Temporomandibular joint ganglion-induced external auditory canal obstruction associated with osteoarthritis: a case report.

Ganglions are pseudocysts that develop from part of the joint capsule or tendon sheath and are filled with synovial fluid. In this report, we describe a case of external auditory canal obstruction caused by a temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ganglion that was thought to be related to osteoarthritis. A 62-year-old man with the chief complaint of swelling of the anterior wall of the left external auditory canal underwent cystectomy at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology.

Specific line shape of the lowest frequency Raman scattering modes of triethylene glycol.

For both dielectric spectroscopy and light scattering spectra, the relaxation modes in the microwave region have been characterized by the Debye relaxation model, which is determined by the peak frequency, or by an empirically extended model (e.g., Cole-Davidson and Kohlrausch-Williams-Watts), which has the appropriate line shape.

Total synthesis of jamaicamide B.

Jamaicamide B was isolated from the cyanobacterium in Jamaica and shows neurotoxicity. This unique mixed peptide-polyketide structure contains a pyrrolinone ring, a β-methoxy enone, an ()-olefin, an undetermined stereocenter at C9, an ()-chloroolefin, and a terminal alkyne. We report herein the first total synthesis and structural confirmation of the marine natural product (9)-jamaicamide B.

Natural products from Odontonema strictum promote neurite outgrowth in neuronal PC12 cells.

The leaves of Odontonema strictum, a tropical plant used for its antihypertensive properties, are rich in nutrients and biologically active phytochemicals, such as β-sitosterol, stigmasterol, umuravumbolide, deacetylumuravumbolide, dideacetylboronolide, deacetylboronolide, verbascoside, and isoverbascoside. In addition, its roots are rich in β-sitosterol, stigmasterol, and the iridoid glycoside β-O-methyl-unedoside. Ingestion of the roots was reported to have a sedative effect in a dog was previously reported on a dog eating the roots of this plant.