A total of 5312 fragments were produced by these 46 primer pairs. Species-specific markers were identified for all six Swertia species (131 selleck for S. chirayita, 19 for S. angustifolia, 181 for S. bimaculata, 47 for S. ciliata, 94 for S. cordata, and 272 for S. alata).
These AFLP fingerprints of the Swertia species could be used to authenticate drugs made with Swertia spp and to resolve adulteration-related problems faced by the commercial users of these herbs.”
“Background: Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare and heterogeneous disease with a higher prevalence in African Americans (AAs) in the USA. The clinical features and prognosis of PPCM in AAs have not been sufficiently characterized.
Methods: We studied 52 AA patients with PPCM find more and compared clinical characteristics and outcome with those of 104 white patients.
Results:
AA patients were significantly younger (26 +/- 7 vs 30 +/- 6 years; P < .001), had a higher prevalence of gestational hypertension (61% vs 41%; P = .03), and were diagnosed more commonly postpartum rather then antepartum (83% vs 64%; P = .03). The rate of left ventricular (LV) recovery (LV ejection fraction [LVEF] >= 50%) was significantly lower in AAs (40% vs 61%; P = .02). AA women also had a larger LV end-diastolic diameter (57 +/- 10 vs 51 +/- 6 mm; P = .004) as well as lower LVEF (40% +/- 16.7% vs 46% +/- 14%; P = .002) at the last follow-up. Moreover, AA patients had a significantly higher incidence of the combined end points of mortality and cardiac transplantation (P = .03) and showed a strong trend (P = .09) for increased mortality.
Conclusions:
AA patients with PPCM in the USA have a different clinical profile and worse prognosis compared with white patients. Further research to evaluate potentially correctable causes for these differences is warranted. (J Cardiac Fail 2013;19:214-218)”
“dc magnetization and ac susceptibility measurements were carried out in a polycrystalline compound with composition Pr0.7Sr0.3CoO3. Low-field dc magnetization and frequency-dependent ac susceptibility results suggest a cluster-glass-like transition Linsitinib chemical structure at 165 K. When the sample was cooled in a static magnetic field, shifts in the magnetic hysteresis loop were observed at 5 K. Shifts in the hysteresis loop are the typical manifestation of exchange bias (EB) effect. Training effect observed at 5 K is one of the supportive experimental evidences of EB effect which could be satisfactorily analyzed by the relaxation model. EB effect is suggested due to the pinning effect at the ferromagnetic/spin-glass interface in a spontaneously phase separated cluster-glass compound.”
“Purpose: To investigate whether thin-section axial double inversion-recovery (DIR) brain magnetic resonance (MR) imaging at 3.