Considerable evidence exists to suggest roles for both platelets and granulocytes (PMNs) in pulmonary injury in shock. While believing that the major contributions of the two cell types are sequential. in vitro observations suggested that direct interactions between granulocytes and platelets might also amplify tissue damage. Using isotonic Percoll density gradients to isolate PMNs. we therefor...

background: soil and sediment serve as major reservoir for contaminants as they possess ability to bind various chemicals together. in this study the concentrations of heavy metals cd, cr and cu were analyzed in surface sediments of agh gel wetland in west of iran. methods: the sediment samples were taken from 10 stations. the samples were subjected to bulk digestion and chemical partitioning a...

A silicon nanoparticle solution (size ≅ 50 nm) with the concentration of 100 mM, which is contamination free, was synthesized using a ball milling method and was stable for 4 months without aggregation. This stability was responsible for large negative zeta potential on the surface of Si-NPs, established by milling in 2-propanol solvent.

Municipal solid waste used for landfill becomes stabilized, or aged, some years after placement, and can be safely excavated; the term 'mineralized refuse' is used in this study. The adsorptions of phosphorus, and the nitrification of the mineralized refuse and clay, were investigated by batch incubation. The variation of phosphorus adsorption in the mineralized refuse was fitted to the Freundl...

the aggregation of protein is the most prevalent and the most disturbing kind of instability and this challenge exists in almost every stage of the development of protein drug. the presence of insoluble aggregations in protein drugs will make the supply of the product a tough job. this study identifies the inhibition of the folded interferon beta 1-b’s aggregation with the assistance of some ex...

epidemiologic studies show that the cardiovascular diseases are associated with multiple factors such as raised serum total cholesterol, increased ldl, increased platelet aggregation, hypertension and smoking. in-vitro studies have confirmed the ability of some plants of allium species to reduce these parameters. therefore, we evaluated anti-platelet aggregation effect of some allium species (a...

raphanus sativus l. (radish) plants were grown in waste water irrigated area of dinapur, a suburban area in the north east of varanasi, india. soil and plant characteristics were compared between fertilized (farmyard manure (fym), npk, and fym+n) and non-amended control treatments. compared to the control, plants grown in fym and fym+n amended soil showed a decrease in concentrations of heavy m...