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Microwave Synthesis Of Some New Antimicrobial And Antiproliferative Butenamides And Pyrrolidine-2,5-Diones, Shadia Mahmoud Abdallah, Halima Aly Hefny Jan 2011

Microwave Synthesis Of Some New Antimicrobial And Antiproliferative Butenamides And Pyrrolidine-2,5-Diones, Shadia Mahmoud Abdallah, Halima Aly Hefny

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Microwave irradiation, comparable to conventional thermal heating, proves to be a convenient method in assisting the synthesis of some butenamides, pyrrolidine-2,5-diones, and their benzenesulfonamido derivatives, which are known to have biological activities and wide medical and industrial applications. Both procedures were used to compare their efficiency in synthesizing butenamides and pyrrolidine-2,5-diones (2-25), which have important and wide applications, from condensation of \alpha,\beta-unsaturated anhydride (1) with the corresponding amines. Some of the products showed biological or cytotoxic (antiproliferative) activity.

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Chemical Composition And Antimicrobial Activity Of The Essential Oils Of Geranium Columbinum L. And G. Lucidum L. (Geraniaceae), Niko Radulovic, Milan Dekic, Zorica Stojanovic-Radic, Radosav Palic Jan 2011

Chemical Composition And Antimicrobial Activity Of The Essential Oils Of Geranium Columbinum L. And G. Lucidum L. (Geraniaceae), Niko Radulovic, Milan Dekic, Zorica Stojanovic-Radic, Radosav Palic

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The chemistry of Geranium columbinum and G. lucidum volatiles has been studied here for the first time. The essential oils were obtained by hydrodistillation, analyzed by GC and GC-MS, and screened for their in vitro antibacterial and antifungal activity in a microdilution assay. In total, 172 constituents were identified, accounting for 88.1%-96.7% of the detected GC peak areas. The essential oils consisted mainly of fatty acids and fatty acid-derived compounds (65.0%-86.3%). The major compounds of the essential oils were hexadecanoic acid, hexahydrofarnesyl acetone, and tetracosane. The antimicrobial assay showed a strong activity of the oil from aerial parts of G. …

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Kinetic Spectrophotometric Determination Of Trace Copper(Ii) Ions By Their Catalytic Effect On The Reduction Of Brilliant Cresyl Blue By Ascorbic Acid, Hali̇l İbrahi̇m Ulusoy, Ramazan Gürkan, Mehmet Akçay Jan 2011

Kinetic Spectrophotometric Determination Of Trace Copper(Ii) Ions By Their Catalytic Effect On The Reduction Of Brilliant Cresyl Blue By Ascorbic Acid, Hali̇l İbrahi̇m Ulusoy, Ramazan Gürkan, Mehmet Akçay

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

In the present study, a novel catalytic-kinetic spectrophotometric method was developed for the determination of trace amounts of copper. It is based on the catalytic effect of Cu(II) on the reduction of brilliant cresyl blue (BCB) by ascorbic acid in pH 5.0 acetate buffer medium. The reaction was monitored spectrophotometrically by measuring the decrease in absorbance of BCB at 624 nm. The operating conditions regarding concentration of reagents, pH, time, and temperature were established and optimized in detail. The working curve was linear in the concentration range of 0.1-5.0 \mu g L^{-1}. The maximum percentage error and standard deviation for …

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Synthesis Of Novel Tetraoxime Derivative With Hydrazone Side Groups And Its Metal Complexes, İlknur Babahan, Hüseyi̇n Anil, Nursabah Sarikavakli Jan 2011

Synthesis Of Novel Tetraoxime Derivative With Hydrazone Side Groups And Its Metal Complexes, İlknur Babahan, Hüseyi̇n Anil, Nursabah Sarikavakli

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

In this study, the synthesis of a novel tetraoxime (LH_4) derivative containing hydrazone side groups, and its transition metal complexes with Ni(II), Cu(II), Co(II), and Zn(II) ions, were reported. The ligand was synthesized by reacting anti-glyoximehydrazine (GH_2) with terephthaldialdehyde. Polymeric complexes with Ni(II) and Co(II) and binuclear complexes with Cu(II) and Zn(II) of this tetraoxime were isolated. Structural assignments were supported by a combination of ^1H-NMR, ^{13}C-NMR, HMQC, FT-IR, UV-Vis, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), molar conductances, elemental analyses, and magnetic susceptibility.

