BACKGROUND Sulphydryl compounds and nitric oxide are essential in maintaining gastric mucosal integrity. AIMS To characterise the gastric damage induced by a sulphydryl blocker, to evaluate the role of nitric oxide in its pathogenesis, and to reveal its possible prevention by scavenging of free radicals. METHODS Gastritis was induced in rats by addition of iodoacetamide (0.1%) to the drinki...

OBJECTIVE In recent years, many published studies have focused on the relationship between oxidative stress and psychiatric disorders. However, studies in generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) are few despite relatively high prevalence rates. In an attempt to fill this gap in the literature we aimed to measure serum levels of free sulphydryl, an important member of antioxidant defense mechanisms, ...

Silk glands of several spiders and caterpillars contain powerful .cytoplasmic phosphatase activity localized along the inner border of the cells next to the gland lumen. Phosphatase activity is also high in the nuclei, particularly the nucleoli. Reservoir regions which secrete no silk lack the phosphatase border. Although it is most easily demonstrated histochemically at pH 9, phosphatase activ...

Antibody networks have been studied in the past based on the connectivity between idiotypes and anti-idiotypes-antibodies that bind one another. Here we call attention to a different network of antibodies, antibodies connected by their reactivities to sets of antigens-the antigen-reactivity network. The recent development of antigen microarray chip technology for detecting global patterns of an...

at the present time, flotation is the primary method for copper minerals separation from copper ores. the main copper ores that is extracted in the world is sulphide ore. the sulphide minerals are floated readily by using sulphydryl collectors. in the case of using xanthates , which are among the sulphydryl collectors, used more in the flotation of sulphide minerals of copper, the flotation of ...

The sulphydryl containing drug cysteamine protects gastric mucosa in vivo against acute injury. It is not known whether this protection includes a direct effect on gastric cells. Using gastric epithelial cell monolayers derived from a well differentiated human cell line, we evaluated whether cysteamine protects against taurocholate or indomethacin induced damage in conditions which completely e...

Nickel-induced toxicity and carcinogenicity, with an emphasis on the generation and role of reactive oxygen species is reviewed. Nickel is a known haematotoxic, immunotoxic, neurotoxic, genotoxic, reproductive toxic, pulmonary toxic, nephrotoxic , hepatotoxic and carcinogenic agent. This article presents a selective review on nickel and effect of its acute, subchronic and chronic doses on certa...