We have reported previously that dihydrotestosterone (DHT) induces a biphasic effect on DNA synthesis in human vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC), i.e. stimulation at low concentrations and inhibition at high concentrations. In contrast, DHT dose-dependently stimulated [(3)H]thymidine incorporation in a human endothelial cell line (ECV304). Additionally, DHT increased the specific activity of ...

In this research, the optimum conditions for the separation of polyphenols from apple juice (AJ) and the separation of BSA from a BSA/water solution were found by looking at the enrichment ratio (ER) and recovery. A mixture of the AJ and BSA was also studied to see how the different conditions affect separation of either compound. For AJ only, maximum ER was achieved at a feed concentration of ...

The cytochrome P450 (P450)-dependent conversion of phenytoin (PHT) to p-hydroxy phenytoin (pHPPH), and tolbutamide (TLB) to 4-hydroxy tolbutamide (hydroxy-TLB), in human liver microsomes was studied in the presence of increasing concentrations (0-4%) of bovine serum albumin (BSA). Therefore, the free fraction (f(u)) of PHT and TLB varied. Whereas the f(u) of PHT (5 microM) decreased, an increas...

The interaction of bovine serum albumin ( BSA) and egg albumin with water solublephthalocyanine, cobalt (ΙΙ) 4, 4′ , 4′′, 4′′′- tetrasulfophthalocyanine ( CoTSPc) , has been studiedby the UV- Vis method at pH 7.0 and five different temperatures 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40°C. Theformation constants have been elucidated by using spectrophotometric titration and computerSQUAD program data refinement. Th...

the aim of this investigation was to assess the effect of different antioxidants on the motility andmembrane integrity of the ram semen during storage at 5ºc for 0, 12, 24, 48 and 72 hrs after collection anddilution. a total of 57 ejaculates from 12 bakhtiary rams was collected by artificial vagina and were extended1 : 3 with egg yolk-citrate buffer, which was containing one of the following an...

Freeze-drying a biodegradable polymer, poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA), from 1,4-dioxane solutions provided very porous spherical particles of ca. 3 mm in radius with specific surface area of 8-13 m(2) g(-1). The surface of the particle was found to be less porous compared with its interior. To apply the freeze-dried PLLA (FDPLLA) to drug delivery system, its morphology and drug releasing kinetics w...

Hyaluronan (HA) hydrolysis catalysed by hyaluronidase (HAase) is strongly inhibited when performed at low HAase over HA concentration ratio and under low ionic strength conditions. The reason is the ability of long HA chains to form electrostatic and non-catalytic complexes with HAase. For a given HA concentration, low HAase concentrations lead to very low hydrolysis rates because all the HAase...

Open-tubular CEC (OT-CEC) with a new stationary phase, salophene-lanthanide-Zn(2+) complex, has been applied to the separation of tryptic peptides of native BSA and BSA glycated by glucose and ribose. Glycation of proteins (non-enzymatic modification by sugars) significantly affects their properties and it is of great importance from a physiological point of view. Separation of tryptic peptides...

D epartm ent of Radiology. University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA Z. Naturforsch. 41b, 1170—1177 (1986); received February 20, 1986 Bovine Serum Albumin, Gadolinium Complexes, Contrast Agents for NMR Imaging, Nitroxyls Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) was spin labeled using the active esters 3 and 5 containing a nitroxyl radical to give the spin labeled BSA derivatives 4 and 6...