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  1. Still there is no scientific report about the proximate analysis of seeds and characteristics of oil produced from brebra seed. Objective of this study was to determine proximate and antinutritional characteri...

    Authors: Berhanu Andualem and Amare Gessesse
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:298
  2. Allergic asthma is an inflammatory disease of the airways mediated by Th2 immune responses and characterized by airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR). Fungi of the genus Ganoderma are basidiomycetes that have been use...

    Authors: Chia-Chen Pi, Hui-Yi Wang, Chiu-Ying Lu, Frank Leigh Lu and Chun-Jen Chen
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:297
  3. Fungi isolated from environmentally challenging habitats can have adaptations of potential value when developed as insect pest-controls. Fungal isolates collected from Antarctica, Geomyces sp. I, Geomyces sp. II,...

    Authors: Steven Edgington, Emma Thompson, Dave Moore, Kevin A Hughes and Paul Bridge
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:289
  4. Pentoxifylline (PTX), a methyl xanthine derivative, is a phosphodiesterase inhibitor with anti-inflammatory and renoprotective effects in diabetic patients, among other properties. We studied PTX actions and m...

    Authors: Francisca Adilfa O Garcia, Sofia F Pinto, Andrezza F Cavalcante, Lívia T Lucetti, Silvana MS Menezes, Cícero Francisco B Felipe, Ana Paula NN Alves, Gerly Anne C Brito, Gilberto S Cerqueira and Glauce SB Viana
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:283
  5. Bacteria capable of producing different extracellular enzymes of potential relevance in digestive processes were isolated from the stomach, hepatopancreas and intestine of Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vanname...

    Authors: Jaqueline Tuyub Tzuc, Diana Rendíz Escalante, Rafael Rojas Herrera, Gabriela Gaxiola Cortés and Maria Leticia Arena Ortiz
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:280
  6. Djungarian hamster (P. sungorus) and Roborovskii hamster (P. roborovskii) belong to the same genus of phodopus. Roborovskii hamster shows high locomotor activity and low level of dopamine (DA) in the brain. Admin...

    Authors: Hiromi Ikeda, Takahiro Kawase, Mao Nagasawa, Vishwajit Sur Chowdhury, Shinobu Yasuo and Mitsuhiro Furuse
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:277
  7. Valuation of farmer knowledge has been seen as a route to promote sustainable use of plant genetic resources. In pineapple production systems in Benin, inadequate knowledge of cultivation practices can lead to...

    Authors: Enoch G Achigan-Dako, Charlotte Abike Adjé, Sognigbé N’Danikou, Nicodème V Fassinou Hotegni, Clément Agbangla and Adam Ahanchédé
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:273
  8. This case report presents the performance of an athlete who completed for the first time in history the total distance of 33 Ironman triathlons within 33 consecutive days. The athlete finished the total distan...

    Authors: Beat Knechtle, Christoph Alexander Rüst, Thomas Rosemann and Normand Martin
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:269
  9. To determine the association between the serum concentration of triiodothyronine (T3) with components of metabolic syndrome (MetS), cardiovascular risk (CVR), and diet in euthyroid post-menopausal women withou...

    Authors: Fabiola Luna-Vazquez, Rosalía Cruz-Lumbreras, Julia Rodríguez-Castelán, Margarita Cervantes-Rodríguez, Jorge Rodríguez-Antolín, Omar Arroyo-Helguera, Francisco Castelán, Margarita Martínez-Gómez and Estela Cuevas
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:266
  10. Chronic metabolic overload leads to insulin resistance in a variety of tissues. It has been shown that exposure to saturated fatty acid palmitate can cause insulin resistance in skeletal muscle cells. Fatty ac...

    Authors: Mahesh Kumar Verma, Aggunda Nagaraju Yateesh, Korrapati Neelima, Niketa Pawar, Kandoor Sandhya, Jayaram Poornima, Mudigere N Lakshmi, Sivakumaran Yogeshwari, Puttrevana M Pallavi, Anup M Oommen, Baggavalli P Somesh and Madanahalli R Jagannath
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:255
  11. Isonitrosoacetophenone (INAP, 2-keto-2-phenyl-acetaldoxime) is a novel inducer of plant defense. Oxime functional groups are rare in natural products, but can serve as substrates depending on existing secondar...

    Authors: Ntakadzeni E Madala, Lizelle A Piater, Paul A Steenkamp and Ian A Dubery
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:254
  12. Apart from elevated glucose, triglyceride and cholesterol, elevated levels of serum free-fatty acid (FFA) are observed in diabetic patients. Increased FFA load can cause multiple dysregulation which are collec...

