The parasitic dinoflagellate Amoebophrya infects broad range of marine organisms. Particularly, Amoebophrya infections in planktonic dinoflagellates can prevent or delay the formation of algal blooms, and recycle undergrazed planktonic dinoflagellates back to the microbial loop by disrupting hos...

Effective vaccine formulations consist of several components: an antigen carrier, the antigen, a stimulator of cellular immunity such as a Toll-like Receptors (TLRs) ligand, and a stimulator of humoral response such as an inflammasome activator. Here, we investigated the immunostimulatory and ad...

New effects and mechanisms of alum on innate immunity have emerged in recent years. A number of cellular and molecular mechanisms induced by aluminum adjuvant have been reported, while the role of NALP3 and inflammasome in the cellular pathway induced by alum is still controversial. The effect o...

The present study outlines the phenolic composition of methanolic extracts of Digitalis ferruginea and Digitalis lamarckii aerial parts and evaluates their biological activities. The quantification of phenolic compounds was carried out by HPLC–DAD analysis. Antioxidant properties were assessed ...

The clinical benefit of digitalis for patients with heart disease is well established. However, recent studies have also suggested that digitalis has antineoplastic activities at clinically relevant serum concentrations. Much of the early evidence supporting the anticancer activity of digitalis ...

Digitalis trojana Ivan, a member of Digitalis genus, has highly bioactive properties due to efficient phenolics. These compounds have shown to convert into each other in a limited time. Seasonal fluctuations of this plant leaves have been studied during the summer season using the high performan...

“Digitalis toxicity, often candidly indexed as poisoning, has plagued the medical profession for over 200 years. The situation qualifies as a professional disgrace on the basis of three items: the situation persists, physicians are often slow to recognize it and, over the decades, writers have ...

Phytochemical investigation of the aerial parts of Digitalis grandiflora Miller (Plantaginaceae) led to the isolation of an undescribed cardenolide type glycoside digigrandifloroside (1) along with five known compounds, rengyoside A (2), rengyoside B (3), cleroindicin A (4), salidroside (5), and...

The phytochemical studies on the aerial parts of Digitalis davisiana Heywood led to the isolation of three undescribed phenylethanoid glycosides named as digidavisoside A (5), digidavisoside B (7), and davisoside (8), along with 9 known compounds, ferruginoside B (1), isolugrandoside (2), lugran...

This report describes a digitalis-induced regular fascicular ventricular tachycardia characterized by marked QRS alternans a manifestation not usually associated with this arrhythmia. The striking alternation of QRS configuration suggested alternating ventricular activation from either a single ...

IntroductionDigitalis has been used for over 200 years to treat patients with heart failure, and evidence supports its use to improve clinical symptoms and quality of life, but not survival. The objective of this retrospective study was to evaluate the effects of digitalis on readmission and mor...

Treatment of chronic digitalis intoxication includes suspension of drug intake, which may be sufficient in case of mild manifestations, and supportive measures. Severe bradycardia requires the administration of atropine or isoproterenol; placement of a temporary pacemaker may be required in case...

In this study, waste red mud (RM) from aluminum industry was calcined at different temperatures between 400 °C–800 °C and was applied as catalysts for the efficient production of glycerol carbonate (GC) through transesterification of glycerol (GL) with dimethyl carbonate (DMC). No chemical pr...

The transesterification of ethylene carbonate (EC) with methanol to synthesis dimethyl carbonate (DMC) and ethylene glycol (EG) over ZnO, La2O3 and Zn-La mixed oxides were explored. The catalysts were prepared by co-precipitation method and characterized by BET, XRD, TG-DSC, CO2-TPD and Hammett ...

Basic aluminium sulphate and nitrate crystals were prepared by forced hydrolysis of aluminium salt solution followed by precipitation with a sulphate solution or by evaporation for the basic aluminium nitrate. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) confirms the chemical composition determined by...

MgO-CeO2 catalysts were investigated for selective synthesis of glycerol carbonate by glycerol transesterification with dimethyl carbonate as carbonating source. Co-precipitation technique was used to prepare Mg-Ce oxides by with different molar ratios. Samples characteristics were derived by N2...

The preparation of alumina from a precursor - basic aluminium carbonate (NH4Al(CO3)(OH)2) - gives high-porosity aluminas after calcination, when a large amount of gases from the carbonate decomposition are liberated.Basic aluminium carbonates were prepared from aluminium nitrate or aluminium sul...

The synthesis of glycerol carbonate (GC) from glycerol and dimethyl carbonate (DMC) catalyzed by oil palm empty fruit bunch ash (EFBA) was developed in this work. The catalyst was calcined at a temperature range of 300–600 °C, and the effect of temperature was correlated with the catalyst stru...

A series of efficient and robust Cu based mixed oxides were synthesized by a simple co-precipitation method and utilized for the production of glycerol carbonate (GC) via transesterification of glycerol with dimethyl carbonate (DMC). The synthesized materials were characterized using XRD, UV–vi...

As important glycerol derivatives, glycerol carbonate (GC) and glycidol (GD) have attracted increasing attention in recent years. In the present work, a series of new solid base catalysts were developed to catalyze the conversion of glycerol to afford GC and GD. These catalysts were prepared by ...