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A New And Simple Procedure For The Polarographic Speciation And Determination Of Trace Inorganic As(Iii) And As(V) Species, Ülkü Ünal, Güler Somer Jan 2011

A New And Simple Procedure For The Polarographic Speciation And Determination Of Trace Inorganic As(Iii) And As(V) Species, Ülkü Ünal, Güler Somer

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

A new and simple differential pulse polarographic method was developed for the trace determination of As(III) and As(V) species in the same sample. Among several electrolytes, 0.1 M HCl was found to be the most suitable. As(III) had 3 peaks in this medium, and the peak at --0.82 V was chosen because of its peak shape and response to standard additions. In this medium, the limit of detection for As(III) was found to be 1.5 \times 10^{-7} M. Since As(V) is not electroactive, it had to be reduced first into As(III). For this purpose, KI in an acidic and hot …

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Chemistry Of 2-Aminothiophene-3-Carboxamide And Related Compounds, Moustafa A. Gouda, Moged A. Berghot, Ghada E. Abd El-Ghani, Khaled M. Elattar, Abd El Galil M. Khalil Jan 2011

Chemistry Of 2-Aminothiophene-3-Carboxamide And Related Compounds, Moustafa A. Gouda, Moged A. Berghot, Ghada E. Abd El-Ghani, Khaled M. Elattar, Abd El Galil M. Khalil

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

This review describes the synthesis and reactions of 2-aminothiophene-3-carboxamides as building blocks for the syntheses of polyfunctionalized heterocyclic compounds.

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Facile And Convenient Synthesis Of Pyrimidine, 4h-3,1-Benzoxazin-4-One, Pyrazolo[5,1-B]Quinazoline, Pyrido[1,2-A]Quinazoline, And Chromeno[3' ,4' :4,5]Pyrido[1,2-A]Quinazoline Derivatives, Yousry A. Ammar, Samir Bondock, Abdallah G. El-Sehmi, Mohamed S.A El_Gaby, Ahmed M. Fouda, Hamdy Kh. Thabet Jan 2011

Facile And Convenient Synthesis Of Pyrimidine, 4h-3,1-Benzoxazin-4-One, Pyrazolo[5,1-B]Quinazoline, Pyrido[1,2-A]Quinazoline, And Chromeno[3' ,4' :4,5]Pyrido[1,2-A]Quinazoline Derivatives, Yousry A. Ammar, Samir Bondock, Abdallah G. El-Sehmi, Mohamed S.A El_Gaby, Ahmed M. Fouda, Hamdy Kh. Thabet

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

A convenient synthesis of a series of pyrimidine, 4H-3,1-benzoxazin-4-one, pyrazolo[5,1-b]quinazoline, pyrido[1,2-a]quinazoline, and chromeno[3' ,4' :4,5]pyrido[1,2-a]quinazoline derivatives, via the reactions of versatile and readily accessible methyl 2-(2-cyanoacetamido)benzoate (1) with the appropriate reagents, is described here.

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Synthesis And Antimicrobial Activity Of Novel 2-(Pyridin-2-Yl)Thieno[2,3-D]Pyrimidin-4 (3h)-Ones, Nitin G. Haswani, Sanjaykumar B. Bari Jan 2011

Synthesis And Antimicrobial Activity Of Novel 2-(Pyridin-2-Yl)Thieno[2,3-D]Pyrimidin-4 (3h)-Ones, Nitin G. Haswani, Sanjaykumar B. Bari

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

In the present study, some new 2-(pyridin-2-yl)thieno[2,3-d] pyrimidin-4(3H)-ones derivatives (IIa-o) were synthesized. The target compounds (IIa-o) were synthesized through the acid catalyzed condensation of 2-cyano, 3-cyano, and 4-cyano-pyridines with various 2-amino-3-carbethoxythiophenes (Ia-e). All thiophene derivatives were synthesized by Gewald reaction. The structures of the newly synthesized compounds were confirmed by UV-Visible, FT-IR, ^1H-NMR, and mass spectral studies. All synthesized compounds were evaluated for their antimicrobial activity against various gram-positive and gram-negative bacterial and fungal strains. Amongst the synthesized compounds IIa, IIb, IId, IIe, and IIm were found to be active.

