surgery Room of Hospital CIMA Chihuahua. METHODOLOGY AND RESULTS A thorough clinical chart was recorded for all health care workers studied: hematic biometry, total IgE by ELISA method, specific IgE to latex antigen by ELISA (pharmacy CAP system), cutaneous te...

Algal biorefinery process utilizes every component of algal biomass to produce multiple useful fuel products. In this technique, acid pretreatment of algal biomass hydrolyzes microalgal carbohydrates into fermentable sugars, makes lipids more extractable and a protein part accessible for additional products. In the present study, Chlorella sorkiniana produced higher quantity of biodiesel than B...

Profitability in the dairy industry is heavily dependent on the accuracy of progesterone (P4) measurement, with periodic assessment of hormone levels in herds being utilised to determine the most fertile ovulation time for artificial insemination [1]. Point of care and in-line instruments, coupling ELISA techniques with electrochemical detection have been explored in order to quantify P4 in bov...

Corn is a major staple food, along with rice and wheat, in many parts of the world. There are several reports of hypersensitivity to maize pollen. However, cases of occupational allergic rhinitis induced by inhalation of maize pollen are very rare. We herein report the case of a 67-year-old male with occupational rhinitis caused by occupational exposure to maize pollen in a cornfield. He showed...

Background: Although Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) is a common cause of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in children, the currently used diagnostic methods are not optimal. Proteomics is increasingly being used to study the biomarkers of infectious diseases. Methods: Label-free quantitative proteomics and liquid chromatography-mass/mass spectrometry were used to analyze the fold change of protei...

Roundup Ready soy contains the CP4-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (CP4 EPSPS) protein. Serum IgE from two distinct populations of soy-allergic patients were recruited to determine their IgE-binding specificity. One population consisted of 10 adult patients from Europe, whose primary diagnosis was soy food allergy with some also having mite allergy. In addition, 6 primarily mite-aller...

Cytomegalovirus is one of the opportunistic infections associated with significantly high morbidity and mortality among patients living with immunodeficiency syndrome. Cytomegaloviruses (CMV) are deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) viruses and are members of the Herpesviridae family CMV are recognized pathogens that cause community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in compromised hosts. We investigated the prev...

We previously reported the identification of human CAP, a protein that is related to the Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Schizosaccharomyces pombe adenylyl cyclase-associated CAP proteins. The two yeast CAP proteins have similar functions: the N-terminal domains are required for the normal function of adenylyl cyclase, while loss of the C-terminal domains result in morphological and nutritional de...