We are reporting a case of a 43-year-old Chinese male from Hong Kong, who came to see a doctor complaining of acute onset of severe upper abdominal pain. A diagnosis of acute cholecystitis was made and an emergency cholecystectomy was carried out. On opening the common bile duct, lancet-shaped worms were seen emerging from it. About 45 adult worms were collected and sent to the Department of Pa...

Bu çalışmada Göreme Milli Parkı içerisinde yayılış gösteren epifitik karayosunlarının substrat tercihleri ordinasyon yöntemleri kullanılarak araştırılmıştır. Çalışmada istatistik hesaplamalar için açık kaynak kodlu PAST (PAleontological STatistics) programı kullanılmıştır. program ile biyolojik çeşitlilik ve benzerlik indeksleri hesaplanmış Temel Bileşen (PCA) Küme (CA) analizleri yapılmıştır. ...

There have been efforts to overcome the problem in treatment of cancer using medicinal plants. It has been shown that Citrus essential oil of contains different terpens with antitumor activities. In this study we sought to determine the cytotoxicity of essential oils of Iranian Citrus limon (L.), C. medica (L.), C. sinsensis (L.) peels on cancer cell lines. Essential oils were prepared by hydr...

Africa is one of the key centers of global tea production. Understanding the genetic diversity and relationships of cultivars of African tea is important for future targeted breeding efforts for new crop cultivars, specialty tea processing, and to guide germplasm conservation efforts. Despite the economic importance of tea in Africa, no research work has been done so far on its genetic diversit...

A therapeutic fungus used in Traditional Chinese Medicine is called Cordyceps sinensis. Despite the wide variety of claimed applications for sinensis, claims that its extracts may change apoptotic homeostasis are most fascinating. However, there several obstacles to overcome while doing sinensis research, such as challenge distinguishing amongst numerous species and many conflicting pharmacolog...

Macrophages have been considered an elusive yet emerging therapeutic target in tumor development since they are an important component in tumor microenvironment. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effect of C. sinensis on macrophage function (a component of tumor microenvironment which can alter the virulence of cancer) in high-fat diet fed rats. IMR-32 human neuroblastoma cel...