Rabbit and human plasma can be prepared without resort to anticoagulants by employing low temperatures and non-wetting surfaces. Serum formed after clotting of rabbit plasma devoid of cells and platelets manifests essentially no bactericidal activity on Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus megaterium, and a strain of Staphylococcus aureus. In contrast, rabbit blood serum exhibits this activity to a high...

In 1913 Von Drigalski and Bierast reported on the results obtained by the comparative use of Loeffler's original coagulated blood serum plate medium and blood serum medium with the addition of sterile ox gall, in the isolation of the diphtheria bacilli. Drigalski's medium was prepared according to the original formula with the addition of 0.13 parts ox gall. They concluded from their work that ...

Background: Serum prolactin level has been used as an alternative determinant to help differentiate epileptic from non-epileptic seizures. We aimed to analyze the association between serum prolactin concentration and epileptic seizure versus febrile seizure as well as seizure duration, single versus multiple seizure attacks and time lapse between seizure onset and blood sampling. Methods: Seven...

Background: Vitamin D is one of the known lipoprotein hormones with metabolic properties. We aimed to determine the serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D concentration in overweight/obese subjects with diabetes mellitus type Ⅱ (DM Ⅱ) in association with systolic and diastolic blood pressure and quality of life compared with healthy participants. Methods: The current case-control study was carried out amo...

abstractbackground: fetal bovine serum (fbs) is widely used in cell culture laboratories,risk of zoonotic infections and allergic side effects create obstacles for its use inclinical trials. therefore, an alternative supplement with proper inherent growthpromotingactivities is demanded.objective: to find fbs substitute, we tested human umbilical cord blood serum(hucs) for proliferation of human...

The present exposition was designed to evaluate blood serum changes in tiger grouper, Epinephelus fuscoguttatus in response to changes in water temperature and salinity. Uniformly sized fingerlings were randomly distributed into different groups at fifteen fish per tank, in two replicates. Each group represented experimental fishes subjected to water temperatures of 18, 24, 28 and 30°C (control...

protein status of 194 pregnant women and their newborn at a public and a private maternity hospital in tehran was studied. blood samples were taken from all women before delivery and from cords at delivery of the placenta. the following determinations were made: total serum protein, protein fractions, creatinine and urea. in the private group, significantly higher maternal mean values were foun...

hydatid cyst is a world wide and zoonotic disease between human and animal. in this study 384 buffalos were used for blood sampling according to cocran formula. in compliance with elisa kit to study the samples, the needed antigen was removed from the fertile hydatid cysts and purified according to oriol and rogan method.then reliability of the conjugate (biodesign company) required density of ...

Background: Salivary flow rate (SFR), to estimate salivary gland dysfunction and radioactivity in different body fluids, to evaluate its intensity, were determined in thyroid patients after 131-I therapy. Material and Methods: For determination of SFR an innovative sponge test was adopted and the radioactivity in saliva, blood and serum of thyroid patients was determined by NaI (TI) Scintillati...

Aim of the study was to investigate role C-reactive protein as an indicator multimorbidity in patients with arterial hypertension. Material and methods. A retrospective archival data 1958 hypertension who were examined treated at clinic Federal Research Center for Fundamental Translational Medicine (Novosibirsk) carried out. 2 groups allocated depending on concentration blood serum: normal elev...