The Barrious Oil Wrapping System (BOWS), a commercial dietary supplement, was tested. Using in vitro titrimetric assays with olive oil (100 mg), BOWS caused a 50% decrease in pancreatic lipase activity between 50 and 75 ...

Background: Epidemiological studies have identified air pollution as a contributing factor in both pulmonary and cardiovascular disease, but the mechanisms whereby air pollution accelerates these diseases are not fully ...

Rhizobium sp. strain TAL1145 is a soil bacterium that forms nitrogen-fixing root nodules on the tree-legume, Leucaena leucocephala. Leucaena produces a toxic non-protein amino acid, known as mimosine, which is also released ...

Human Serum Albumin (HSA) is the most abundant plasma protein that transports a variety of drugs and endogenous compounds. HSA is the primary transporter for delivering free fatty acid (FFA) to tissues and possesses at ...

Cyclic nucleotide gated ion channels (CNGCs) are a 20-member gene family in the model plant, Arabidopsis thaliana, and playa role in the transport of both monovalent (ie. Na+, K+ and divalent (ie. Ca2+, Mg2+) cations across ...

Papaya is a major tree-fruit plant grown mainly in tropical and subtropical regions. A BAC library was end sequenced and the resulting 50,661 BAC-end sequences were analyzed bioinformatically. A total of 7,456 SSRs were ...

Kava is a shrubby herb that has been used for centuries by the Pacific Island societies as a ceremonial, medicinal, social and recreational beverage. Kava, in the form of aqueous drinks prepared from rhizome and root, was ...