Obituary of insight into the mechanisms of myelination and of In Memoriam: neuronal–glial interactions. Wood, Dick established that the axon was mitogenic for Schwann cells and oligodendrocytes (Wood and Bunge, 1975, 1986), providing the first example of the biological The neuroscience community has lost a pioneer, a men-activity we now recognize as the neuregulin family of tor, and a generous ...

Flavonoids from Trollius chinensis Bunge.(Flos Trollii) were extracted by different method were investigated in the present study. Simultaneous determination of two flavonoids(orientin and vitexin) was accomplished by a useful, rapid and simple HPLC/DAD-ESI-MS method. A central composite design (CCD) combined with response surface methodology(RSM) was used to study the effects of extraction tim...

This research aims to evaluate the effects of seed scarification on five perennialAstragalus species including A. effusus, A. vegetus, A. subsecundus, A. brevidens and A.cyclophyllon in the field conditions. Seeds were sown after scarification with sandpaper byhand in the field of Homand Absard Rangeland Research Station, Damavand, Iran in autumnin 2008. The seeds were sown using split plot des...

This study carried out for determination and discrimination of intraspecific diversity of Astragalus verus and Astragalus glaucops by Eco-phytosociological method from west of Iran. In this order, application of Endogenous milieu (special station) for data collecting and then their analyzing permit us only determine existence of inter and intraspecific diversity. Then for determinating kind and...

Radix Astragali has been an important traditional Chinese herbal medicine for over 2000 years. It is derived from two plant species, namely, Astragalus mongholicus [Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch.) Bge. var. mongholicus (Bge.) Hsiao] and Astragalus membranaceus [Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch.) Bge.] (Leguminosae), according to the Pharmacopoeia of the People’s Republic of China. In this study,...

Background. Radiotherapy has been widely used for non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), while its low efficacy and high toxicity raise big concerns. Astragalus (as a monarch drug)-containing Chinese herbal prescriptions and radiotherapy were frequently coused for NSCLC in China; however, the effects were not systematically analyzed. Objective. To evaluate the benefits of Astragalus-containing Chi...