Focal thoracic uptake mimicking lung metastasis on 131I post-therapy whole-body scan in patients with thyroid carcinoma.

Whole-body 131I scan after total thyroidectomy is important in the evaluation of radioiodine avid metastatic foci in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma. False-positive uptakes are occasionally seen in the thoracic region which should be evaluated carefully and not mistaken as lung metastases. We report here 2 cases of abnormal focal thoracic uptake, 1 case of a pleuropericardial cyst and 1 case of focal bronchiectasis, that could potentially be confused with lung metastasis.

[Analysis of alkaloids in Zanthoxylum nitidum by HPLC-DAD/ESI-Q-TOF-MS].

The alkaloids in Zanthoxylum nitidum were identified by HPLC-DAD/ESI-Q-TOF-MS. Separation was performed on a Hanbon C18 column with acetonitrile (with 0.1% formic acid) and water(with 0.

Optimization of the separation and determination of nitidine and chelerythrine in Zanthoxylum nitidum by high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection.

A new ion-pair high-performance liquid chromatography method with fluorescence detection was developed for the determination of nitidine and chelerythrine in Zanthoxylum nitidum. To optimize the separation of the two compounds in reversed-phase liquid chromatography, a response surface method (Box-Behnken designs) was used. Three important factors: concentration of ion pair agent, mobile phase composition and buffer pH, were studied for their contribution to the analytes' response, leading to a total of 17 experiments performed on a Kromasil C18 column.

[Study on the optimal extaction of total flavonoids from Tagetes erecta by central composite design-response surface methodology].

Objective: To optimize the process of extracting total flavonoids from Tagetes erecta.

Methods: The influential factors were extraction temperature, ethanol concentration, reflux time and solvent volume fold. The evaluating indicator was the extraction rate of total flavonoids from Tagetes erecta.

Calbindin D28k, parvalbumin, and calretinin immunoreactivity in the main and accessory olfactory bulbs of the gray short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis domestica.

The vertebrate main and accessory olfactory bulbs (MOB and AOB) are the first synaptic sites in the olfactory pathways. The MOB is a cortical structure phylogenetically well conserved in its laminar structure and overall synaptic organization, while the AOB has significant species variation in size. In order to better understand signal processing in the two olfactory systems and the species differences, immunocytochemical staining and analysis were done of the neuronal expression patterns of the calcium-binding proteins calbindin D28k (CB), parvalbumin (PV), and calretinin (CR) in the MOB and AOB in a marsupial species, the gray short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis domestica.

Calbindin D28K immunoreactive neurons in vomeronasal organ and their projections to the accessory olfactory bulb in the rat.

The vomeronasal system is a nasal chemosensory system involved in pheromone detection. The chemosensory receptor neurons are located in the sensory epithelium of the vomeronasal organ (VNO). Their axons terminate in the glomeruli of the accessory olfactory bulb (AOB).