BACKGROUND Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with elevations in serum phosphate, calcium-phosphorus product and bone-specific alkaline phosphatase (BAP), with attendant risks of cardiovascular and bone disorders. Active vitamin D can suppress parathyroid hormone (PTH), but may raise serum calcium and phosphate concentrations. Paricalcitol, a selective vitamin D activator, suppressed PT...

in vitro propagation of rose (rosa indica) as well as rose breeding is a valuable economic enterprise and has received highest importance globally including indian subcontinent. the development of new cultivars for commerce is faced with new challenges. in vitro micropropagation protocols of varieties of roses have been established but very few reports on the clonal propagation of local cultiva...

To compare the sensitivity of various protocols for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) surveillance, active surveillance for detecting MRSA nasal colonization was performed on 97 members of the medical staff and 218 patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a university hospital. Duplicate nasal swabs were collected from each participant. One was plated directly on a blood ag...

Cotyledonary segments from the germinated immature zygotic embryos were used for somatic embryogenesis of red sandalwood (Pterocarpus santalinus). The explants established on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium containing 5% sucrose combination 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP), 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), α-Naphthaleneacetic acid. All treatments responded to callus induction with a 36–97% freq...

Method: Recently, plant hormones have been considered to reduce fungal severity. Five different plant hormones namely 2, 4-D (2,4Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid); BAP (6Benzylaminopurine); Dicamba (3,6Dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic acid, 3,6-Dichloro-o-anisic acid); IAA (Indole-2-acetic acid) and SA (Salicylic acid) were selected to examine their antifungal activity against the growth of two species of d...