Yu-xi Liu, C. P. Sun, and Franco Nori Frontier Research System, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan Institute of Theoretical Physics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China Center for Theoretical Physics, Physics Department, and Center for t...

Seaweed is a highly attractive marine crop for the production of biofuels, due to its rapid growth rate as well as high polysaccharide and low lignin content. One appealing exploitation route is the production of biogas by anaerobic digestion. Interestingly, despite the compositional differences between seaweed and lignocellulosic biomass, available data indicate that conditions and inocula tra...

Given a fixed integer n, we consider closed subgroups G of GLn(Zp), where p is sufficiently large in terms of n. Assuming that the Zariski closure of G in GLn has no toric part, we give a condition on the (mod p) reduction of G which guarantees that G is of bounded index in GLn(Zp) ∩ G(Qp). In [No], Nori considered a special class of subgroups of GLn(Fp), namely groups which are generated by el...

BACKGROUND Few studies have examined whether dietary factors might affect blood pressure in children. We purposed to investigate whether seaweed intake is associated with blood pressure level among Japanese preschool children. METHODS The design of the study was cross-sectional and it was conducted in autumn 2006. Subjects were healthy preschoolers aged 3-6 years in Aichi, Japan. Blood pressu...

The seaweed biofilter Ulva reticulata was grown at two stocking densities (1 and 3 kg m-2) in a low cost integrated system in Zanzibar, Tanzania. The seaweed was stocked in 2 m2 cages made of 1 inch netting material placed at the outflow of fish ponds. Control seaweed was grown at the fish pond inflow channel. At a stocking density of 3 kg m-2, the weight of the seaweed increased by 700 g (fw) ...

Lian-Ao Wu, Adam Miranowicz, XiangBin Wang, Yu-xi Liu, and Franco Nori IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, 48011 Bilbao, Spain Department of Theoretical Physics and History of Science, The Basque Country University (EHU/UPV), 48080 Bilbao, Spain Advanced Science Institute, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan CREST, Japan Science and ...

In July 2011, a Vibrio alginolyticus infection was diagnosed in a woman from Guernsey in the Channel Islands, British Isles after sea bathing and application of a natural seaweed dressing to a pre-existing leg wound. Microbiological investigation confirmed Vibrio in the wound and the species of seaweed used for the dressing. The washing of open wounds in seawater and use of unsterilised seaweed...

We screened seaweed species from Atlantic Canada for antidiabetic activity by testing extracts for alpha-glucosidase inhibitory effect and glucose uptake stimulatory activity. An aqueous ethanolic extract of Ascophyllum nodosum was found to be active in both assays, inhibiting rat intestinal alpha-glucosidase (IC50 = 77 microg/mL) and stimulating basal glucose uptake into 3T3-L1 adipocytes duri...

The brown seaweed Fucus vesiculosus (Fucales, Fucaceae) was screened for its protective activity using doxorubicin-induced DNA damage in human lymphocytes. In this study, we assessed the genotoxic and antigenotoxic potential of three different concentrations (0.25, 0.5 and 1.0 mg mL) of F. vesiculosus aqueous extract using the chromosome aberration and Comet assays. Treatment of human lymphocyt...

This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of Grateloupia elliptica, a seaweed native to Jeju Island, Korea, on the prevention of hair loss. When immortalized rat vibrissa dermal papilla cells were treated with extract of G. elliptica, the proliferation of dermal papilla cells significantly increased. In addition, the G. elliptica extract significantly inhibited the activity of 5α-reductas...