cystine/zea mays

BACKGROUND cystine stones represent 1% of urinary calculi in adults and 10% in children and are especially recurrent and resistant to ESWL. Medical therapy is often efficient but often poorly tolerated. In Morocco, various plants, Herniaria hirsuta, Opuntia ficus-indica, Zea mays and Ammi visnaga

Nitric oxide (NO) is a second messenger with multifunction that is involved in plant growth, development and the acquisition of stress tolerance. In recent years, hydrogen sulphide (H(2)S) has been found to have similar functions, but crosstalk between NO and H(2)S in the acquisition of heat

The effects of amino acid-fortified low casein and fish oil (FO) diets on hyperlipidemia and proteinuria were studied in rats with nephrotoxic serum nephritis. After an antiserum injection, rats were maintained for 14 d on four different experimental diets: a 20% casein diet containing corn oil (CO)

The effects of spinach leaf protein concentrate (SPPC) on serum and liver lipid concentrations and on serum free amino acid concentrations were examined in rats fed a cholesterol-free diet containing 2 and 10% fats. The serum total cholesterol, triacylglycerol and phospholipid concentrations in the

Chronic occupational exposure to organophosphorus and carbamate-type pesticides significantly inhibits acetylcholinesterase activity and causes morbidity. This study on mice was designed to evaluate their amino profile and to identify signs of hepatic dysfunction following their chronic exposure to

A model has been built for the plant NADP-malate dehydrogenase from Zea mays, a key enzyme in photosynthesis, which undergoes light-dependent regulation. The model was based on sequence and presumed structural homology to the known three-dimensional structure of mammalian porcine cytosolic

The presence of a conserved cysteine residue in the C-terminal amino acid sequences of plant frataxins differentiates these frataxins from those of other kingdoms and may be key in frataxin assembly and function. We report a full study on the ability of Arabidopsis (AtFH) and Zea mays (ZmFH-1 and

Cyclotides are peptides from plants of the Rubiaceae and Violaceae families that have the unusual characteristic of a macrocylic backbone. They are further characterized by their incorporation of a cystine knot in which two disulfides, along with the intervening backbone residues, form a ring

Because of nutritional and technical problems the AIN-76A rodent diet was revised. One of the new formulations was designated AIN-93G and was suggested for use during growth, pregnancy and lactation studies. Some major differences in this new formulation compared with the AIN-76A diet are as

The AIN-93 rodent diets were formulated to substitute for the previous version (AIN-76A) and to improve the performance of animals that consume them. They are called AIN-93G, formulated for growth, and AIN-93M, for maintenance. Major changes included substituting cornstarch for sucrose and soybean

For sixteen years, the American Institute of Nutrition Rodent Diets, AIN-76 and AIN-76A, have been used extensively around the world. Because of numerous nutritional and technical problems encountered with the diet during this period, it was revised. Two new formulations were derived: AIN-93G for