Calcification is a frequent cause of the clinical failure of bioprosthetic heart valves fabricated from glutaraldehyde pretreated bovine pericardium (GATBP). An investigation was made of the grafting of different molecular weight polyethylene glycol (PEG 600, 1500, 4000 and 6000) via glutaraldehyde (GA) linkages to bovine pericardium (BP) and of their stability and calcification. The process of...

We had developed a H(2)O(2) generating enzyme, polyethylene glycol conjugated D-amino acid oxidase (PEG-DAO), which exhibited potent antitumor activity by generating toxic reactive oxygen species, namely oxidation therapy, subsequently showed remarkable antitumor effect on murine Sarcoma 180 solid tumor, by taking advantage of the enhanced permeability and retention effect. Along this line, we ...

Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) involving polyethylene glycol (PEG) and polyethyleneimine (PEI), which contain amines, were produced analyzed using X-ray diffraction (XRD), UV–vis spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy (RS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) for the spectral structural analyses of PEG-PEI-SWCNTs. PEG-PEI-SWCNTs demonstrated peaks at 300.98 nm, have a broad peak 2θ = 23.5...

Quercetin is a bioflavonoid compound with low water solubility in both foods and the gastrointestinal tract, which limits exploitation of its health-promoting properties. This study aims to formulate solid dispersions (SDs) quercetin hydrophilic polyethylene glycol PEG matrices, using melt-mixing method, improve dissolution antioxidant activity quercetin. Initially, total Gibbs free energy for ...

FBPSK, a new modulation technique which leads to nonlinear amplified BPSK modems is presented This BPSK compatible modulation takes advantage of the nonlinear processor pulse shaper FQPSK(1-4}. Nonlinearly amplified FBPSK have been shown to meet the IEEE 802.11 specifications for wireless LAN for Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) . Experimental data using the latest in microwave technology...

BACKGROUND Epithelial migration restores barrier function after superficial injury to any mucosa. The present study aimed to determine whether butyrate, important to colonic epithelial physiology in diverse ways, influences restoration of barrier function in the injured rat colon. METHODS Rat distal colon was transiently exposed in vitro to heat (55 degrees C for 10 sec) or to detergent (deox...

Ground water beneath the U.S. Department of Energy Pantex Plant is contaminated with the high explosive RDX (hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5 triazine). The USDOE Innovative Treatment and Remediation Demonstration (ITRD) program identified in situ oxidation by permanganate as a technology fit for further investigation. We evaluated the efficacy of KMnO(4) to transform and mineralize RDX by determ...

Mucosal drug delivery technique has its own advantages of bypassing the first pass metabolism and minimizing gastric irritation possibilities. In spite being a non invasive route of administration human rectum remains to be relatively unexplored route of drug delivery. The major objective of the current study was to explore the use of different suppository bases i.e. Coca butter and different g...