BACKGROUND The increasing numbers of people who use plant-based remedies as alternative or complementary medicine call for the validation of less known herbal formulations used to treat their ailments. Since Puerto Rico has the highest rate of Type 2 diabetes within all the states and territories of the United States, and Puerto Ricans commonly use plants as diabetes adjuvants, it is important ...

Cadmium and mercury have a risk of disturbing the balance in ecosystem. Cd(II) is accumulated in soil and living system organism, it is easily absorbed by plants, through their root system and by leave [1]. Acid reaction of soil increases its mobility and availability. It remains in tissues for a relatively long time and is accumulated in vital organs especially in kidney and liver [2]. Contami...

OBJECTIVE Hypoalbuminemia, fluid overload (FO), and oxidative stress (OS) may be related to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. OS produces molecular modifications of serum albumin that interfere with its quantification by the commonly used bromocresol green assay. This study evaluated the impact of oxidized serum albumin (OSA) on oncotic pressure (OP) a...

A microfluidic paper-based analytical device (μPAD) for the separation of blood plasma from whole blood is described. The device can separate plasma from whole blood and quantify plasma proteins in a single step. The μPAD was fabricated using the wax dipping method, and the final device was composed of a blood separation membrane combined with patterned Whatman No.1 paper. Blood separation memb...

Ternary mixtures of Bromocresol Green (BCGH), Benzethonium Chloride (BZ(+)Cl(-)), and Quinine (Q) in dichloromethane (CH(2)Cl(2) for ratios 1:>/=1:>/=1 (BCGH(2):BZ(+)Cl(-):Q) generate species BCGH(-)BZ(+), BZ(+)BCG(-)-H-Q) and BCG(2-) (BZ(+))(2) in chemical equilibrium; whose thermodynamic parameters are determined. A new method to study ternary mixtures in a non-polar solvent has been given an...

La presente investigación se llevó a cabo con el objetivo de evaluar la capacidad para bajar pH rizósfera cinco genotipos frijol (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Fe-eficientes y Fe-ineficientes sometidos deficiencia hierro (Fe). Para su desarrollo, germinó semillas en tubos ensaye solución nutriente (pH 6.8), agar un indicador (bromocresol púrpura). Se acomodaron acuerdo diseño experimental completament...

Pharmacognosy Research,2021,13,4,218-226.DOI:10.5530/pres.13.4.14Published:October 2021Type:Original ArticleAuthors:Bonface Mwamatope, David Tembo, Elizabeth Kampira, Cecilia Maliwichi-Nyirenda, and Victoria Ndolo Author(s) affiliations:Bonface Mwamatope1, Tembo2,*, Kampira3, Maliwichi-Nyirenda4, Ndolo5 1Biomedical Sciences Department, College of Medicine, University Malawi, Blantyre, MALAWI. 2...