MANGOSTEEN FRUIT | | | | The Mangosteen Fruit is by far the most exotic fruit in the world. It has been researched and studied so much that this site is dedicated to bring you all that information and research. | | The Mangosteen contains several classes of phytonutrient antioxidants and is the only place in nature to contain a broad spectrum of a new class of phytonutrients called Xanthones. The potent effects on human health of the Mangosteen have been observed for centuries in Southeast
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Atomic number | Element | Percent of Mass[2][3][4][5] | Mass (kg)[6] | Atomic percent | Positive health role in mammals[7] | Group | 8 | Oxygen | 65 | 43 | 24 | Yes (water‚ electron acceptor) /No (Reactive Oxygen Species) | 16 | 6 | Carbon | 18 | 16 | 12 | Yes (organic compounds are hydrocarbon derivatives) | 14 | 1 | Hydrogen | 10 | 7 | 63 | Yes (e.g. water) | 1 | 7 | Nitrogen | 3 | 1.8 | 0.58 | Yes (e.g. DNA and amino acids) | 15 | 20 | Calcium | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.24 | Yes (e.g. Calmodulin and Hydroxylapatite inbones)
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Cherno Okafor Aida Stefani SBI4U Octover 20th‚ 2012 Assignment 1: Cellular Biology furthers technology-Enzymes in the Dairy Industry Since ancient times‚ enzymes have played an important role in food production. Especially in the diary industry‚ some enzymes are required for the production of cheese‚ yogurt‚ and other dairy products‚ while others are used in a more specialized fashion such as improving texture or flavour of the product. Enzymes are used to catalyze the desirable reactions in industrial
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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Background Uloric (febuxostat) is a xanthine oxidase inhibitor indicated for the chronic management of hyperuricemia in patients with gout. Its mechanism of action is the inhibition of xanthine oxidase‚ the enzyme responsible for the conversion of hypoxanthine to xanthine to uric acid. At therapeutic concentrations it does not inhibit other enzymes involved in purine and
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Enzyme Inhibition Many drugs exert their action by inhibition of an enzyme activity in the body. If the activity of an enzyme is vital to the cell or organism‚ then inhibition may lead to death of the cell or organism. It is now possible to design new drugs which are enzyme inhibitors once a target enzyme has been identified. Types of Inhibitors A) Reversible Inhibitors: The effect of the inhibitor is instantaneous‚ and it can be removed from the enzyme by dialysis so that the enzyme activity
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(DAG) and ceramides impair insulin metabolic signaling and prompt diabetic cardiomyopathy. In this regard‚ the increased DAG in cardiomyocytes impairs glucose metabolism through activation of protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms [24]. Ceramides are a family of bioactive waxy lipid molecules composed of sphingosine and a fatty acid [24]. Ceramide directly activates the atypical PKCs to phosphorylate and inhibit the insulin metabolic Akt/PKB signaling and thus inhibit GLUT4 translocation and insulin-stimulated
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Acute Inflammation The survival of all organisms requires that they eliminate foreign invaders‚ such as infectious pathogens‚ and damaged tissues. These functions are mediated by a complex host response called inflammation. Definition of inflammation Inflammation is fundamentally a protective response‚ the ultimate goal of which is to rid the organism of both the initial cause of cell injury (e.g.‚ microbes‚ toxins) and the consequences of such injury (e.g.‚ necrotic cells and tissues)
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experiment‚ Drosophila melanogaster‚ Drosophila virilis‚ as well as a marker strain (mutant strain of D. melanogaster) were used to examine the genetic variation. Electrophoresis followed by the staining of the proteins will cause the enzymes‚ aldehyde oxidase‚ alcohol dehydrogenase‚ and malate dehydrogenase‚ to become visible‚ appearing as a set of different banding patterns. The banding patterns will dependent on the molecular form of the enzyme‚ indicating the genetic variation that can exist between
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The hydrolysis was performed using ACR in a concentration of 5 FPU.g-1. The EH was performed following the standard conditions in sequential and in simultaneous reactions. After the hydrolysis‚ glucose concentration was determined using the glucose oxidase kit (Doles Reagents ®) following the manufacturer’s guidelines. The results were compared by statistical analyses (Student’s t testy-test). Significant differences were obtained when p ≤
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Microbial analysis of soil‚ of top layer from selected sites of Area near Dahisar River Saika N. Esani University of Mumbai (Email – saikae@ymail.com) Abstract: soil samples were collected fortnightly from area near Dahisar River‚ A river in suburb of Mumbai. laboratory analysis started from July 2010 to September 2010. Total bacterial and fungal count were estimated by standard spread plate isolation. Isolated bacteria were subject to colony characterization and were estimated by their
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