Phytolith assemblages of Shorea robusta Gaertn. (Dipterocarpaceae), an important constituent tropical deciduous/semi-evergreen forests were studied from six different districts West Bengal, the western margin Bengal Basin. Since S. grows in mixed dry to wet deciduous and semi-evergreen can tolerate a wide variability temperature precipitation regimes, we aim understand if these climatic paramet...

We report on the preparation and thorough characterization of cytotoxic half-sandwich complexes [Ru(η⁶-pcym)(bphen)(dca)]PF₆ (Ru-dca) and [Os(η⁶-pcym)(bphen)(dca)]PF₆ (Os-dca) containing dichloroacetate(1-) (dca) as the releasable O-donor ligand bearing its own cytotoxicity; pcym = 1-methyl-4-(propan-2-yl)benzene (p-cymene), bphen = 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline (bathophenanthroline). Comple...

objective(s): this study aimed to compare the diagnostic values of 11c-choline and 18f-fluorodeoxyglucose (18f-fdg) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (pet/ct) in patients with cholangiocarcinoma (cca). methods: this prospective study was conducted on 10 patients (6 males and 4 females), aged 42-69 years, suspected of having cca based on ct or magnetic resonance imaging (mri) resu...

with regard to the mutual relations between plant and soil as the main component of rangeland ecosystems, this research has been identified the indicator species in environmental conditions of dry regions as the most important tools in ecological management of these ecosystems. therefore the steppe and dry rangelands of kooh - e- namak in qom province was selected. sampling was done by plot in ...

BACKGROUND Dichloroacetate (DCA) is one of the new, promising anticancer drugs. DCA restores normal mitochondrial function and enables cancer cells to undergo apoptosis. In addition, DCA was found to modulate certain signaling pathways involving some transcription factors. The latter encouraged us to study DCA immunomodulatory activity on cytokines and their association with increasing DCA canc...