    Authors: Mahesh Kumar Verma, Aggunda Nagaraju Yateesh, Rachapalli Smitha, Korrapati Neelima, Puttrevana M Pallavi, Madhusudhan Reddy, Jayaram Poornima, Anup M Oommen, Madanahalli R Jagannath and Baggavalli P Somesh
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:251
  13. Half-marathon running is of high popularity. Recent studies tried to find predictor variables for half-marathon race time for recreational female and male runners and to present equations to predict race time....

    Authors: Beat Knechtle, Ursula Barandun, Patrizia Knechtle, Matthias A Zingg, Thomas Rosemann and Christoph A Rüst
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:248
  14. Ant control is difficult in systems even where a variety of control strategies and compounds are allowed; in sensitive places such as hospitals, where there are often restrictions on the methods and toxicants ...

    Authors: Roxana Josens, Francisco J Sola, Nahuel Marchisio, María Agostina Di Renzo and Alina Giacometti
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:229
  15. As herd sizes have increased in the last decades, computerized monitoring solutions, which provide fast, objective and accurate evaluations of the herd status, gain more and more importance. This study analyze...

    Authors: Jennifer Salau, Jan H Haas, Wolfgang Junge, Ulrike Bauer, Jan Harms and Sascha Bieletzki
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:225
  16. The SWI/SNF-like chromatin-remodeling protein ATRX has emerged as a key factor in the regulation of α-globin gene expression, incorporation of histone variants into the chromatin template and, more recently, a...

    Authors: David Valle-García, Lyra M Griffiths, Michael A Dyer, Emily Bernstein and Félix Recillas-Targa
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:222
  17. Byproducts of cytokine activation are sometimes useful as surrogate biomarkers for monitoring cytokine generation in patients. Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β plays a pivotal role in pathogenesis of hepatic...

    Authors: Mitsuko Hara, Akiko Kirita, Wakako Kondo, Tomokazu Matsuura, Keisuke Nagatsuma, Naoshi Dohmae, Shinji Ogawa, Shinobu Imajoh-Ohmi, Scott L Friedman, Daniel B Rifkin and Soichi Kojima
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:221
  18. It was assumed that women would be able to outperform men in ultra-marathon running. The present study investigated the sex difference in performance for all ultra-triathlon distances from the Ironman distance (i...

    Authors: Christoph A Rüst, Thomas Rosemann and Beat Knechtle
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:219
  19. Urinary pH is an important factor linked to renal stone disease and a useful marker in the treatment of urolithiasis. Although the gold standard for measuring urinary pH utilizes a glass electrode and a pH met...

    Authors: Felix Grases, Adrian Rodriguez, Francisco Berga, Antonia Costa-Bauza, Rafael Maria Prieto, Isabel Burdallo, Alfredo Cadarso, Cecilia Jimenez-Jorquera, Antonio Baldi and Rosendo Garganta
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:209
  20. Despite recommendations to release microbial resources to the community post-publication, the reality is far from satisfying. A workshop discussed the need for a coordinated and effective deposition policy for...

    Authors: Erko Stackebrandt, David Smith, Serge Casaregola, Giovanna Cristina Varese, Gerard Verkleij, Nelson Lima and Paul Bridge
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:208
  21. We have previously demonstrated that mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase 1, Mkp1, is expressed in the developing and rat adult substantia nigra and striatum, where it promotes the growth of nigral dop...

    Authors: Louise M Collins, Aisling M Gavin, Sinead Walsh, Aideen M Sullivan, Sean L Wyatt, Gerard W O’Keeffe, Yvonne M Nolan and André Toulouse
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:205
  22. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remains an important public health issue and CDC recommends routine HIV screening for Americans aged 13–64. Adolescents and young adults are disproportionately affected compa...

    Authors: Karen Coeytaux, Michael R Kramer and Patrick S Sullivan
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:202
  23. Geranylgeranyl reductase (CHL P) catalyzes the reduction of geranylgeranyl diphosphate to phytyl diphosphate, and provides phytol for both Chlorophyll (Chl) and tocopherol synthesis. In this study, we isolated...

    Authors: Pingyu Wang, Chunmei Li, Yang Wang, Rui Huang, Changhui Sun, Zhengjun Xu, Jianqing Zhu, Xiaoling Gao, Xiaojian Deng and Pingrong Wang
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:201
  24. The present study reports isolation and characterization of H9N2 virus responsible for disease characterized by symptoms including difficulty in respiration, head swelling, nasal discharge, reduced feed intake...

    Authors: Subhash J Jakhesara, Vaibhav D Bhatt, Namrata V Patel, Kantilal S Prajapati and Chaitanya G Joshi
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:196
  25. Grass carp reovirus (GCRV) is a causative agent of haemorrhagic disease in grass carp that drastically affects grass carp aquaculture. Here we report a novel GCRV isolate isolated from sick grass carp that ind...

