Volume 1, Issue 4 (2005) | American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology

In vitro Effects of Beet Root Juice on Stimulated and Unstimulated Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells

Christiana Winkler — 2005-12-31

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Published online: 31 December 2005; doi:10.3844/ajbbsp.2005.180.185

Intake of fruits and vegetables rich in antioxidants is suggested to reduce the incidence of cancer and coronary heart disease in humans. Exceptional antioxidant activity of beet root extracts has bee...

Effect of Short Time Morphine Addiction on the Kidney Tissue in Rat

Reza Malekpourafshar — 2005-12-31

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Published online: 31 December 2005; doi:10.3844/ajbbsp.2005.186.188

Opium is an important substance that abuses and has very pharmacological and pathological effects. Morphine is the main substance of opium. In the recent study, it has been tried to identify the short...

Large Scale Production and Characterization of Anti-Human IgG Monoclonal Antibody in Peritoneum of Balb/c MICE

B. Baradaran — 2005-12-31

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Published online: 31 December 2005; doi:10.3844/ajbbsp.2005.189.192

Monoclonal antibodies are key reagents that are used in biomedical researches, diagnosis of immunodeficiency diseases such as IgG subclasses deficiency and treatment of diseases like infections and ca...

Multiple Antibiotic Resistances of Vibrio Isolates from Coastal and Brackish Water Areas

S. Manjusha — 2005-12-31

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Published online: 31 December 2005; doi:10.3844/ajbbsp.2005.193.198

An experiment was designed to assess the occurrence of multiple antibiotic resistances in Vibrio spp. from different (brackish and marine) environments. Water samples from nine marine landing sites ...

Use of X-Ray Diffractometry (XRD) for Identification of Fritillaria According to Geographical Origin

Wang Shujun — 2005-12-31

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Published online: 31 December 2005; doi:10.3844/ajbbsp.2005.199.203

Fritillaria is a traditional Chinese herbal medicine for anti-tussive and expectorant use in China and some other Asian countries. The Fritillaria Chinese medicine material derived from different ge...

Soluble Proteins, Proline, Carbohydrates and Na⁺/K⁺ Changes in Two Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) Cultivars under in vitro Salt Stress

Fariba Amini — 2005-12-31

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Published online: 31 December 2005; doi:10.3844/ajbbsp.2005.204.208

The effect of NaCl stress on soluble proteins, proline, carbohydrates and Na+/K+ of two tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) cultivars Isfahani and Shirazy were studied. Seeds were germinated on m...

Effects of Whole-body Magnetic Field on Changes of Glucose and Cortisol Hormone in Guinea Pigs

S. Zare — 2005-12-31

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Published online: 31 December 2005; doi:10.3844/ajbbsp.2005.209.211

The main goal of this study was to evaluate the possible effect of whole-body Magnetic Field (MF) exposure on the variations of glucose and corlisol hormone levels on 36 adult male Guinea pigs in fo...

Immunohistochemical Detection of Apoptosis-Related Proteins in Gerbil Hippocampus Transient Cerebral Ischemia: Neuroprotective Effect of Pitavastatin

Toshiki Himeda — 2005-12-31

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Published online: 31 December 2005; doi:10.3844/ajbbsp.2005.212.225

Delayed and selective neuronal damage was caused in the CA1 sector of hippocampus following 5 min of transient cerebral ischemia in gerbils. We investigated the immunohistochemical alterations of ap...