This work demonstrates that the own plant defence compounds, like resveratrol in grapes, can be used as a natural and ecological alternative to chemical pesticides. An extract from vine leaves was used to maintain the quality of post-harvested grapes. Specifically, an extract (95% water and 5% ethanol) of such leaves was prepared and, subsequently, different bunches of grapes were immersed in i...

NFκB is a transcription factor regulating many function of the vessel wall. In the normal condition , NFκB is revealed diffuse cytoplasmic expressionsuggesting that the system is inactive. The presence of activation NFκB provide a potential pathway for the rapid transcriptional of a variety of genes encoding cytokines, growth factors, adhesion molecules and procoagulatory factors. It is likely ...

Other names: Catabolin; IL-1; IL-1B; IL1-BETA; IL1F2; pro-interleukin-1-beta HGNC (Hugo): IL1B Location: 2q13 Note: IL-1beta is a pro-inflamatory cytokine and is expressed by many cells including macrophage, NK cells, monocytes, and neutrophils. It belongs to the IL-1 family cluster that includes the IL-1a, and IL1-RN genes. The caspase 1 (CASP1/ICE) gene proteolitically activates IL-1β. This g...

Monitoring sales of medications is a potential candidate for an early signal of a seasonal influenza epidemic. To test this theory, the data from a traditional, consultation-oriented influenza surveillance system were compared to medication sales and a predictive model was developed. Weekly influenza-like incidence rates from the National Influenza Sentinel Surveillance System were compared to ...

Acute inflammatory lung injury is often a delayed complication of critical illness and is associated with increased mortality. High mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) protein, in addition to its role as a transcriptional regulator factor, has been identified as a late mediator of endotoxin lethality and might be also involved in the development and progression of acute lung injury. HMGB1 protein itse...

BACKGROUND Etodolac (ETD) is a non-steroidal anti-inflamatory antirheumatic drug. A survey of the literature reveals that there is no method available for the determination of ETD in pure form and pharmaceutical formulations by oxidation-reduction reactions. RESULTS We describe three simple, sensitive and reproducible spectrophotometric assays (A-C) for the determination of etodolac in pure f...

Sympathetic ophthalmia is a bilateral diffuse granulomatous inflammation of the surgical or non-surgical eye trauma that occur as a rare and severe complication of the trauma (1:14,000). The injured eye becomes the excitatory eye that initiates the inflamatory state of the non-injured eye that becomes the sympathetic eye. The conservative therapeutic approach, i.e. the medical treatment (steroi...

BACKGROUND Prickly pear cactus stem (nopal) has been used in folk medicine and a raw material since ancient times. Stems have been proved to possess components with valuable biological activities: anti inflamatory, antioxidant, antiulcerogenic, hypoglycemic, and so forth. Nowadays, people consume foods not only to cover the nutritional requirements, they also demand for healty, natural and conv...