(Humic/Fulvic Acid) has the capability of transferring metals to and from metallo-proteins in vivo. These proteins play a role in metal storage and sequester excess metal ions, preventing toxicity. Metallo-protein concentrations are the highest in the liver where metals accumulate in the metallo-thionein portions of this organ. Metallo-proteins can be found in many other human tissues, includin...

BACKGROUND The salutogenic model has been established as a health promoting resource that is related to a strong sense of coherence (SOC), positive subjective health and quality of life (QoL). The aim of the study was to compare internal and external resources, life style factors, perceived health and QoL in Japan and Austria and to determine associations among these factors. METHODOLOGY AND ...

Abstract. Bellman, Kalaba, and Lockett recently proposed a numerical method for inverting the Laplace transform. The method consists in first reducing the infinite interval of integration to a finite one by a preliminary substitution of variables, and then employing an n-point Gauss-Legendre quadrature formula to reduce the inversion problem (approximately) to that of solving a system of n line...

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U rsel S tuh lem m er, W ern er H aussm ann , F ran k M ilek , W olfgang K reis, and E rn s t R e in h a rd Pharmazeutisches Institut, Eberhard-Karls-Universität, A uf der Morgenstelle 8 D-72076 Tübingen, Bundesrepublik Deutschland Z. Naturforsch. 48 c, 713-721 (1993); received July 23,1993 Digitalis lanata, Biotransformation, Cardenolide Biosynthesis, Cell-Free System, 3 a-Hydroxysteroid-5 ß-o...

b ackground : the emergence and rapid spread of metallo-beta-lactamase (mbl) producing acinetobacter spp. are of great concern worldwide due to limited treatment options. epidemiologic studies of the causing genes are important for prevention. methods :   in  this  study,  70  imipenem-resistant  acinetobacter  strains  were isolated from health care associated infections. these isolates were s...

In the fetal lung, endogenous transforming growth factor-ß (TGF-ß) inhibits early morphogenesis and blocks hormone-induced type II cell differentiation. We hypothesized that endogenous TGF-ß inhibits type II cell differentiation and that the stimulatory effects of glucocorticoids result in part from suppression of TGF-ß. Epithelial cells were isolated from human fetal lung and cultured under de...

Further investigation of polar constituents in white lupin roots revealed the presence of genistein 7-O-ß-glucoside (la), genistein 4'-0-ß-glucoside (lb), 2'-hydroxygenistein 7-0ß-glucoside (2a) and 2'-hydroxygenistein 4'-0-ß-glucoside (2b) as simple isoflavone gluco­ sides; luteone 7-O-ß-glucoside (3 a), licoisoflavone A 7-O-ß-glucoside (4 a) and licoisoflavone A 4'-0-ß-glucoside (4b) as preny...

Abstract Introduction Sleep disorders constitute a major public health burden yet remain widely undiagnosed and untreated. The prevalence of diagnosed sleep associations with objectively measured sleep-wake dysfunction vary across populations. Here, we examined the self-reported objective architectural correlates four in large sample individuals using consumer technology. Methods Data from 33,4...