BACKGROUND Gut microflora play a crucial role in the biotransformation of ginsenosides to compound K (CK), which may affect the pharmacological effects of ginseng. Prebiotics, such as NUTRIOSE, could enhance the formation and consequent absorption of CK through the modulation of gut microbial metabolic activities. In this study, the effect of a prebiotic fiber (NUTRIOSE) on the pharmacokinetics...

Activity of creatine kinase B subunit, as measured by an immunoinhibition assay, is persistently increased in certain healthy, asymptomatic adults, whose values for total CK activity are within normal limits. Serum samples from two such individuals were investigated by electrophoresis, heat inactivation, determination of activation energies, and immunosorption (on protein A). The results demons...

Water stored deep in the soil profile is the primary bio-available reservoir for regional vegetation in the semiarid Loess Plateau of China. However, the planting of introduced shrubs over many years as part of the “Grain to Green Program (GGP)” has consistently lead to dried soil in areas with severe water scarcity. Knowledge of soil water storage (SWS) changes within deep profiles in water-de...

conclusions serum ck-18 levels in hepatitis patients were higher, compared with healthy controls. our results revealed the clinical values of ck-18, in combination with other apoptosis markers, in identifying the development of hepatitis. background as an important intermediate filament protein within liver cells, cytokeratin-18 (ck-18) has been confirmed as a potential indicator in various hep...

Soil organic carbon (SOC) plays an essential role in the early stages of pedogenisis and ecological restoration in reclaimed mine soils. Dynamic changes in the SOC content are essential for assessing the quality of reclaimed mine soils and the effect of ecological restoration. To objectively assess the carbon dynamics of reclaimed soils, we selected the surface (0–20 cm) soil of farmland under ...

BACKGROUND The assertion that creatine kinase MB (CK-MB) and the developmental isoforms of cardiac troponin T (cTnT) are expressed by skeletal muscle in some clinical settings is an extrapolation from nonuremic rodent studies. We studied the content of CK-MB and cTnT in skeletal muscle of the renal-insufficient rat. METHODS Skeletal muscles (gastrocnemius) were collected from both five-sixths...

breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide. breast cancer in one third of all patients will go on to metastasis, which is the main cause of mortality in cancer cases. tumor cells detach from primary tumor and enter into the circulation as circulating tumor cells (ctcs) which can form metastatic lesions. in this study, the expression of ck-19 gene in blood samples of metastatic b...