Several methods (e.g., UV/H2O2 oxidation, adsorption, flocculation-precipitation) are normally employed to remove dye from water. A new technique based on liquid/liquid extraction using reverse micelles is proposed whereby recovery of solvent and reuse of dye is possible. Experiments were conducted by mixing a known quantity of dye in aqueous phase and solvent-containing surfactants in a simple...

There is a lack of definitive data on the effective management of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in infants and children. The development and validation of the Berlin definition (BD) for ARDS and the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury Consensus Conference (PALICC) recommendations in children represented a major advance in optimizing research and treatment, mainly due to the introduction of...

two hundred and twenty one-day male chicks (ross 308) were used in a completely randomized design with 5 treatments and four replicates each to investigate the effects of the different levels of 0.15, 0.3 and 0.6 percent rosemary extract along with nitrate (27.4 mg sodium nitrate/liter water) in drinking water on growth, some blood parameters and carcass characteristics of broiler chickens. no ...

Incorporation of pulmonary surfactant into fibrin inhibits its plasmic degradation. In the present study we investigated the influence of the surfactant proteins (SP)-A, SP-B and SP-C on the fibrinolysis-inhibitory capacity of surfactant phospholipids. Plasmin-induced fibrinolysis was quantified by means of a I-fibrin plate assay and surfactant incorporation into polymerizing fibrin was analyse...

A surface active layer consisting mainly of phospholipids lines the human conducting airways. Dysfunction of this layer could play a role in the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive airway diseases like asthma and chronic bronchitis. Replacement therapy with exogenous surfactants is being considered in such conditions. The relationship between surfactants and mucus viscosity would be important f...

Drug consumption should be based on the latest pharmacotherapeutic guidelines. However, in Serbia the consumption of so-called drugs with uncertain clinical benefit (pentoxifylline, dihydroergotoxine, nicergoline, deproteinized calf blood extract (DCBE) and cinnarizine) was not in line with the latest pharmacotherapeutic guidelines and was unusually high compared to countries with well develope...

Incorporation of pulmonary surfactant into fibrin inhibits its plasmic degradation. In the present study we investigated the influence of surfactant proteins (SP)-A, SP-B, and SP-C on the fibrinolysis-inhibitory capacity of surfactant phospholipids. Plasmin-induced fibrinolysis was quantified by means of a (125)I-fibrin plate assay, and surfactant incorporation into polymerizing fibrin was anal...

garlic is known as a potent spice and a medicinal herb with broad therapeutic properties ranging from antibacterial to anticancer and anticoagulant. our previous studies have shown some immunoregulatory effects for aged garlic extract, suggesting a key role for 14-kd glycoprotein of garlic in shifting the cytokine pattern to t helper-1. in present study, we investigated the effect of 1, 2, and ...

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