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Turkish Journal of Chemistry

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Design And Evaluation Of A Query-Based Jamming Detection Algorithm For Wireless Sensor Networks, Murat Çakiroğlu, Ahmet Turan Özceri̇t Jan 2011

Design And Evaluation Of A Query-Based Jamming Detection Algorithm For Wireless Sensor Networks, Murat Çakiroğlu, Ahmet Turan Özceri̇t

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Jamming attacks, which are the main cause of data corruption and network blockages in wireless sensor networks (WSNs), are one of the most serious threats for WSNs. This type of attack not only blocks the ongoing communication in the network, but also causes the wireless nodes to exhaust their energy much earlier than expected. A countermeasure must be deployed against jamming attacks, especially in military and medical applications in which security breaches cannot be tolerated. In this paper, we have designed a new query-based jamming detection algorithm (QUJDA) to detect jamming attacks occurring in WSNs. QUJDA is an attack detection …

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Sequence Alignment From The Perspective Of Stochastic Optimization: A Survey, İhsan Ömür Bucak, Volkan Uslan Jan 2011

Sequence Alignment From The Perspective Of Stochastic Optimization: A Survey, İhsan Ömür Bucak, Volkan Uslan

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

DNA and protein are the fundamental biological sequences. DNA is a fundamental molecule that plays a vital role in the processes of life. Proteins synthesized by DNA in a cell are the building blocks of every living organism. There is a variety of reasons behind the alignment of biological sequences. Biological sequence alignment helps to discover functional and structural similarity of sequences. Biologists work with these aligned sequences to construct phylogenetic trees, characterize protein families, and predict protein structure. Sequence alignment is an extremely promising field of research that is characterized by very high computational complexity. Stochastic optimization is needed …

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On The Existence Of Common Lyapunov Functions For Consensus Algorithms Based On Averaging, Mehmet Akar, Robert Shorten Jan 2011

On The Existence Of Common Lyapunov Functions For Consensus Algorithms Based On Averaging, Mehmet Akar, Robert Shorten

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

This paper addresses distributed deterministic consensus algorithms based on averaging. We relate the conditions for achieving consensus to the existence of a common norm for a set of row-stochastic matrices associated with the original set of averaging matrices. For a system to achieve consensus, it is shown that this associated set of matrices should have a Common Lyapunov Function, even if the original set might not have one.

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Ecg Denoising On Bivariate Shrinkage Function Exploiting Interscale Dependency Of Wavelet Coefficients, Sema Kayhan, Ergun Erçelebi̇ Jan 2011

Ecg Denoising On Bivariate Shrinkage Function Exploiting Interscale Dependency Of Wavelet Coefficients, Sema Kayhan, Ergun Erçelebi̇

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

This paper presents a new method for electrocardiogram (ECG) denoising based on bivariate shrinkage functions exploiting the interscale dependency of wavelet coefficients. Most nonlinear thresholding methods based on wavelet transform denoising assume that the wavelet coefficients are independent. However, wavelet coefficients of ECG signals have significant dependencies. In this paper, we proposed a new method by considering the dependencies between the coefficients and their parents in detail on a bivariate shrinkage function for denoising of an ECG signal corrupted by different types of noises, such as muscle artifact noise, electrode motion, and white noise. In real-time applications, reduction of computational …

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Minimization Of Load Shedding By Sequential Use Of Linear Programming And Particle Swarm Optimization, Mehrdad Tarafdar Hagh, Sadjad Galvani Jan 2011

Minimization Of Load Shedding By Sequential Use Of Linear Programming And Particle Swarm Optimization, Mehrdad Tarafdar Hagh, Sadjad Galvani

