We determined the differential expression levels of proteins in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with dengue fever (DF) and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF). Proteins were subjected to two-dimensional electrophoresis, mass spectrometry and Western blot analysis. We identified 8 proteins that were 2-fold or more up-regulated in patients compared to healthy control, three of which, al...

Peptides with vasopressin- and oxytocin-immunoreactivity were purified from bovine pineal glands. Three immunoreactive peptides were purified by successive high performance liquid chromatography steps in sufficient quantities for identification by fast atom bombardment-mass spectrometry. Two peptides were characterized as authentic vasopressin and oxytocin. Their identities were in agreement wi...

The present study was aimed at analyzing the fatty acid composition, tocopherols, and physico-chemical characterization of wood apple (Limonia acidissima L.) seed oil nutritional profile cake. acids in were analyzed by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS), total 32.02 ± 0.08%, comprising oleic (21.56 0.57%), alpha-linolenic (16.28 0.29%), linoleic (10.02 0.43%), whereas saturated conten...

This study is aimed at assessing radiation hazards associated with natural radioactivity in common building materials used Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Thirty-six samples from eighteen types of were collected to measure activity concentrations using the gross alpha/beta counting system and gamma-ray spectrometry. The alpha beta ranged 94.7 ? 31.3 1045.1 112.3 Bqkg-1 104.9 4.7 834.4 37.1 Bqkg-1, r...

The surface of Geobacillus stearothermophilus NRS 2004/3a cells is covered by an oblique surface layer (S-layer) composed of glycoprotein subunits. To this S-layer glycoprotein, elongated glycan chains are attached that are composed of [-->2)-alpha-l-Rhap-(1-->3)-beta-l-Rhap-(1-->2)-alpha-L-Rhap-(1-->] repeating units, with a 2-O-methyl modification of the terminal trisaccharide at the nonreduc...

We previously reported that the 7 alpha-dehydroxylation of cholic acid appears to be carried out by a multi-step pathway in intestinal anaerobic bacteria both in vitro and in vivo. The pathway is hypothesized to involve an initial oxidation of the 3 alpha-hydroxy group and the introduction of a double bond at C4-C5 generating a 3-oxo-4-cholenoic bile acid intermediate. The loss of water generat...