Human parturition is associated with a modification in the sensitivity of the myometrium to progesterone. The molecular basis for this change, however, remains unclear. It is well documented that progesterone can exert its effects through non-genomic mechanisms, including acting through membrane-bound progesterone receptors (mPRs). Recently, a novel membrane-bound PR, termed mPRalpha, was clone...

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currently, nondestructive quality evaluation of various agricultural products are being developed and used. in this study, application of an electronic nose system for the quality assessment of kiwifruit (abbot variety) is used. electronic nose system coupled with artificial neural network (ann) and principal component analysis (pca) techniques was able to classify unripe, half-ripe, ripe, over...

The risk factors and potential practice implications of radiation-induced pleural effusion (RIPE) are undefined. This study examined lung cancer patients treated with thoracic radiation therapy (TRT) having follow-up computed tomography (CT) or 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/CT. Increased volumes of pleural effusion after TRT without evidence of tumor progressio...

Objective: The present study was conducted to investigate antibacterial properties of fruit and flower of Peganum harmala. Material and Methods: Column chromatography, followed by preparative thin layer chromatography (TLC) was used for final purification. The structure of pure alkaloids was determined using spectroscopic methods (1H-N...

Sesquiterpenoid capsidiol, exhibiting antifungal activity against pathogenic fungus, is accumulated in infected ripe pepper fruits. In this study, we found a negative relation between the capsidiol level and lesion size in fruits infected with Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, depending on the stage of ripening. To understand the developmental regulation of capsidiol biosynthesis, fungal-induced ...

abstract reproductive biology of female shemaya (alburnus chalcoides) studied with examination of histology, egg diameter and value of sex steroid hormones during spawning phase in the anzali wetland from march 2013 to jun 2014. finally 42 numbers of female fish were examined. the result of sex steroid hormones showed the rate of testosterone hormone in gravid fish was 7.93±1.18 ng/ml; but in r...

The present investigation was carried out to appraise the levels of total phenols and vitamin C as well as antioxidant potential at three different ripening stages (un-ripe, semi-ripe and fully-ripe) of guava (Psidium guajava L.) fruit collected from three different geographical regions of Pakistan (Islamabad, Faisalabad and Bhakkar). The antioxidant potential of guava fruit extracts was assess...

background and objectives: the chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of bitter orange (citrus aurantium) leaf, ripe and unripe peel essential oils, cultivated in southwest of iran, were investigated. materials and methods: the analysis of chemical composition of hydro-distilled essential oils was carried out by gc-ms. the disc diffusion and broth micro-dilution were used to assay the ...