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Minimization of load shedding during contingency conditions is solved as an optimization problem. As a new topic, instead of local load shedding, total load shedding of a large power system is considered. Power generation rescheduling is considered to minimize the load shedding, as well. Different importance factors for buses are also considered. The linear programming method (LP) is used to solve this problem in a short period of time without considering some power system constraints. Particle swarm optimization (PSO) is also used to solve the problem by considering all power system constraints, but with a longer solving time. Finally, a …

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Performance Evaluation Of Nonparametric Ica Algorithm For Fetal Ecg Extraction, Yusuf Sevi̇m, Ayten Atasoy Jan 2011

Performance Evaluation Of Nonparametric Ica Algorithm For Fetal Ecg Extraction, Yusuf Sevi̇m, Ayten Atasoy

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Fetal electrocardiograms (FECG) contain important indications about the health and condition of the fetus. In this respect, it is crucial to apply a robust algorithm to ECG data for extraction of the FECG signal. Most of the independent component analysis (ICA) algorithms used for this purpose rely on simple statistical models. Such algorithms can fail to separate desired signals when the assumed statistical model is inaccurate. Statistical models can be estimated accurately using kernel density estimation methods. Therefore, the kernel density estimation method was used in this paper for building an ICA algorithm (nonparametric ICA: NpICA) and the algorithm was …

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Fully Parallel Ann-Based Arrhythmia Classifier On A Single-Chip Fpga: Fpaac, Ahmet Turan Özdemi̇r, Kenan Danişman Jan 2011

Fully Parallel Ann-Based Arrhythmia Classifier On A Single-Chip Fpga: Fpaac, Ahmet Turan Özdemi̇r, Kenan Danişman

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Recognition of cardiac arrhythmias by electrocardiogram (ECG) is an important issue for diagnosis of cardiac abnormalities. Many studies on recognition of cardiac arrhythmias by ECG, using various techniques, have been performed in the past 20 years. Artificial neural networks (ANNs) are the most widely used tool in medical diagnosis systems (MDS) because of their powerful prediction characteristics. An ANN model is inspired by real biological neural networks, with a parallel structure that is potentially fast for computation. However, the suggested ANN architectures in the literature can only be run sequentially, on powerful processors, due to their complexity. Our approach enables …

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Using Learning Automata For Multi-Objective Generation Dispatch Considering Cost, Voltage Stability And Power Losses, Ari̇f Karakaş, Celal Kocatepe, Fangxing Li Jan 2011

Using Learning Automata For Multi-Objective Generation Dispatch Considering Cost, Voltage Stability And Power Losses, Ari̇f Karakaş, Celal Kocatepe, Fangxing Li

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

The economical and secure operation of power systems has significant importance. Due to technical limitations, the best economical operation point is not always the desired operating point for system stability or power losses. In this study, first, the most economical operating point is obtained by solving the non-linear, network-constrained economic dispatch problem using a genetic algorithm. Then, the system voltage stability is analyzed to compare the different possible operating points using V-Q sensitivity analysis. The power losses, obtained for various operating points, are considered the third objective function. Finally, these 3 aspects of cost, voltage stability, and power losses are …

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Histological Examination Of Testicular Cell Development And Apoptosis In The Ostrich Chick, Wei Lan, Ke-Mei Peng, Huazhen Liu, Hui Song, Yang Wang, Li Tang Jan 2011

Histological Examination Of Testicular Cell Development And Apoptosis In The Ostrich Chick, Wei Lan, Ke-Mei Peng, Huazhen Liu, Hui Song, Yang Wang, Li Tang

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

The aim of this study was to observe the microstructure and ultrastructure of the testis, demonstrate testicular cell development and apoptosis, and elucidate regularity of development and apoptosis in ostrich chick testes. By employing light microscopy 3 obvious development characteristics were detected with ostrich age increasing: first, many primordial germ cells and a few spermatogonia were found while seminiferous tubule integrity was not evident in testes of 1-day-old ostrich chicks nor were primordial germ cells. In the 30-day-old ostrich chicks spermatogonia were completely differentiated, but very few primary spermatocytes were observed in testes at 45 days of age. Second, the …

