background: the production of waste pollutants has become a major problem for many food and oil industries. however, oil wastes can provide alternative substrates for industry, which could help to solve environmental pollution problems. furthermore, oil wastes can be used as substrates to produce unsaturated fatty acids, which are important for health.objectives: the production of fatty acids i...

UNLABELLED The purpose of this study was to investigate the enhanced therapeutic effect of the combined use of shRNA (small hairpin RNA) therapy for the hexokinase II (HKII) gene and (131)I human sodium iodide symporter (hNIS) as a gene therapy for in vitro and in vivo treatment of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma cells (ARO) in an animal model. METHODS A recombinant lentivirus containing a plasm...

Curcumin, a major yellow pigment and active component of turmeric, has been shown to possess anti-inflammatory and anticancer activities. Cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 plays an important role in colon carcinogenesis. To investigate the effect of curcumin on COX-2 expression, we treated HT-29 human colon cancer cells with various concentrations of curcumin. Curcumin inhibited the cell growth of HT-29 c...

[6]-paradol, a pungent phenolic substance found in ginger and other Zingiberaceae plants, has been demonstrated to be an effective inhibitor of tumor promotion in mouse skin carcinogenesis. In the present study, we found that [6]-paradol and other structurally related derivatives, [10]-paradol, [3]-dehydroparadol, [6]-dehydroparadol, and [10]-dehydroparadol, with the exception of [3]-paradol in...

The inhibitory effects of the dormant spores, the germinating spores, the sporoderm-broken germinating spores (SBGS), and the lipids extracted from the germinating spores of Ganoderma lucidum on the growth of mouse hepatoma, sarcoma S-180, and reticulocyte sarcoma L-II cells were investigated, respectively. The dormant spores could be activated by germination, and thus the bioactivities of the ...

The human breast cancer cell line MCF-7 is deficient in procaspase-3 and in caspase-3-dependent steps in apoptosis due to deletion of the CASP-3 gene. We previously found that the cells transfected with empty vector (MCF-7v cells) were considerably less sensitive to photodynamic treatment in vitro with the phthalocyanine photosensitizer Pc 4 than were the cells stably transfected with human pro...

in this study, the chemical composition of the tea wastes determined. the value of dry matter, organic matter, crude protein, crude fiber, calcium and phosphorous 95, 94, 13.3, 23.1, 0.011 and 0.29 percent, respectively. in the experiment of digestibility by animal, five experimental rations (including tea waste and alfalfa in the proportion of 0:100, 10:90, 20:80, 25:75 and 30:70 percent) and ...

The objective of the work was to provide a method to predict CO2 and NH3 yields during composting of the biodegradable fraction of municipal solid wastes (MSW). The compostable portion of MSW was simulated using three principal biodegradable components, namely mixed paper wastes, yard wastes and food wastes. Twelve laboratory runs were carried out at thermophilic temperatures based on the princ...