Plantain (Musa paradisiaca) starch,  prepared as crosslinked starch-urea (CSU), was utilized in the formulation of matrix tablets ambroxol hydrochloride. CSU synthesized by gelatinization plantain starch urea, with calcium chloride. Native and were characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), chemical material properties. Ambroxol hydrochloride prepared CSU, ...

Like in many other agricultural crops, incorporation of resistance through plant breeding is an advantageous form of nematode control. The high costs of nematicide applications and the negative consequences that sometimes result from residue accumulation in the environment plus the dangers of maintaining such important crops as bananas and plantains on a reduced genetic base, should be sufficie...

UNLABELLED The purpose of this study was to analyze the relation between clinical picture of allergic disease and the level of pollen count the patients are exposed to. MATERIAL AND METHOD We analyzed the severity of allergic rhinitis, conjunctivitis and bronchial asthma in a group of 640 subjects from Warsaw area with hypersensitivity to hazel, alder, grass, mugwort, plantain, nettle, Altern...

BACKGROUND Despite the fact that airborne pollen is an important factor in precipitating asthma attacks, its implication in increases of epidemic asthma in usual meteorological conditions has not been reported. A study was undertaken to estimate the relationship between various types of aeroallergens and seasonal epidemic asthma in the region of Madrid, Spain. METHODS A case-control study was c...

Host resistance and parasite virulence are influenced by multiple interacting factors in complex natural communities. Yet, these interactive effects are seldom studied concurrently, resulting in poor understanding of host-pathogen-environment dynamics. Here, we investigated how the level of opportunist pathogen virulence, strength of host immunity and the host condition manipulated via diet aff...

People do not generally eat single or individual meals; rather they eat mixed meals, consisting of two or more individual meals. These mixed meals usually have glycemic indices which differ from that of the individual food type. This study was aimed at evaluating the glycemic indices of three commonly consumed mixed meals eaten in Okada; rice and beans (test food 1), rice and plantain (test foo...