Studies were conducted to evaluate nutritional qualities of two edible green seaweeds, Caulerpa lentillifera and Ulva reticulata, with a view to their utilization in human nutrition. The proximate composition, mineral and vitamin contents, free fatty acid, and amino acid profiles were investigated. Protein and ash contents were the two most abundant components in these seaweeds. Caulerpa lentil...

Ulva, a common green seaweed, performs at the biochemical level as a typical C(3) plant. Over 90% of label was found in glycerate 3-phosphate following a 3 second (14)C pulse in the light, and the label was subsequently transferred to sugars. Also, the level of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase activity in crude extracts was about 10 times higher than that of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase...

The genus Ulva (Phylum Chlorophyta, Class Ulvophyceae, Order Ulvales, Family Ulvaceae) was first identified by Linnaeus in 1753 [1]. Since then many taxonomists and phycologists have been involved in the identification of Ulva species [2] which are notoriously difficult to classify due to the morphological plasticity expressed by many members as well as the few reliable characters available for...

Pneumatosis intestinalis is a rare but known potential complication of treatment with cetuximab. Here we present two cases of pneumatosis intestinalis occurring in patients who were receiving cetuximab as treatment for advanced head and neck cancer. In both cases, cetuximab was discontinued after discovery of the pneumatosis intestinalis.

Pneumatosis intestinalis is a characteristic imaging phenomenon indicating the presence of gas in the bowel wall. The link between pneumatosis intestinalis and various kinds of autoimmune diseases has been reported anecdotally, while information regarding the cases with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)-associated vasculitis complicated by concurrent pneumatosis intestinalis is lacki...

The seaweeds are a promising source of natural products. In the present study, preliminary phytochemical analysis concluded that due to the presence of extra phytochemical in Ulva fasciata when compared to the Chaetomorpha, this alga is a beneficial one for its biological activity. In the DPPH scavenging assay, both the seaweed extracts showed high antioxidant activity. The Ulva fasciata sample...

Ulva zoospores preferentially settle on N-acylhomoserine lactone (AHL) producing marine bacterial biofilms. To investigate whether AHL signal molecules also affect the success and rate of zoospore germination in addition to zoospore attraction, the epiphytic bacteria associated with mature Ulva linza were characterized and bacterial isolates representative of this community tested for the abili...

INTRODUCTION We report the case of a patient who was diagnosed as having pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis while being treated with prednisolone for bronchial asthma. Even before we had experienced a case of this, the relationship between pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis and prednisolone was unclear. In this case, pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis was improved with the reduction of predniso...

Disturbances in ecological systems can cause new resources to become available and can free the resources held by strongly competitive species. In intertidal boulder fields, wave-action causes disturbance by overturning boulders and freeing space for re-colonisation. In this study, mensurative experiments showed that boulder disturbance may also cause new biogenic-habitat resources to become av...