[The impact of components of conventional and genetically modified soybeans on parameters of the immune and reproductive systems in female rats].

The article presents results of research of the content of glycoproteins and their specific carbohydrate components, total protein, hemoglobin, erythrocyte, leucocytes molecules of average mass and circulating immune complexes in the blood of female rats under conditions feeding of conventional and transgenic soybeans. Also the reproductive function and mass coefficient of fetus of the studied animals was analyzed. The studies were conducted in three groups of female rats aged 3 months.

[Human arginase I from the recombinant yeast Hansenula polymorpha: isolation and characterization of the enzyme].

Purified human arginase I preparations homogeneous in SDS-PAAG test were obtained by the affinity chromatography on the synthesized sorbent L-arginine-macroporous glass. Some physico-chemical characteristics of the isolated arginase preparation have been estimated: thermo- and pH-stability, temperature- and pH-optima of the enzyme. The influence of some bivalent metal ions and other additives on enzymatic activity for stabilization of the enzyme and optimization of its storage conditions was studied.

[Efficacy of phenotropil in the rehabilitation of stroke patients].

We studied 400 patients with ischemic stroke, including 200 patients (the main group), who received 3 courses of phenotropil in the complex rehabilitation treatment in dosage 400 mg/day during 1 year after stroke. The extent of restoration of neurologic functions and daily living activities was assessed with Barthel, Lindmark, Scandinavian scales and Merton and Sutton scale. The restoration of neurologic and daily living activities was significantly (p < 0.

[Assessment of human health in the areas adjacent to a large industrial center].

The paper presents data on morbidity in the population living in the suburban area of an industrial center (the city of Ryazan), by taking into account gross ambient emission from the stationary sources, ambient pollution levels, and a sanitary assessment of the quality of life. Differences were found only in the extent of specific emission (per km2 and per capita). The studies in the 1991-2006 changes in the health status of the children living in the suburban areas indicated that the average many years' morbidity rates were significantly less than those in the city (other than diseases of blood and blood organs), but these were at the level of the average regional rates.

[Organization and execution of the use of disinfectants, insecticides and rodenticides in the period of the eradication of the medical and sanitary consequences of a flood in Stavropol Territory in 2002].

Materials on the organization and execution of disinfection, disinfestations and deratization works at the period of the liquidation of the medico-sanitary consequences of the high flood in the Stavropol Territory in 2002 are presented. Timely and full-scope treatment, carried out in the course of these works, played a positive role in preventing epidemiological aggravations among the affected population.