Isolation and identification of some potent anti-tumor compounds from medicinal plants, has motivated researchers to screen different parts of plant species for anti-tumor effects. It has been reported that several conifer posses cytotoxic activities on some human tumor cell lines. In this study, male and female branchlets or fruit of four different species of Iranian conifers (Juniperus Sabina...

Long-term afforestation strongly changes the soil’s physicochemical and biological properties. However, underlying mechanism of different tree species driving change in soil nutrients is still unclear long-term dryland plantations Loess Plateau, China. In this study, samples surface (0–20 cm) woody litter were collected from five (?50 years) Caragana korshinskii, Armeniaca sibirica, Populus hop...

The CYP3A subfamily represents the most abundant cytochrome p450 in the human liver and gastrointestinal tract and plays very important role in xenobiotic metabolism. CYP3A5 is expressed in a relatively small population of whites and Orientals. We recruited 42 Chinese volunteers to determine the genotypes of CYP3A5 by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism. Genotype ...

OBJECTIVE There has been no study on the developmental stage of acquiring the skill of using chopsticks, which is a common eating tool of the Orientals. We aimed to obtain a developmental profile for achieving the skills of chopsticks manipulation in Chinese children and to assess the correlation between chopsticks manipulation and the level of achieving independence in 'eating' item in the Fun...

In a world torn by contention and strife at every level, from the spiritual and intellectual to the physical, those in quest of the creation of peace and harmony have often turned to the task of seeking accord between spirituality and science. The contemporary landscape is in fact filled by such efforts many of which, although based on the best of intentions, only contribute to further chaos in...

Lymphangiosarcoma is one of the rarest forms of soft tissue neoplasms. Lowenstein (1906) was the first to report this entity in a patient with chronic post-traumatic upper extremity lymphoedema. However, it was not until Stewart and Treves (1948) described the development of this malignancy in a post-mastectomy oedematous extremity that this syndrome, which carries their name, became widely rec...

The chemical structure of lipoprotein (a) is similar to that of LDL, from which it differs due to the presence of apolipoprotein (a) bound to apo B100 via one disulfide bridge. Lipoprotein (a) is synthesized in the liver and its plasma concentration, which can be determined by use of monoclonal antibody-based methods, ranges from < 1 mg to > 1,000 mg/dL. Lipoprotein (a) levels over 20-30 mg/dL ...

1 CYP2A6*1A, *1B, *1F, *1G, *4A AND *4D POLYMORPHISM REVEALS DIFFERENCES AMONG SMALL AREAS OF JAPAN AND THE EXISTENCE OF A SPECIFIC VARIANT IN OVAMBO AND TURK POPULATIONS H. Takeshita, J. Fujihara CYP2A6 is a polymorphic enzyme, and the genotype of CYP2A6 has been shown to be associated with smoking habits and lung cancer. We investigated CYP2A6 polymorphism in Japanese from four different geog...

In recent years, there has been a marked increase in new information about multiple sclerosis. Undoubtedly this is related to advances made in scientific medicine, especially immunology, but there is also a greater awareness that something can, and must, be done to solve the problem of a crippling disease that affects 40000-50000 individuals in this country. Multiple sclerosis, or disseminated ...