The management of wound exudate requires the clinician to have an understanding of what it is, why it is present and how to monitor and assess it accurately (White and Cutting, 2006). Wound exudate was described as nature’s balsam many years ago (White and Cutting, 2006) and is the fluid produced by an open wound. It is derived from fluid that has leaked from capillaries into body tissues (Worl...

A previous study on the leaf resin composition of some Baccharis species revealed that the resinous material consists mostly of terpenoids, in which more or less lipophilic flavonoid aglycones are dissolved [1]. In B. salicifolia, a major terpenoid was found to be the rare triterpene maniladiol [2]. The major flavonoids were penduletin (6 -hydroxykaempferol3,6 ,7-trimethyl ether) and pinocembri...

Possible central serotonergic and histaminergic modulation of acute peripheral inflammation was investigated in rats, adopting the formaldehyde-induced acute pedal inflammation as an experimental model. Intracerebroventricular (icv) administration of central inhibitory neurotransmitter, serotonin and its precursor, 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) attenuated the oedema volume and exudate protein con...

We investigated the time-course involved in the conversion of mouse blood monocytes in vitro in cells capable of anchorage-independent growth. Two criteria were used to define when monocytes were fully converted to cells similar to mononuclear phagocytes present in inflammatory exudate, such as thioglycollate medium (TM)-elicited peritoneal exudate. They were the production of high levels of pl...

Intraabdominal adhesions may be acquired or congenital. Most are acquired as a result of peritoneal injury caused by abdominal surgery. They are induced by the inadvertible dissection and retraction of tissues and organs during the course of operation [4 ,6, 14]. Injury or inflammation of the peritoneum results in production of a protein-rich serosanguineous exudate. Coagulation of this exudate...

In this study of 28 immunocompromised patients, it was found that Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia could be easily and reliably diagnosed by examination of routinely prepared, Papanicolaou-stained cellular samples obtained by bronchoalveolar lavage, bronchial brushing, and bronchial washing. The distinctive intra-alveolar exudate of pneumocystosis observed in lung biopsy specimens was readily dis...

The relationship of gonococci and phagocytes in gonococcal urethral exudate was examined using a scanning electron microscope. Several stages in the phagocytic process were evident. These included pseudopodias, microvilli, and simple attachment of gonococci to phagocytic surfaces. Epithelial cells, also a part of the exudate, were examined in this study. Parallels are drawn between this and oth...

Using a rabbit sterile peritonitis model, we compared the penetration of intravenously administered amikacin, gentamicin, and penicillin G into peritoneal exudate. Peritonitis was induced with sterile normal saline, and the peritoneal exudate contained 23,751 ± 3,039 granulocytes 8 h later. Antibiotics were administered intravenously 3 h after initiating peritonitis, and serum and peritoneal fl...

Seven flavanones were identified from kino exudate of Corymbia torelliana by spectroscopic and spectrometric methods including UV, 1D and 2D NMR and UPLC-HR-MS. The study identified seven molecules, namely 3,4',5,7-tetrahydroxyflavanone (1), 3',4',5,7-tetrahydroxyflavanone (2), 4',5,7-trihydroxyflavanone (3), 3,4',5-trihydroxy-7-methoxyflavanone (4), (+)-(2S)-4',5,7-trihydroxy-6-methylflavanone...

The serum of an inflammatory exudate has the power of inhibiting the action of proteolytic ferments contained in the leucocytes. This anti-enzymotic power is possessed by the blood serum from which it doubtless passes into the exudate. In the later stages of inflammation there is some diminution of this anti-enzymotic action. The anti-body contained in the serum is destroyed by a temperature of...