Five preparations used as analgesics or lubricants in surgical, obstetrical, gynecological, and investigative procedures were tested for their effect on the isolation of Chlamydia trachomatis. Three lignocaine preparations and a lubricating jelly containing 2% phenol were inhibitory to chlamydiae. In contrast, K-Y lubricating jelly was relatively nontoxic to chlamydiae. Since K-Y jelly also had...

In the first paper of this series, it was shown that gelatinization of starch was necessary to enhance jelly strength of fish meat jelly (Kamaboko), and that starch added in Kamaboko , though gelatinized, chiefly existed in the jelly as granules and partly dispersed into meat as amylose. In the present paper, amylose and amylopectin, the two components of starch , were isolated by an improved S...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of long and short term systemic usage of royal jelly on bone formation in the expanded maxillary suture in a rat model. MATERIAL AND METHODS Twenty eight Wistar albino rats were randomly divided into 4 equal groups: Control (C); Only Expansion (OE), Royal Jelly (RJ) group, Royal Jelly was given to rats by oral gavage only during the...

From studies of autoradiograms of various developmental stages of the chick embryo containing S(35) given us sulfate it was determined that as early as Stages 3+ and 4 there is a selective utilization or accumulation of sulfate by the various parts. The earliest accumulation site is the axial portion of the primitive streak and the floor of the groove. Later S(35) was found in the head process,...

Mammalian sperm acquire fertilizing capacity after residing in the female tract, where physiological changes named capacitation take place. In animals with external fertilization as amphibians, gamete interactions are first established between sperm and molecules of the egg jelly coat released into the medium. Since dejellied oocytes are not normally fertilized, the aim of this study was to det...

We have identified an easily attainable source of primitive, potentially multipotent stem cells from Wharton's jelly, the matrix of umbilical cord. Wharton's jelly cells have been propagated in culture for more than 80 population doublings. Several markers for stem cells, including c-kit (CD117), and telomerase activity are expressed in these cells. Treatment with basic fibroblast growth factor...

BACKGROUND Bleomycin (BL) is a glycopeptide antibiotic obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces verticillus which is routinely used for treatment of human cancers. Royal jelly (RJ) is a production from the hypo pharyngeal, mandibular and post cerebral glands of nurse bees. RJ consists of 66% water, 15% sugars, 5% lipids, and 13% proteins, essential amino acids and vitamins. OBJECTIVE The aim ...

OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to evaluate the therapeutic effects of vaginal royal jelly and vaginal estrogen on quality of life and vaginal atrophy in postmenopausal women. METHODS This double-blind randomized controlled clinical trial was carried out at gynecology and obstetrics clinics of Hajar Hospital of Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences (Iran) from January 2013 to January 2...