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Synthesis, Computational, and In Vitro Antimycobacterial Studies on Benzofuran based Sulphonamide Derivatives (Part II)
A new series of 20 benzofuran based sulphonamides was synthesized from salicylaldehyde and ortho-vanillin. Synthesized compounds (VIIIa–VIIIt) were characterized using FT-IR (Fourier-transform infrared spectrosco...
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Geostatistical stationary space-time covariance functions modeling of Yellow Sigatoka progress in banana crop
Banana production is affected by Yellow Sigatoka, one of the causes of leaf lesions, which causes the reduction of the photosynthetic area of the plant and, consequently, the quality of the fruit and the produ...
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A novel dihydrocoumarin under experimental and theoretical characterization
Coumarins are natural and synthetic active ingredients widely applied in diverse types of medicinal treatments, such as cancer, inflammation, infection, and enzyme inhibition (monoamine oxidase B). Dihydrocoum...
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Risk factor for death in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: are biomarkers useful to foresee the prognosis in this population of patients?
The morbidity and mortality in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) occur due to infectious complications and constitute the major clinical problems in HSCT recipients. The role of the use of biomark...
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Trauma is associated with a better prognosis in intensive care patients with Acinetobacter infections
Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged as a common cause of infection in war-related trauma, civilian trauma and other surgical emergencies. The aim of this study was to determine prognostic facto...
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Role of Oxidative Damage and Myocardial Cell Injuries in Human Severe Sepsis/Septic Shock after Surgical Correction of Congenital Heart Disease in Infants
Background and aims: Perioperative myocardial damage still remains the most common cause of morbidity and death after technically successful surgical correction. However, the situation is further complicated in p...
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Evaluation of Myocardial Cell Injuries and Oxidative Stress Mechanisms in Neonates and Infants after Surgical Correction of Congenital Heart Disease
Background and aims: Despite advances in pediatric cardiac surgery, perioperative myocardial injury can be the major determinant of postoperative dysfunction after cardiac surgery. The objective was to investigat...
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Bovine herpesvirus 5 induces an overproduction of nitric oxide in the brain of rabbits that correlates with virus dissemination and precedes the development of neurological signs
We herein report an investigation of nitric oxide (NO) levels, a candidate molecule for neuronal toxicity and dysfunction, in the brain of rabbits during experimental neurological infection by bovine herpesvir...
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Evaluation of soil gram-negative bacteria yielding polyhydroxyalkanoic acids from carbohydrates and propionic acid
A screening programme was developed leading to the isolation of 75 strains of soil gram-negative bacteria which are able to produce polyhydroxyalkanoic acids (PHA) from sugar-cane derivatives. The evaluation ...
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Improved culture media for growth of Bradyrhizobium japonicum
A freshly-prepared yeast extract at 30 or 50 g/l improved the growth of Bradyrhizobium japonicum SEMIA 587 in a 5-l stirred fermenter. Monosodium glutamate or a commercial yeast extract at 2.0 g/l almost doubled ...
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Detection of heat-labile (LT) enterotoxin of enterotoxigenicEscherichia coli by the radial immune hemolysis test: a modification for clinical use
An adaptation for clinical purposes of a radial immune hemolysis test for the detection of the heat-labile (LT) enterotoxin of the enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli is described. The results correlated well wit...
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Evaluation of a defined medium for the production of both thermolabile (LT) and thermostable (ST) enterotoxins ofEscherichia coli
The production of thermolabile (LT) enterotoxin was compared in a defined medium reported by Staples et al. (SAG medium) for the production of thermostable (ST) enterotoxin and the Casamino acids-Yeast extract...