    Authors: Xiu-ying Yan, Ya Wang, Ling-fang Xiong, Ji-chang Jian and Zao-he Wu
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:190
  26. Mouse submandibular salivary gland cells and liver progenitor cells from long-term in vitro cultures with a high proliferation potential were side-by-side compared by methods of immunocytochemistry, quantitative ...

    Authors: Olga S Petrakova, Vasiliy V Terskikh, Elena S Chernioglo, Vasiliy V Ashapkin, Evgeny Y Bragin, Victoria Y Shtratnikova, Inessa G Gvazava, Yuriy V Sukhanov and Andrey V Vasiliev
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:183
  27. Rotavirus viral protein 6 (VP6), encoded by genome segment (GS) 6, is the primary target for rotavirus diagnosis by serological and some molecular techniques. Selected full length nucleotide sequences of GS 6 ...

    Authors: Martin M Nyaga, Mathew D Esona, Khuzwayo C Jere, Ina Peenze, Mapaseka L Seheri and M Jeffrey Mphahlele
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:179
  28. Telomeres and telomerase have important biological functions and can protect chromosome ends. In this study, sex- and season-dependent changes in telomere length and telomerase activity in ash and willow were ...

    Authors: Ying Mu, Lan-fang Ren, Zhi-li Xun, Dan-dan Zhang, Han Song, Hai Lu, Feng-lan Li and Di Liu
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:163
  29. Increased production, oligomerization and aggregation of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides are hallmark pathologies of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Expressing familial AD mutations (amyloid precursor protein and/or preseni...

    Authors: Pankaj S Ghate, Himakshi Sidhar, George A Carlson and Ranjit K Giri
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:161
  30. The context sequence motif surrounding the ATG initiation codon influences mRNA translation efficiency and affects protein production; however, the optimal sequence differs among species. To determine the opti...

    Authors: Ken-ichiro Tatematsu, Keiro Uchino, Hideki Sezutsu and Toshiki Tamura
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:136
  31. Second-generation bioethanol production requires the development of economically feasible and sustainable processes that use renewable lignocellulosic biomass as a starting material. However, the microbial fer...

    Authors: Kenji Okamoto, Atsushi Uchii, Ryuichi Kanawaku and Hideshi Yanase
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:121
  32. The present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of ambient storage on the quality attributes of aerobically packaged fish curls incorporated with optimum levels of different flours. The curls were devel...

    Authors: Waseem Hussain Raja, Sunil Kumar, Zuhaib Fayaz Bhat and Pavan Kumar
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:106
  33. Because of increased incidence of teenage births and high prevalence of lactation in Latin America, we determined the patterning of free amino acids (FAAs) in breast milk of 65 primiparous Ecuadorian women of ...

    Authors: Manuel E Baldeón, Julie A Mennella, Nancy Flores, Marco Fornasini and Ana San Gabriel
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:104
  34. Optineurin is a gene associated with normal tension glaucoma (NTG) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Foci formation and functional consequences including Golgi fragmentation, impairment of vesicle traff...

    Authors: Sanja Turturro, Xiang Shen, Rajalekshmy Shyam, Beatrice YJT Yue and Hongyu Ying
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:99
  35. A prospective, randomised, double-blinded, clinical trial was performed at a level 1 trauma centre to determine if a prostacyclin analogue, epoprostenol (Flolan®), could attenuate systemic inflammatory respons...

    Authors: Marie Rodling Wahlström, Magnus Olivecrona, Clas Ahlm, Anders Bengtsson, Lars-Owe D Koskinen, Silvana Naredi and Magnus Hultin
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:98
  36. It has been assumed that women would be able to outrun men in ultra-marathon running. The present study investigated the sex differences in running speed in ultra-marathons held worldwide from 50 km to 1,000 k...

    Authors: Matthias Alexander Zingg, Klaus Karner-Rezek, Thomas Rosemann, Beat Knechtle, Romuald Lepers and Christoph Alexander Rüst
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:97
  37. Animal sport such as horseracing is tainted with drug abuse as are human sports. Treatment of racehorses on race day with therapeutic medications in most cases is banned, and thus, it is essential to monitor t...

    Authors: Jin-Wen Chen, Cornelius E Uboh, Lawrence R Soma, Youwen You, Zibin Jiang, Xiaoqing Li, Fuyu Guan and Ying Liu
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:94
  38. Microbial cellulases are the enzymes widely studied due to their enormous applications in biochemical industry. Among 12 fungal isolates isolated from mangrove plant debris and soil sample collected from Valan...

    Authors: Vinod Kumar Nathan, Mary Esther Rani, Gunaseeli Rathinasamy, Kannan Narayanan Dhiraviam and Sridhar Jayavel
    Citation: SpringerPlus 2014 3:92