Volatiles, phenolic compounds, antioxidant and antibacterial properties of kohlrabi leaves.

This work presents the volatile compounds and phenolic profile investigation of the leaves of L. growing in Tunisia, together with antioxidant and antibacterial properties. Volatile constituents were determined by HS-SPME coupled to GC/MS, and the results showed that α-pinene (31.

Hughes Abdominal Repair Trial (HART) - Abdominal wall closure techniques to reduce the incidence of incisional hernias: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Background: Incisional hernias are common complications of midline closure following abdominal surgery and cause significant morbidity, impaired quality of life and increased health care costs. The 'Hughes Repair' combines a standard mass closure with a series of horizontal and two vertical mattress sutures within a single suture. This theoretically distributes the load along the incision length as well as across it.

Spontaneous haemoperitoneum due to a sigmoid diverticulum.

Spontaneous haemoperitoneum is rare. When it occurs it is a life-threatening condition. Common causes of this are gynaecological in nature and rarely due to colonic diverticular perforation.

Detoxification of olive mill wastewaters by Moroccan yeast isolates.

A total of 105 yeast strains were isolated from Moroccan olive oil production plants and evaluated for their ability to grow in olive oil mill wastewaters (OMW). The 9 isolates that grew best on OMW were selected for further study to evaluate their effect on removal of organic pollutants and OMW phytotoxicity (barley seed germination test). The results showed that at least four yeast isolates effectively lowered the toxicity of this effluent in addition to providing very useful materials in terms of both yeast biomass (6 g/l DW) and an irrigation fluid.

Can carotid ultrasound predict plaque histopathology?

Aim: European and North American studies have confirmed the benefits of carotid endarterectomy for patients with symptomatic carotid artery stenoses >70%. However, the management of asymptomatic patients and those with lesser degrees of stenosis is less certain. Several studies have suggested that, for these subgroups, the targeting of potentially unstable plaques, may help to identify those most at risk of cerebrovascular accidents and thus most likely to benefit from surgery.

[Effects of the methanolic extract of Chrysanthemum trifurcatum (Desf.) Batt. and Trab. on rat duodenal motility].

The effect of the methanolic extract of flowers of Chrysanthemum trifurcatum (Desf.) Batt. and Trab.

[Study of in vitro cytotoxic activity of cyclopentanones derivatives].

The cytotoxicity of 30 cyclopentanone derivatives was studied in vitro, in a clonogenic assay using murine leukemia L1210. Results are compared to those obtained with reference medicaments. 17 derivatives exhibit activities against L1210 cells.