leg ulcers. Prevalence data describing the etiology of at least one foot ulcer among the 20.8 million Americans who have diabetes has been estimated to be between 12.7%-15%. Further, in the United States, approximately 60% of all lower extremity amputations occur among persons with diabetes; of these lower extremity amputations, a foot ulcer preceded the resulting amputation by 85%. Continued o...

Traditional systems of medicine, also known as complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), have been in practice in Southeast Asia since time immemorial. These systems, which originated in India (Ayurveda), China [herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage (tui na), exercise (qigong)] and Greece Persia (Unani system) are still prevalent worldwide, along with other forms, including Tibetan medicine...

Background: The presence of even a very small quantity of dye in water bodies is undesirable and affects the water bodies. Dye removal from industrial waste water is significant; hence in this study, a material that is an economical waste product was employed to test its acid dye removing capacity from aqueous solution. Methods: In this study, batch mode experiments were performed in the sorpt...

Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) fruit is an important medicinal plant in Iran. The harvesting time is a crucial for jujube fruit quality. Several characteristics of jujube fruit when harvested at four development stages; white mature (light green), crisp mature (white-red), fully mature (red) and fully ripe (dehydrated brown) were evaluated. Fruit weight, diameter, volume, pulp to stone ratio, f...

this study presented a mini review on folic acid deficiency and recommendations for its supplementation in thalassemia intermedia (ti). ti is a clinical condition which lies between thalassemia major and thalassemia minor. although ti patients may not need regular blood transfusion, precise diagnosis and management are critical for the prevention of clinical complications and quality of life im...

Saline stress impairs germination and initial plant growth. However, discontinuous hydration cycles induce osmotic tolerance in seeds can improve the response of maize to saline stress. The objective this study was evaluate action with different salt elicitors on germination, growth, adjustment cultivars. Maize BR 206 BRS 5037 Cruzeta cultivars were subjected following treatments: 0.0 mmol NaCl...

AB206 (5,8-dihydro-5-methoxy-8-oxo-2H-1,3-dioxolo-4,5-g quinoline 7-carboxylic acid) is a novel antibacterial agent structurally related to nalidixic acid. AB206 has potent antibacterial activity against clinical isolates of gram-negative bacteria and is 4 to 18 times more active than nalidixic acid. AB206 inhibited the growth of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which were resi...

Introduction: Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a curable and partially preventable complication, with a substantial incidence, leading to severe morbidity and mortality. The aim of the present study was to find out the incidence of CTEPH secondary to acute pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) using non-invasive procedures such as ventilation/perfusion (V/Q) scintigraphy and p...

Food synergy is the concept that the non-random mixture of food constituents operates in concert for the life of the organism eaten and presumably for the life of the eater. Isolated nutrients have been extensively studied in well-designed, long-term, large randomised clinical trials, typically with null and sometimes with harmful effects. Therefore, although nutrient deficiency is a known phen...