aims: in our previous studies, we showed the inhibitory effects of punica granatum l. flower and rhus coriaria l. fruit water extracts on dental plaque accumulation by several bacteria, especially streptococcus mutans (s. mutans), on orthodontic wire by in vitro assays. in this study, the anti-cariogenic properties of the extracts were evaluated by assessing their effects on expression of glyco...

Over the past decade, pomegranate (Punica granatum) is entitled as a wonder fruit because of its voluminous pharmacological properties. In 1830, P. granatum fruit was first recognized in United States Pharmacopeia; the Philadelphia edition introduced the rind of the fruit, the New York edition the bark of the root and further 1890 edition the stem bark was introduced. There are significant effo...

Background & Aim: Punica granatum L. (pomegranate) is a widely used plant that has high nutritional value .This study evaluated prevention effect of hydro alcoholic extract of Punica granatum flower and leaves ethylene glycol-induced Nephrolithiasis in Wistar rats. Experimental: 20 male Wistar rats were randomly divided into 4 equal groups. G...

Minghui Yu a,b,c,∗, H. Ohguchi a, A. Zambano a, I. Takeuchi a, J.P. Liu b, D. Josell d, L.A. Bendersky d a Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, United States b Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, United States c Advanced Materials Research Institute, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 7...

The Third World Congress of HPB Surgery was held at Kensington Town Hall, London, from 3-8 June. There were about .850 participants from 60 different countries of the world. Proceedings were started by the Band of the Grenadier Guards at a Welcome Reception on the Sunday evening. There followed four and a half days of scientific programme, including some 200 free papers, 250 posters and 40 film...

A High-Speed Low-Noise CIS with 12b 2-stage Pipelined Cyclic ADCs JongHo Park*, Satoshi Aoyama*, Takashi Watanabe*, Tomohiko Kosugi*, Zheng Liu*, Tomoyuki Akahori*, Masaaki Sasaki*, Keigo Isobe*, Yuichi Kaneko*, Kazuki Muramatsu*, Tetsuya Iida*, and Shoji Kawahito* *Brookman Technology, Inc., 3-1-7 Wajiyama, Nakaku, Hamamatsu 432-8003, Japan Phone/Fax: +81-53-474-4540, E-mail:parkjh@brookmantec...

Worldwide pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) production has expanded greatly due to recent evidence on the fruit health attributes. The fruit's unique red color, conferred by anthocyanins, is an imperative sensory quality. Climate effects on the fruit's internal color were reported earlier. The present study investigated the influence of a wide range of temperature regimes (∼7-40 °C) on pomegrana...

background & aim: punica granatum l. (pomegranate) is a widely used plant that has high nutritional value .this study evaluated prevention effect of hydro alcoholic extract of punica granatum flower and leaves ethylene glycol-induced nephrolithiasis in wistar rats. experimental: 20 male wistar rats were randomly divided into 4 equal groups. group i served as positive control and received distil...