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Alteration Of Gene Expression In Microvascular Endothelial Cells After Exposure To Foot-And-Mouth Disease Virus 146s Antigen, Tao Zhang, Shuang Zhang, Li-Fang Tian, Ge Hu, Zhan-Wei Suo, Wu Chen, Hui-Qin Duan, Xiang Mu, Ke-Dao Teng Jan 2011

Alteration Of Gene Expression In Microvascular Endothelial Cells After Exposure To Foot-And-Mouth Disease Virus 146s Antigen, Tao Zhang, Shuang Zhang, Li-Fang Tian, Ge Hu, Zhan-Wei Suo, Wu Chen, Hui-Qin Duan, Xiang Mu, Ke-Dao Teng

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

To investigate the global response of microvascular endothelial cells (MVECs) to foot-and-mouth (FMDV)disease vaccine (FMDV) antigen and to explore the role of MVECs in FMD vaccine immunity, the gene expression alterations of rat myocardium microvascular endothelial cells (RMMVECs) after stimulation with FMD virus (FMDV) 146S antigen were assayed using cDNA microarrays. We observed that 18 genes and 67 genes in RMMVECs were respectively altered by FMDV 146S antigen at 6 h and 24 h, respectively. The former were all up-regulated genes, and the latter included 60 up-regulated genes and 7 down-regulated genes. Among the differentially expressed genes, many were associated …

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Association Analysis Of Aquaporin 7 (Aqp7) Gene Variants With Semen Quality And Fertility In Bulls, Tenghe Ma, Jifeng Liu, Ruifeng Zhao, Hao Jiang, Lisheng Dai, Yumin Zhao, Zhihui Zhao, Jiabao Zhang Jan 2011

Association Analysis Of Aquaporin 7 (Aqp7) Gene Variants With Semen Quality And Fertility In Bulls, Tenghe Ma, Jifeng Liu, Ruifeng Zhao, Hao Jiang, Lisheng Dai, Yumin Zhao, Zhihui Zhao, Jiabao Zhang

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

Aquaporin 7 (AQP7) gene as a candidate Antifreeze gene was investigated and associated with fresh and frozen semen quality traits in 45 Simmental and Charolais bulls. PCR-SSCP, PCR-RFLP, and sequencing method were employed to detect the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the AQP7 gene. Two mutations, A264G and G371C, were identified. The allele frequencies were A (0.97, 0.96) to B (0.03, 0.04) and C (0.97, 0.91) to D (0.03, 0.09) in Simmental and Charolais bulls, respectively. A264G substitution was significantly associated with acrosome integrity ratio (P < 0.01) and motility (P < 0.05) in frozen semen. Meanwhile, G371C substitution was significantly associated with acrosome integrity ratio (P < 0.05), percentages of viable sperm (P < 0.05), and motility (P < 0.01) in frozen semen. The results prove that AQP7 gene SNPs are useful for marker-assisted selection in early seed selection in the bull industry.

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Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

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The Increase Of Cd4+Cd25+ T Cells In The Peripheral Blood Of Pigs Persistently Infected With Porcine Reproductive And Respiratory Syndrome Virus, Jingwen Zeng, Danting He, Xin Guo, Xinna Ge, Hanchun Yang Jan 2011

The Increase Of Cd4+Cd25+ T Cells In The Peripheral Blood Of Pigs Persistently Infected With Porcine Reproductive And Respiratory Syndrome Virus, Jingwen Zeng, Danting He, Xin Guo, Xinna Ge, Hanchun Yang

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

Regulatory T lymphocytes (T-regs) may be involved in suppressing the host's immunity, which is important for viral clearance, and may therefore contribute to persistent viral infection. However, nothing is known regarding the situation of porcine T-regs during persistent infection with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV). This study, which used flow cytometry and real-time PCR, determined that the frequencies of CD4+CD25+ T-cells and porcine Forkhead/winged helix transcription factor (FoxP3) mRNA levels in peripheral blood significantly increased during PRRSV persistence, indicating that CD4+CD25+ T-regs might play an important role in PRRSV persistent infection. This study contributes to a better understanding …

