OBJECTIVE Millimeter size gelatin sponges are commonly used as an embolic agent for transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE). However the preparation of the fragments is troublesome and carries a risk of contamination. The purpose of this study was to develop gelatin sponge millispheres (GSMs), a convenient and reliable agent, and characterize them in vitro. METHOD The size of GSMs was contr...

Milk fats from different species of mammals are known to vary considerably in chemical composition. In early work, the butter fat constants were largely used to indicate the differences in composition. More recently, emphasis has been placed on comparisons of the component fatty acids of the various types of butter fats. The methods available for separation of the acids are not conducive to hig...

Milk fats from different species of mammals are known to vary considerably in chemical composition. In early work, the butter fat constants were largely used to indicate the differences in composition. More recently, emphasis has been placed on comparisons of the component fatty acids of the various types of butter fats. The methods available for separation of the acids are not conducive to hig...

Spices, herbs, and essential-oil plants provide a lot of marketable products, e.g., green mash, seeds, essential oils, etc. These raw materials find application in food industry, pharmacy, perfumery, traditional folk medicine, landscape gardening, The research objective was to test some new varieties spices, aromatic oil crops for their yield fatty acid composition.
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BACKGROUND Snake bite is a common medical emergency in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The taipan, Oxyuranus scutellatus, inflicts a large number of bites that, in the absence of antivenom therapy, result in high mortality. Parenteral administration of antivenoms manufactured in Australia is the current treatment of choice for these envenomings. However, the price of these products is high and has incr...

Abstract A relation between oil uptake and cancer as well as induction of hepatic inflammation was shown earlier. It is discussed that the main oil oxidation products-hydroperoxides and carbonyls-might be the reason for the mentioned diseases. In this manuscript quantitative determination of aldehydes which are formed during oxidation of triolein-as a model substance-using the Rancimat 679 is d...

In this paper, we explored the level complexity of the combinatorial olfactory code that allows mammals with a repertoire of about thousand putatively active olfactory receptors encoded in their genomes to recognize and identify a much larger repertoire of odorant molecules. To that end, we cloned 38 canine OR genes belonging to the same OR gene family and transiently expressed them in a subclo...

Antivenoms have been used successfully for more than a century and up to now constitute the only effective treatment for snakebites .The production of antivenin started long time ago when the calmette was prepared the antivenom in 1894.The method currently used to prepare antivenom by most of the manufacturers are originated from the method of Pope which was develop in 1938. Several new approac...