Effects of growth temperature and nitrogen nutrition on expression of C-C intermediate traits in Chenopodium album.

Proto-Kranz plants represent an initial phase in the evolution from C to C-C intermediate to C plants. The ecological and adaptive aspects of C-C plants would provide an important clue to understand the evolution of C-C plants. We investigated whether growth temperature and nitrogen (N) nutrition influence the expression of C-C traits in Chenopodium album (proto-Kranz) in comparison with Chenopodium quinoa (C).

Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm associated with Marfan's syndrome--report of a case.

A case of Marfan's syndrome associated with thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm and mitral regurgitation in a 29 year old male is reported herein. The aneurysm was replaced with a Y-shaped graft using Crawford's technique, while the major branches of the abdominal aorta were separately cannulated from inside the aneurysm and perfused via partial extracorporeal circulation using a left femoro-femoral bypass. We found this technique useful in the prevention of tissue ischemia during the operation.

[201Tl-reverse redistribution in a case with stunned myocardium].

A 58-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of chest pain. Electrocardiogram showed giant negative T waves in leads I, II, III, aVl, aVf and V2 through V6. Echocardiogram showed anterior wall motion abnormality.

Pyrroxamycin, a new antibiotic taxonomy, fermentation, isolation, structure determination and biological properties.

A strain of streptomycete was found to produce a new antibiotic pyrroxamycin. This compound was isolated from the culture broth of Streptomyces sp. S46506.

Azinomycins A and B, new antitumor antibiotics. I. Producing organism, fermentation, isolation, and characterization.

A strain of Streptomyces griseofuscus S42227 (FERM P-8443) was found to produce new antitumor antibiotics, called azinomycins A and B. The molecular formulas of azinomycins A and B were determined as C30H33N3O10 and C31H33N3O11, respectively. They were active against Gram-positive bacteria, Gram-negative bacteria and L5178Y cells in tissue culture.