Abstract: The aim of the present study was to produce a polyclonal antibody against bovine serum albumin (BSA) conjugated with artemisinin. To gain an immunogenic character of artemisinin, a carboxyl group was added to it using mixed anhydride method. Then, the reactive compound of artemisinin was conjugated with BSA. The BSA+artemisinin were injected to white female New Zealand rabbits for two...

In this study, two following experiments were performed to improve post-thaw motility and viability of frozen-thawed ram spermatozoa. We examined i) the effects of different concentrations of bovine serum albumin (0, 0.3, 1, 5, 10 and 15% BSA) in semen diluents lacking egg yolk and ii) the effects of four semen diluents, fructose (F: control) and trehalose (T) in semen diluents containing egg y...

for GFP vs. BSA comparison. B. Region based MTR calculations for the different frequency offsets for GFP vs. BSA Protein comparison. P-values <0.01 for 0.5, 1, and 5 kHz C. Pseudocolored pixel by pixel MTR calculation for 1 kHz offset for Actin GFP model. D. Region based MTR calculations for the different frequency offsets for Actin GFP model. P-values <0.05 for 10 kHz, <0.01 for 1 and 5 kHz, a...

BACKGROUND The Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) is the score of choice to grade psoriasis severity and detect clinical changes. Due to low resolution based on the calculation of the score by fixed area classes, PASI scores <10 have little value. METHODS At 756 patient examinations, psoriasis activity was measured with both PASI and PrecisePASI. RESULTS PrecisePASI has a linear incre...

S-1 is a novel oral fluorouracil antitumor drug that combines three pharmacological agents: tegafur (FT), which is a prodrug of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU); 5-chloro-2,4-dihydroxypyridine (CDHP), which inhibits dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) activity; and potassium oxonate (Oxo), which reduces gastrointestinal toxicity. Phase I and early Phase II clinical trials have already been completed. On...

OBJECTIVES Pancreatic cancer is one of the most common malignancies of the digestive system, and remains a clinical challenge. This study aimed to assess the effects of bovine serum albumin (BSA) nanoparticles carrying the hMDA-7 gene (BSA-NP-hMDA-7) in the treatment of pancreatic cancer. METHODS BSA-NP-hMDA-7 was generated by nanotechnology and gene recombination technology. A total of 5 BXP...

Dietary flavonoids show beneficial effects in the prevention of chronic diseases. However, flavonoid bioavailability is poor, probably due to their interaction with serum albumins. In the current work, the binding interactions of eight related flavonoids, sharing a similar core structure, with bovine serum albumin (BSA) were investigated by fluorescence spectroscopy. The binding affinities of t...

D epartm ent of Radiology. University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA Z. Naturforsch. 41b, 1170—1177 (1986); received February 20, 1986 Bovine Serum Albumin, Gadolinium Complexes, Contrast Agents for NMR Imaging, Nitroxyls Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) was spin labeled using the active esters 3 and 5 containing a nitroxyl radical to give the spin labeled BSA derivatives 4 and 6...

The characteristics of the interaction between reserpine and bovine serum albumin (BSA) were studied by fluorescence, UV-vis absorption and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. Spectroscopic analysis revealed that fluorescence quenching of BSA by reserpine was through a static quenching procedure. The binding constant K(A) of reserpine with BSA at 293, 301 and 309 K was 1.63, 1.78 a...

The aim of the study was to examine the association among advanced glycation end products (AGEs), extracellular matrix metalloproteinase inducer (EMMPRIN) and matrix metalloproteinase (MMPs), and investigate whether AGEs affect type I collagen (COL-I) through EMMPRIN or MMPs. A co-culture system with the osteoblast-like cells (MC3T3E1) and mouse RAW264.7 cells was employed to examine the effect...