We examined the correlation between sputum colour and the presence of potentially pathogenic bacteria in acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis (AECBs). Data were pooled from six multicentre studies comparing moxifloxacin with other antimicrobials in patients with an AECB. Sputum was collected before antimicrobial therapy, and bacteria were identified by culture and Gram staining. Associatio...

Dichloromethane (DCM) is utilized by the strictly anaerobic, acetogenic mixed culture DM as a sole source of carbon and energy for growth. Growth with DCM was linear, and cell suspensions of the culture degraded DCM with a specific activity of 0.47 mkat/kg of protein. A mass balance of 2 mol of chloride and 0.42 mol of acetate per mol of DCM was observed. The dehalogenation reaction showed simi...

cladophora and enteromorpha are the filamentous green-algal genuses that have a widespread distribution in caspian sea coast. the aim of this study was to assess the antimicrobial activities of cladophora and enteromorpha in south of caspian sea. antibacterial activities of hydroalcoholic extracts of five different gram negative and positive bacteria including staphylococcus aureus, bacillus su...

The aim of this study was to compare the effects of various processing treatments (soaking, pressure cooking and germination) on two newly developed cultivars of each green gram (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilezek) and black gram (Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper). The present study revealed higher nutrient content in black gram than in green gram. The antinutritional factors were found to be higher in black gr...

During the course of investigations on riboflavin 5’-phosphate and flavin adenine dinucleotide-hydrolyzing enzymes in green gram (Phaseolus radiatus), we observed that crude extracts possessed high phosphatase activity against a variety of phosphorylated compounds. Despite intensive studies on the animal phosphatases, plant phosphatases have received very little attention. Pfankuch (1) purified...

Objective(s): In this work, pomegranate juice was used as a capping agent for self- assembly to form particles-like Au nanostructures in the presence of AuHCl4.3H2O as aurate source. Besides, to investigate the concentration effect of pomegranate juice as the green capping agent on the morphology and particle size of final products several experiments were...