Branched-chain phytanic acid is metabolized in liver peroxisomes. Sterol carrier protein 2/sterol carrier protein x (SCP2/SCPx) knockout mice, which develop a phenotype with a deficiency in phytanic acid degradation, accumulate dramatically high concentrations of this fatty acid in serum (Seedorf at al. 1998. Genes Dev. 12: 1189-1201) and liver. Concomitantly, a 6.9-fold induction of liver fatt...

Coconut is one of the industrial plants that plays an important role in Indonesian economy. The part coconut has a high economic value shell. This study aims to see maximum temperature shell pyrolysis reactor and examine spectrum pattern charcoal purified using activation hydrochloric acid (HCl), acetic (CH 3 COOH), nitric (HNO ) hot water (H 2 O). process steps are carried out at ± 310 °C for ...

This article reviews an old drug tranexamic acid to its new use in the treatment of melasma. Its mechanism of preventing the activation of melanocyte from UV light, hormone and injured kerationcyte through the inhibition of the plasminogen activator system will be explored. The detail usage for such indication and its safety profile will also be thoroughly evaluated.

In order to design plasminogen activators with improved thrombolytic properties, bifunctional proteins with both plasminogen-activating and anticoagulative activity were constructed by fusing a thrombin-inhibitory moiety itself comprises four elements: linker 1, a motif directed to thrombin's active site, linker 2 and a fragment of hirudin which binds to the fibrinogen-recognition site of throm...

in this research, aluminizing packs containing naf and nh4cl activators were used for aluminizing of pure titanium samples at 1100 ºc. the results showed that the layers of tial3, tial2, γ-tial, α2-ti3al, and α-solid solution are formed on titanium samples in both cases. however, the weight gain and the thickness of tial3 layer in treated samples with nh4cl activator are greater than those when...