PURPOSE The present study was designed to assess the efficacy and safety of IGNG that is a new liquid, saccharose and maltose-free highly purified ready-to-use 5% intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg), in primary immune thrombocytopenic patients with severe thrombocytopenia. METHODS Nineteen adults with a platelet count ≤ 25 × 109/L received a single dose of IGNG (1 g/kg) on Day 1, with a second ...

The aim of this research is to characterize three distilled drinks commercially available on the market (Courvoisier cognac, Vinars Miorita and alcoholic drink Alexandrion). In this purpose it was determined the alcoholic concentration, the total acidity, the extract content and other specific parameters. The concentrations of esters, aldehydes and superior alcohols have been determined by simp...

Background. The aim of the study was to observe the effects of a modified diet, in which whole grains of cereals had been isocalorically substituted with wheat flour (type “500”) and saccharose, and supplementation with B-group vitamins, on selected calcium metabolism parameters in female rats. Material and methods. The experiment was carried out on 36 female rats aged 6 months. Animals were fe...

OBJECTIVE To isolate and identify a novel strain with cis-epoxysuccinate hydrolase (CESH) activity and to optimize its enzyme production. METHODS The isolated strain was identified by electron microscopy, Biolog gram negative (GN) test, G+C (guanine plus cytosine) content measurement and 16S rDNA sequence. The purified enzymatic biotransformed product was identified by IR, 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, MS...

The impacts of AMD pollution on biological systems are mostly severe and the problem may persist from many decades to thousands of years. Consequently AMD prior to being released into the environment must be treated to meet government standards for the amount of metal and non-metal ions contained in the water. One of the best available technologies for the removal of metals from AMD is precipit...

Nine strains of a novel Fusobacterium sp. were isolated from the stomach of 6-8 months old and adult pigs. The isolates were obligately anaerobic, although they endured 2h exposure to air. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA and gyrase B genes demonstrated that the isolates showed high sequence similarity with Fusobacterium mortiferum, Fusobacterium ulcerans, Fusobacterium varium, Fusobacte...

Taste response of the yearlings of carp Cyprinus carpio of 9–12 cm in length to 21 free amino acids (L = stereoisomeres) and classic taste substances is ascertained by in testing behavioral methods. It is found that these compounds can be divided by their taste properties into groups of substances that are highly attractive (cysteine, proline, glutamic and aspartic acids, alanine, glutamine, ci...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the antioxidant activities of different chemical constituents from Astragalus mongholicus Bunge and their protection against xanthine (XA)/xanthine oxidase (XO)-induced toxicity in PC12 cells. METHODS The compounds of Astragalus mongholicus Bunge were isolated by chromatography and the structures were elucidated on the basis of spectral data interpretation. Their antioxi...

1. The optimum hydrogen ion concentration for growth of pneumococcus is pH 7.8. 2. In broth cultures growth of pneumococcus continues until a final hydrogen ion concentration of about pH 5.0 is reached, if sufficient fermentable carbohydrate' (above 0.4 per cent) is present. Apparently this acidity is sufficient in itself to stop growth. 3. If less carbohydrate is present in the medium growth c...