Study on chemical composition of Dicranopteris linearis spores: isolation of syringaresinol, shikimic acid, angelicin, dihydroxycinnamic acid. Evaluation of activity.

To evaluate the effects of auriculotherapy on treating insomnia at Department of Traditional Medicine and Physical Therapy, Tan Phu District Hospital, Ho Chi Minh city. Methods: Includes 64 patients were treated with auriculotherapy, according to the research methodology, clinical trial, assess the results before and after treatment.

To investigate the clinical characteristics of Excess and Deficiency patterns according to Traditional Medicine and explore associated factors in patients with musculoskeletal disorders. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 206 patients diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis and/or lumbar spondylosis and/or rheumatoid arthritis and/or periarthritis humeroscapularis who came for treatment at Hue Traditional Medicine Hospital.

Topical medications derived from traditional medicines play a crucial role in dermatological treatment, often serving as the primary therapeutic approach. The underlying causes of dermatological conditions may include external factors such as wind, cold, dampness, heat, parasites, or internal imbalances such as stagnation of qi, blood stasis or deficiencies in liver and kidney function. Treatment methods in traditional medicine may incorporate remedies, surgical interventions, or a combination of both. Surgical treatment often involves straightforward techniques such as soaking, steaming, rubbing...

The growing trend of pursuing advanced education, particularly within the medical field, reflects a global shift towards higher academic and research aspirations. Taiwan stands out as a premier destination for international students, especially those from Asia, due to its robust economy, high-ranking educational institutions, and cultural affinity with neighboring countries.

To investigate the characteristics of heart patterns according to traditional medicine and to examine the relationship between pro-BNP, EF indices, and the occurrence of these syndromes in patients with cardiovascular disease.

The primary objective of this study was to investigate the connection between temperature variations and the range of motion (ROM) in the neck and shoulder regions following specific joint movements based on Traditional Medicine practices. To accomplish this, a novel infrared measurement method was employed to enhance the accuracy of assessments.

Anxiety disorder is one of the issue that affects the patient's physical and mental health and reduces the effectiveness of treatment. At the moment, patients with underlying conditions, particularly those with hypertension, are more likely to experience anxiety problems. This lessens quality of life, accelerates disease progression, exacerbates illness symptoms, and decreases treatment compliance rates.

The thesis approaches accounting organization from the perspective of economic information system, to clarify the organization of accounting work at traditional medicine hospitals in Ha noi, from which proposals are made to improve the accounting organization in these hospitals.

Primary structural information including the complete nucleotide sequence of the ®rst insect aldehyde oxidase (AO) was obtained from the common house mosquitoCulex quinquefasciatus(Say) through cloning and sequencing of both genomic DNA and cDNA. The deduced amino-acid sequence encodes a 150-kDa protein of 1266 amino-acid residues, which is consistent with the expected monomeric subunit size of AO.

Structural analysis of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of nontypeableHaemophilus in¯uenzaestrain 1003 has been achieved by the application of high-®eld NMR techniques, ESI-MS, capillary electrophoresis coupled to ESI-MS, composition and linkage analyses on O-deacylated LPS and core oligosaccharide material. It was found that the LPS contains the common structural element of H.

We found a leucine aminopeptidase (LAP; EC 3.4.11.1) to be abundant in meiotic prophase tissue of a basidiomycete, Coprinus cinereus. After direct puri®cation of the amino-peptidase component from meiocytes, we cloned the gene by degenerate PCR using partial amino-acid sequences of the puri®ed enzyme and 5¢ and 3¢ RACE. It was homologous to the eukaryotic leucine aminopeptidase gene.

The expression of the choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) enzyme that synthesizes the neurotransmitter acetylcholine (ACh) is upregulated by ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF). We studied the involvement of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway in regulating ChAT expression in a murine septal cell line. Surprisingly, we found that PD98059 and U0126, two structurally distinct inhibitors of MAPK kinase (MEK1), increased both basal and CNTF-induced ACh production.

Casein kinases I (CKI) are serine/threonine protein kinases widely expressed in a range of eukaryotes including yeast, mammals and plants. They have been shown to play a role in diverse physiological events including membrane trafficking. CKIa is associated with synaptic vesicles and phosphorylates some synaptic vesicle associated proteins including SV2. In this report, we show that syntaxin-1A is phosphorylated in vitro by CKI on Thr21. Casein kinase II (CKII) has been shown previously to phosphorylate syntaxin-1A in vitro and we have identified Ser14 as the CKII phosphorylation site, which is known to be phosphorylated in vivo....

Oviparously developing embryos of the brine shrimp, Artemia franciscana, synthesize abundant quantities of a small heat shock/a-crystallin protein, termed p26. Wild-type p26 functions as a molecular chaperone in vitro and is thought to help encysted Artemia embryos survive severe physiological stress encountered during diapause and anoxia. Full-length and truncated p26 cDNA derivatives were generated by PCR amplification of p26-3-6-3, then cloned in either pET21(+) or pRSETC and expressed in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)....

In late larvae of the blowfly, Calliphora vicina, arylphorin and LSP-2 proteins, which belong to the class of hexamerins, are selectively taken up by the fat body from the haemolymph. Hexamerin endocytosis is mediated by a specific membranebound receptor, the arylphorin-binding protein (ABP). Using the two-hybrid technique, we found that the anterior fat body protein (AFP) interacts with the hexamerin receptor. AFP, a homologue of the mammalian calcium-binding liver protein regucalcin (senescence marker protein-30), exhibits a strong binding affinity for a naturally occurring C-terminal cleavage fragment of the hexamerin receptor precursor (the P30 peptide) and other receptor cleavage products that contain...

As an adaptation process to the growth retardation provoked by the presence of nonlethal concentrations of ergosterol biosynthesis inhibitors, Ustilago maydis alters the ratio of linoleic to oleic acid bound to plasma membrane ´ complex lipids [Hernandez, A., Cooke, D.T., Lewis, M. & Clarkson, D.T. (1997) Microbiology 143, 3165–3174]. This alteration increases plasma membrane H+-ATPase hydrolytic activity.

The CD53 antigen is a member of the tetraspanin membrane protein family that is expressed in the lymphoid-myeloid lineage. We have studied the implication of CD53 antigen in signal transduction by determining the effect of its ligation on the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) in different cell types. Ligation of the rat or human CD53 antigen induces a threeto fourfold transient activation of JNK activity that peaks at 3–5 min. The effect was detected by assaying the endogenous or exogenous (transfected) JNK activity....

The CD spectra of SMAP-29, an antimicrobial peptide from sheep, showed disordered structure in aqueous buffers, and significant helicity in membrane-like environments, including SDS micelles, lipopolysaccharide (LPS) dispersions, and trifluoroethanol buffer systems. A structure determined by NMR in 40% perdeuterated trifluoroethanol indicated that residues 8–17 were helical, residues 18–19 formed a hinge, and residues 20–28 formed an ordered, hydrophobic segment.

During the last decade several novel yeast genes encoding proteins related to the PPP family of Ser/Thr protein phosphatases have been discovered and their functional characterization initiated. Most of these novel phosphatases display intriguing structural features and/or are involved in a number of important functions, such as cell cycle regulation, protein synthesis and maintenance of cellular integrity. While in some cases these genes appear to be restricted to fungi, in others similar proteins can be found in higher eukaryotes. ...