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Effects Of Dietary Fish Oil Replacement By Cottonseed Oil On Growth Performance And Fatty Acid Composition Of Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus Mykiss), Müjde Güler, Mustafa Yildiz Jan 2011

Effects Of Dietary Fish Oil Replacement By Cottonseed Oil On Growth Performance And Fatty Acid Composition Of Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus Mykiss), Müjde Güler, Mustafa Yildiz

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

The aim of the present study was to determine the effects of replacing fish oil (FO) with cottonseed oil (CSO), as an alternative plant lipid source in diets for rainbow trout (89.3 ± 1.1 g mean individual weight), on the growth and fatty acid composition of fish. As a control diet, 5 experimental diets were formulated with pure FO and with partial or complete (25%, 50%, 75%, or 100% CSO, respectively) replacement of FO with CSO. The fish were fed 2% of their body weight per day for 60 days at an average water temperature of 10.2 °C. At the …

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Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

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Immunodetection Of Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins (Igfbps) In The Sera Of Different Animal Species, Romana Masnikosa, Ivona Baricevic, Dragana Lagundzin, Olgica Nedic Jan 2011

Immunodetection Of Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins (Igfbps) In The Sera Of Different Animal Species, Romana Masnikosa, Ivona Baricevic, Dragana Lagundzin, Olgica Nedic

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

Knowledge regarding the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system and the methods for the detection and quantitation of IGF binding proteins (IGFBPs) is greater for the human species than for other animal species. This is mainly because antibodies specifically raised against nonhuman IGFBPs are rarely commercially available. We aimed to investigate which of the antibodies directed against human IGFBPs could be used for the detection of IGFBPs present in other species. We used commercially available antibodies, raised against human IGFBP-1 through IGFBP-4, in order to recognize the corresponding IGFBPs in the sera of different animal species: human, bovine, equine, porcine, ovine, …

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Hypolipidemic And Antioxidant Activity Of Aqueous Extract Of Monascus Purpureus Fermented Indian Rice In High Cholesterol Diet Fed Rats, Aiyalu Rajasekaran, Muthusamy Kalaivani Jan 2011

Hypolipidemic And Antioxidant Activity Of Aqueous Extract Of Monascus Purpureus Fermented Indian Rice In High Cholesterol Diet Fed Rats, Aiyalu Rajasekaran, Muthusamy Kalaivani

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

To evaluate hypolipidemic and anti-oxidant activities of Monascus purpureus fermented Indian variety of rice. Materials and methods: Indian rice variety IR-532-E-576 was fermented with Monascus purpureus MTCC 1090 (Monascaceae) and extracted with water by boiling. Experimentally induced hyperlipidemia was produced by feeding rats with 2% cholesterol enriched diet for 15 days. Afterwards hypercholesterolemic rats were orally administered with Monascus fermented Indian rice extract at the dose of 1.2 and 2.4 mg/kg bw along with high cholesterol diet for 30 successive days in order to evaluate their expected hypolipidemic activity. Plasma lipid parameters such as total cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL (low density …

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Plasma Adiponectin And Resistin Levels In Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Relation To Body Mass Index And Insulin Resistance, Emre Di̇kmen, İlhan Tarkun, Funda Öztürk, Berri̇n Arslan, Zeynep Cantürk Jan 2011

Plasma Adiponectin And Resistin Levels In Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Relation To Body Mass Index And Insulin Resistance, Emre Di̇kmen, İlhan Tarkun, Funda Öztürk, Berri̇n Arslan, Zeynep Cantürk

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

To compare the serum levels of adiponectin and resistin between patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and healthy control subjects matched for age and body mass index (BMI), and to assess possible correlations of adiponectin and resistin to the hormonal and metabolic parameters of the syndrome. Materials and methods: Fifty five patients with PCOS diagnosis composed of 25 obese, 13 overweight, 17 normal weight subjects, and 49 healthy women matched for age and BMI were included in this study. Hormone and lipid profile, adiponectin, and resistin were measured in all cases. Results: Serum adiponectin levels were similar in the lean …

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