We purified and characterized a cold-active polygalacturonase (PG) from the extracellular fraction of Cystofilobasidium capitatum strain PPY-1. The purified PG from strain PPY-1 has a molecular mass of about 44 kDa, and exhibited high activity at 0 degrees C, although its optimum temperature was 45 degrees C. Although the Km value for polygalacturonate as a substrate at 45 degrees C was found t...

Résumé La fracture scapho-capitale ou syndrome naviculo-capital de Fenton, est une lésion très rare, souvent méconnue. Elle résulte d'un traumatisme du poignet de haute énergie. Son mécanisme est controversé. Les auteurs rapportent l'observation d'un patient,qui a présenté dans les suites d’un accident de la voie publique une fracture du scaphoïde associée à une fracture du capitatum, du trique...

Wilt is an important disease of tomato crop causing significant reduction in yield. In present study, the pathogenic fungus was isolated from infected plant and identified based on morphological and cultural characters as Fusarium oxysporum f.sp.lycopersici whose pathogenicity was confirmed by Koch’s postulate on tomato seedling. In vitro evaluation of extracts of 20 plant species was done by p...

28-year-old male patient with acute promyelocytic leukemia developed pneumonia subsequent to chemotherapy. Geotrichum capitatum was isolated from sputum. Patient was admitted to intensive care unit due to respiratuar distress. Linezolid, imipenem, caspofungin and parenteral nutrition therapy (PNT) were initiated. Caspofungin was changed to voriconazole due to widespread reticulonodular and cons...

Flavonoids are plant pigments that have been demonstrated to exert various pharmacological effects including anti-cancer, anti-diabetic, anti-atherosclerotic, anti-bacterial, and anti-inflammatory activities. However, the molecular mechanisms in terms of exact target proteins of flavonoids are not fully elucidated yet. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the anti-inflammatory mechanism of scute...