Total non-acid glycosphingolipids were isolated from the aortas of more than 80 pigs. The glycolipids were separated by HPLC, analysed by thin-layer chromatography, and tested for reactivity with monoclonal anti-blood group antibodies. The fractions were structurally characterized by NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. Reactivity with both anti-blood group A and H antibodies was seen. The m...

Fabiana Ribeiro Viana1, Carolina Schaper Bizzotto1, Disney Ribeiro Dias2, Afonso L. Oliveira3 and Marialice Pinto Coelho Silvestre1* Departamento de Alimentos, Faculdade de Farmácia, UFMG, Av. Olegário Maciel, 2360 – CEP 30180-112, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil Centro Universitário de Lavras – UNILAVRAS, Lavras, MG, Brasil Departamento de Tecnologia e Inspeção de Produtos de Origem Animal, Escola ...

When the posture was changed from horizontal to vertical, or the reverse, the alteration in plasma volume and in the levels of haematocrit, haemoglobin, and plasma protein was much greater in patients with oedema or low plasma protein or albumin concentrations ("the pathological group") than in patients without these abnormalities ("the control group"). This larger fluid shift, and the larger c...

This study evaluates the effects of an acute treatment with a Centella asiatica (CA) extract on the biodistribution of the radiopharmaceutical NaTcO4 and on the fixation of technetium-99m on blood constituents. Wistar rats were treated with CA extract and, 1 hour after, NaTcO4 was administered; organs/tissues were withdrawn and weighted. The radioactivity was counted to calculate the percentage...

This study evaluates the effects of an acute treatment with a Centella asiatica (CA) extract on the biodistribution of the radiopharmaceutical NaTcO4 and on the fixation of technetium-99m on blood constituents. Wistar rats were treated with CA extract and, 1 hour after, NaTcO4 was administered; organs/tissues were withdrawn and weighted. The radioactivity was counted to calculate the percentage...

Cassia angustifolia Vahl (senna) is a natural product that contains sennosides, which are active components that affect the intestinal tract and induce diarrhea. Authors have shown that senna produces DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) lesions in Escherichia coli cultures and can act as an antifungal agent. Natural drugs can alter the labeling of blood constituents with technetium-⁹⁹m (⁹⁹mTc) and can ...

This study evaluates the effects of an acute treatment with a Centella asiatica (CA) extract on the biodistribution of the radiopharmaceutical NaTcO4 and on the fixation of technetium-99m on blood constituents. Wistar rats were treated with CA extract and, 1 hour after, NaTcO4 was administered; organs/tissues were withdrawn and weighted. The radioactivity was counted to calculate the percentage...

This paper discusses some previous structural and non-structural accounts of postverbal constituents in Mandarin Chinese and argues for an approach that attaches importance to both structure and non-structural factors like iconicity and information structure, an approach that offers a rather neat and natural account of postverbal constituents in Chinese. The paper also argues that all sentences...

In the Göttinger minipig, the reference values of 18 parameters in whole blood or plasma were determined. The results are expressed both as the mean value and +/- 2 SD presuming a symmetrical normal distribution and as the median value with the corresponding range. For most blood constituents, the results of the two modes of calculation were similar. Comparison of the values from young minipigs...