(1) The traditional use of ten plants can be explained by pharmacologically active principles: Adansonia digitata, Azadirachta indica, Carica papaya, Cassia tora, Fagara leprieurii, Guiera senegalensis, Khaya senegalensis, Mangifera indica, Psidium guajava and Voacanga africana.
(2) Phytodrugs, which contain an extract of Sabal serrulatum or Pygeum Africana as active substance are without side effects and are, therefore, being used increasingly.
(3) The first known case of an odontoma in an African elephant (Loxodonta africana) is described.
(4) In general, the distribution of the species in the subgenus Sergentomyia (particularly antennatta, bedfordi, africana, and schwetzi) cuts across all the four vegetation zones.
(5) The immune sera for Salmonella aberdeen (O11) and Escherichia coli (O75) agglutinated Kloeckera africana strain.
(6) Blood samples were collected from 23 free-ranging African elephants(Loxodonta africana) in Tanzania.
(7) An anticoagulant activity was identified and isolated from the leaves of a West African plant, Aspilia africana by gel filtration on Sephadex G-100.
(8) When the rain stops, I wander on down the street and find Quagga , an antiquarian bookshop with an impressive collection of Africana.
(9) We describe for the first time the purification and some properties of luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) isolated from anterior pituitary tissue of the African elephant (Loxodonta africana).
(10) Subspecies could not be differentiated by the number of teeth, nor could members of the antennata and africana complexes.
(11) Furthermore, the N. africana start site for qa-2 transcription (which differs from the N. crassa start site) was utilized in the transformant.
(12) A type of spontaneous arteriosclerosis, described as medial sclerosis and quite distinct from atherosclerosis, was found in the aortas, coronary arteries and aortic branch arteries of free-living elephants (Loxodonta africana) in Uganda and Kenya.
(13) Species like elephant, Loxodonta africana, and blue wildebeest, Connochaetes taurinus, do not seem to be susceptible.
(15) The species collected in order of decreasing abundance were Sergentomyia antennata Newstead, S. bedfordi Newstead, S. africana Newstead, S. schwetzi Adler, Theodor & Parrot, S. affinis Theodor, S. adleri Theodor, S. clydei Sinton, S. simillima Newstead, S. buxtoni Theodor, S. christophersi Sinton, and Phlebotomus rodhaini Parrot.
(16) H. valbyensis, H. uvarum, and K. apiculata were a group which formed mannans which had identical H-1 regions in their proton magnetic resonance (PMR) spectra, and H. osmophila, K. africana, and K. magna mannas formed another group based on similar spectra.
(17) H. valbyensis, H. uvarum, H. guilliermondii, H. occidentalis, H. osmophila and H. vineae, with K. japonica, K. apiculata, K. apis, K. javanica, K. corticis and K. africana, respectively, as their imperfect states.
(18) Variability of the total number of type A median neurosecretory cells in the protocerebrum was studied in Micapoda elongata Linn., Elima securigera Brunn., Holochlora indica Kirby, Neoconocephalus pallidus Reclt., Latana inflata Brunn., Gryllotalpa africana Chopard, Gryllus bimaculatus De Geer, Chrotogonus oxypterus Blanchard, Aeolopus affinis Bol., Spathosternum prasiniferum Walker, Hieroglyphus furcifer Ser., Acrida exaltata Walker, Altrastomorpha cranulata Fab., Pyrgomorpha bispinosa Walker, Cyrtacanthacris ranacea Stoll and Poecilocerus pictus Fab.
(19) We report a case of a nonatopic patient in whom exposure to Voacanga africana (VA) dust precipitated asthma.
(20) Highly purified DNAs from three homothallic species Neurospora africana, N. dodgei and N. lineolata; three reference strains representing authentic heterothallic species, N. crassa, N. intermedia and N. sitophila; and two strains of pseudo-homothallic species N. tetrasperma were characterized by spectrophotometry and DNA reassociation using hydroxyapatite chromatography.
Maximus
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(1) Rectal wall reconstruction was performed using gracilis muscle transfer, and sacral reconstruction was performed by gluteus maximus muscle island transfer.
(2) The results of this series are then compared with those published by other authors using different techniques, with particular attention to gluteus maximus musculo-cutaneous island flaps and purely cutaneous flaps.
(3) By using these proteins from the scallop, Pecten maximus, the existence of two distinct tryptophan-containing domains was established, which respond independently to ATP and Ca2+-specific binding.
(4) The circadian locomotor rhythm of the terrestrial slug, Limax maximus, was measured with activity wheels during exposure to both humid and drying conditions.
(5) With Osborne's right buttock approach, the gluteus maximus muscle was divided in the direction of its fibers, exposing a 3.5 by 5 cm aneurysm which was located above, the sciatic nerve and adherent to it.
(6) From these results, I concluded that although the gluteus medius plays the major role in hip abduction, the rectus femoris and gluteus maximus may act as stabilizers for maintaining the position of hip abduction.
(7) Cyclic changes in serum concentration of luteinizing hormone (LH) were observed throughout the estrous cycle of Asiatic elephants (Elephas maximus).
(8) In the pelvic region three major compartments (gluteus medius-minimus compartment, gluteus maximus compartment, and iliopsoas compartment) can be distinguished from the smaller compartment of the tensor fasciae latae muscle.
(9) The cutaneous maximus motoneurons were found in a cell group, located ventrolaterally in the ventral horn at the edge of the gray and white matter at the level caudal C8-rostral T1.
(10) Quantitative electromyography showed evidence of myopathy in the proximal muscle in 25 patients, i.e., reduced MUP duration and amplitude with increased polyphasia in the deltoid and the gluteus maximus.
(11) These results show that the vastus lateralis or deltoid muscle groups are preferable to the gluteus maximus as injection sites because of the more rapid rates of drug absorption from those muscles.
(12) We investigated the temperature dependence of several functions of octopine dehydrogenase, a monomeric enzyme extracted from the shell fish Pecten maximus L. We found that six enzymatic functions are temperature independent or change only negligibly with temperatue.
(13) The advantages of using the tendinous insertion of the gluteus maximus into the femur over that of the lesser trochanter is that it is easy to palpate and visualize through the standard lateral and posterolateral approaches to the hip and proximal femur.
(14) By leaving the gluteus maximus muscle attached to the posterior flap, the rate of flap necrosis, initially 55 percent, was eliminated completely in the last 38 patients.
(15) These results indicate that the gluteus maximus muscle maintains some function as a newly created anorectal sphincter.
(16) Thirteen muscle biopsy specimens (mainly the gluteus maximus) from 12 patients with laboratory confirmation of osteomalacia and proximal muscle weakness in 10 were examined by light and electron microscopy.
(17) The relative tissue content of dystrophin has been evaluated in the slow-twitch soleus (primarily type I fibers) and fast-twitch vastus lateralis (primarily type IIb fibers) muscles of the rat and mouse, as well as in human biopsy samples from the vastus lateralis and gluteus maximus muscles, using a sensitive immunochemical assay.
(18) Cadaver dissections confirm the greater pedicle length and the local area of the lower gluteus maximus muscle needed to carry the skin island and have helped define a safe approach to flap elevation.
(19) A straight-line muscle model for muscle force was used for the hamstrings and adductor magnus, and for the gluteus maximus a two-segment straight-line muscle force model was used.
(20) Scallops, Pecten maximus, accumulate cadmium naturally in the digestive gland to a level of approximately 100 ppm wet weight.