Alternative treatment of serious and mild Pasteurella multocida infection in New Zealand White rabbits.

Background: Pasteurella multocida causes numerous economically relevant diseases in livestock including rabbits. Immunisation is only variably effective. Prophylactic antibiotics are used in some species but are contra-indicated in rabbits, due to their adverse effects on the rabbit microbiota.

Spectroscopic study of explanted opacified hydrophilic acrylic intraocular lenses.

Purpose: To report a detailed spectroscopic analysis of explanted hydrophilic acrylic intraocular lenses (IOLs) that were removed because of postoperative opacification of the lens optic.

Methods: Thirteen Hydroview H60M (Bausch & Lomb Surgical) IOLs were explanted from 13 different patients on average 56 months after phacoemulsification and IOL implantation. All patients had decreased visual acuity because of a fine granularity of the optical surface of the IOLs.

Structure elucidation and antioxidant activity of (-)-isosilandrin isolated from Silybum marianum L.

A regioisomer of the known flavanolignan (-)-silandrin (3a), named (-)-isosilandrin (8a), was isolated from the fruits of a white-flowered variant of Silybum marianum L. populated in Hungary. Its structure was established both by spectroscopic methods and total synthesis, and its absolute configuration was determined by means of circular dichroism.

[Kidney neovascularization by the greater omentum after pretreatment with omental angiogenic factor].

Background: Several diseases may affect the renal artery and the circulation of the kidney. In these cases alternative blood flow should be secured to preserve renal function. There are experimental methods for this, such as omentonephropexy.

Monitoring the antioxidant activity of extracts originated from various Serratula species and isolation of flavonoids from Serratula coronata.

The antioxidant effect of aqueous methanolic herb extracts of Serratula coronata, S. wolffii and S. tinctoria was investigated using both enzyme-dependent and enzyme-independent systems.

LC-SSI-MS techniques as efficient tools for characterization of nonvolatile phenolic compounds of a special Hungarian wine.

The utility of high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry using electrospray (ESI) and sonic spray (SSI) ionization for the characterization of nonvolatile phenolic compounds is tested using the special Hungarian wine Tokaj aszu of 1983 vintage. Besides caffeic-, ferrulic-, chlorogenic-, and 3,4-dimethoxycinnamic acids; 3,4-dimethoxycinnamoyl-, ferruloyl-, and galloyl-glucose; gentisic acid-beta-D-glucoside; theogallin; and resveratrol-3-O-beta-D-glucoside, 26 flavonoids can be identified. It is shown that because of its higher sensitivity, SSI is a more powerful tool for characterization and monitoring of nonvolatile phenolic compounds than ESI.