Effect of Carrot Callus Cells on the Mechanical, Rheological, and Sensory Properties of Hydrogels Based on Xanthan and Konjac Gums.

The study aims to develop a plant-based food gel with a unique texture using callus cells and a mixture of xanthan (X) and konjac (K) gums. The effect of encapsulation of carrot callus cells (0.1 and 0.

[Is resistance to disinfectants a mandatory feature of a hospital strain of causative agents of nosocomial purulent-septic infections?].

Aim: Evaluate resistance to working solutions of disinfectants by Staphylococcus haemolyticus and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from newborns and hospital environment objects of obstetric hospital during registration of group purulent-septic infections (PSI).

Materials And Methods: Analysis of 2 epidemic situations on PSI morbidity of newborns caused by S. haemolyticus and K.

[The characteristics of epidemic influenza A and B virus strains circulating in Russia during the 2007-2008 season].

In 2007-2008 in Russia, the epidemic upsurge of influenza morbidity was caused by the active circulation of influenza A(H1N1, A(H3N2), and B viruses. The center for Ecology and Epidemiology of Influenza studied 334 epidemic strains. The results of a comparative study of the svirus specificity of commercial test systems (AmpliSens Influenza virus A/B and AmpliSens Influenza virus A/H5N1) for the polymerase chain reaction diagnosis and virological assays, including virus isolation, revealed their high correlation, which confirms that they may be expensively used to monitor the circulation of influenza viruses in the Russian Federation.

[Natriuretic peptide--independent marker of cardiovascular diseases in patients with diabetes mellitus].

The review depicts the findings of the foreign and Ukrainian researches focused on high blood level of natriuretic peptide (NP), which possesses, by itself, the risk of cardiovascular diseases in patients with diabetes mellitus regardless of its stage.

[Structure-functional features of homologous domains of angiotensin-converting enzyme].

Somatic angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) consists of two homologous domains, each of them containing an active site. Differences in substrate specificities and affinity to inhibitors of the active sites of the two domains of bovine ACE are described. The ACE domains demonstrate different thermostability, and the reasons for this difference are analyzed.