A survey of the blood of twenty-two patients who had undergone hepatic resection was performed. Serum levels of alpha-2 plasmin inhibitor-plasmin complex initially decreased from 1.58 +/- 0.31 microgram/ml on the preoperative day (PREOP), to 0.92 +/- 0.14 mu/ml on the first postoperative day (POD 1), and then increased to 3.13 +/- 0.92 micrograms/ml on the seventh postoperative day (POD 7) (mea...

Secretory class III plant peroxidase (POD, EC 1.11.1.7) is believed to function in diverse physiological processes, including responses to various environmental stresses. To understand the function of each POD in terms of air pollutants and UV radiation, changes in POD activity and expression of 10 POD genes isolated from cell cultures of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) were investigated in the l...

The induction of defense-related peroxidase (POD) activity in plants occurs in response to many biotic and abiotic stimuli. This controlled greenhouse study was an attempt to provide insight into the nature of the induction of soluble POD activity by noninjurious wind-induced mechanical perturbation (MP). In a time course study, exposure of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) seedlings to daily pe...

In a previous laboratory experiment, extracts of neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss.) and Gliricidia sepium Jacquin, locally known as mata-raton, used to control pests on crops, inhibited emissions of CO(2) from a urea-amended soil, but not nitrification and N(2)O emissions. We investigated if these extracts when applied to beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) affected their development, soil characteri...

An experiment was conducted at the Agronomy Field Laboratory of Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh to assess the effect of weeding on growth, yield and yield contributing characters of mungbean (Vigna radiata L.) cv. BINA mung4 during October 2011 to February 2012. The experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design with four replications. The trial comprised seven tre...

Intraspecific variabilities in 25 IITA accessions of African yam bean (AYB) (Sphenostylis stenocarpa Ex. A. Rich.) Harms were assessed through characterization of 36 morphological characters. The intraspecific variabilities among the accessions were evaluated by the following statistical analysis tools: Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), principal component and cluster analysis (Semi partial Rsquare...

Carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) is an evergreen tree that belongs to the Leguminosae family and typical of Mediterranean basin. It well known for its valuable locust bean gum obtained from carob seeds. However, food industry can obtain different products fruit after processing. are good sources dietary fibre, sugars, a range bioactive compounds such as polyphenols D-pinitol. Bioactive present in d...

Intraspecific variabilities in 25 IITA accessions of African yam bean (AYB) (Sphenostylis stenocarpa Ex. A. Rich.) Harms were assessed through characterization of 36 morphological characters. The intraspecific variabilities among the accessions were evaluated by the following statistical analysis tools: Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), principal component and cluster analysis (Semi partial Rsquare...

The experiment was conducted at Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute farm, Joydebpur, Gazipur during March to July 2007 to evaluate the bioefficacy of some plant extracts in controlling Cercospora leaf spot of mungbean. Six indigenous plant species i.e. Neem leaves extract (1:4 w/v), Garlic cloves extract (1:5 w/v), Biskatali leaves extract (1:4 w/v), Alamanda leaves extract (1:6 w/v), Ar...

BACKGROUND Cryptococcus gattii is a pathogenic basidiomycetous yeast that is emerging in temperate climate zones worldwide. C. gattii has repetitively been isolated from numerous tree species. Ongoing environmental sampling and molecular characterization is essential to understand the presence of this primary pathogenic microorganism in the Mediterranean environment. AIMS To report the first ...