Chikusaku-eki and Mokusaku-eki are natural resources and acidic liquid by-products of bamboo and broad leaved trees charcoal burner. These products contain more than 200 ingredients, including phenols, poly phenols and acetic acids. These by-products were tested for their fungicidal activity against sapstaining fungi. There are no studies about the antifungal activity of Chikusaku-eki and Mokus...

Clinical Medicine Vol 8 No 6 December 2008 621 © Royal College of Physicians, 2008. All rights reserved. It has been over a century since Sir Archibald Garrod first recognised the existence of inherited metabolic diseases (IMD).1 Technological and scientific advances have gradually led to greatly increased understanding of their aetiology and pathogenesis, and have ultimately resulted in effect...

Background: Desert condition in which plants grow and survive and altering biochemical properties of plants are known to increase the secondary metabolite induction in a variety of medicinal plants. Cancer is a terrible disease and fighting it is of abundant significance to public health. Aims and Objective: To search for new compounds with cytotoxic activity isolated from natural source. In th...

A validated method for the quantitative determination of venlafaxine, O-desmethylvenlafaxine in human plasma by tandem liquid chromatographymass spectrometry (HPLC/MS/MS) has been proposed. Sample preparation was carried out liquid-phase extraction with support (SLE, from «supported extraction») using HyperSEP cartridges and washing 3-methylbutyl ether. The measure target analytes on a triple q...

Male euglossine bees (Apidae: Euglossini) collect volatile substances (fragrances) from floral and nonfloral sources and store them in hair-filled cavities in their hind tibiae. Over time, males accumulate large quantities of complex and species-specific blends of fragrances. Various hypotheses have been put forward to explain this behaviour, including the idea that fragrance stores reflect the...