Coffee plants can be micropropagated by nodal bud sprouting using the 6-benzylaminopurine (6BA) hormone. However, literature reports the use of a wide range of 6-BA, from 0.5 to 88.8 μM L-1. So, this study was performed to narrow that range. Nodal explants of Coffea arabica cv Mundo Novo obtained from in vitro plantlets were inoculated on gelled-MS medium supplemented with different concentrati...

Field trials with Spathiphyllum wallisii Regel were conducted at the experimental farm of Faculty of Agriculture, University Azad Jiroft in 2012 growth seasons. The aim of this work is to study the effect of foliar application with benzyladenine (BA) at 0, 100, 200 and 400 mg.L-1 and gibberellic acid (GA3) at 0, 100 and 200 mg.L-1 on the vegetative grow...

Objective Atorvastatin reduces the incidence of cardiovascular events. However, the effects of atorvastatin on platelet aggregation are unknown. Methods Blood samples were obtained from 126 healthy volunteers. Prepared isolated platelet suspensions were adjusted with saline to three different concentrations of 100 × 109, 300 × 109, and 600 × 109 platelets/L. Platelet samples were incubated with...

A high-carbohydrate-(HC)-modified fat diet was compared with a standard low-carbohydrate (LC) diabetic diet in 11 insulin-dependent diabetics. Basal and preprandial plasma glucose concentrations were appreciably lower when the patients received the HC diet derived chiefly from readily available cereal and vegetable sources (mean (+/- SE of mean) basal concentrations 6.7 +/- 1.2 mmol/l (121 +/- ...

Monocytes/macrophages are present in all stages of atherosclerosis. Although many of their activities depend to various extents on changes in intracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)), mechanisms regulating [Ca(2+)](i) in these cells remain unclear. We aimed to explore the role of myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) in Ca(2+) signaling in freshly isolated human monocytes/macrophages. Large ...

The aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of Listeria monocytogenes in horses bred for sport in the province of Ankara. Sera collected from 100 clinically healthy horses were tested for the presence of L. monocytogenes antibodies using the Osebold absorption test. Agglutination titers ≥ 1:100 were accepted as positive results and a seropositivity rate was determined. Of the 100 ...