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Ten Facts That You May not Know about Pregnancy (part one)

Ten Facts That You May not Know about Pregnancy (part one)

Pregnant women are known to be more susceptible to varieties of factors like diets, environment and diseases, etc. According to recent research findings, many improper behaviors of pregnant women may exert […]

Organofluorine in Medical Chemistry

The discovery of fluorine by Henri Moissan in 1886 is a landmark in the history of chemistry. In the past six decades, fluorine chemistry has developed from a curiosity to […]

Human herpes virus

Human herpes virus

Herpes is an extremely common virus infection able to cause a recurrent skin infection that can appear in its different types as small blisters on the genitals or as cold […]

Eating more fish helps relieve the pain of Rheumatoid arthritis

Eating more fish helps relieve the pain of Rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis, also known as RA, is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease whose etiology hasn’t been specified. It belongs to the autoimmune inflammatory disease category, featuring in chronic, symmetric, polysynovial arthritis and the external lesion […]

Antibody-drug conjugates

Antibody-drug conjugates

The concept of arming antibodies by conjugation to protein toxins dates back to 1970, and was followed a few years later by antibody conjugates with cytotoxic drugs. Antibody therapeutics have come of age […]

The Source and Effect of Ginsenosides

The Source and Effect of Ginsenosides

Ginseng is any of eleven different varieties of short, slow growing perennial plants with fleshy roots. Ginseng is believed to restore and enhance normal well-being and has become one of […]

Effect of White, Red and Black Ginseng on Physicochemical Properties and Ginsenosides

Effect of White, Red and Black Ginseng on Physicochemical Properties and Ginsenosides

A systematic comparison of the ginsenosides and physicochemical properties of white ginseng (WG), red ginseng (RG) and black ginseng (BG) was performed. The purpose of the present study was to identify […]

Dynamic microwave-assisted extraction of total ginsenosides from ginseng fibrous roots

Dynamic microwave-assisted extraction of total ginsenosides from ginseng fibrous roots

A dynamic microwave-assisted extraction (DMAE) method is established for the extraction of total ginsenosides from ginseng fibrous roots. The extraction process has been simulated and its main affection factors (liquid/solid ratio K of […]

Cytotoxic effects of treosulfan and busulfan against leukemic cells of pediatric patients

Cytotoxic effects of treosulfan and busulfan against leukemic cells of pediatric patients

Treosulfan is an alkylating agent that is structurally related to busulfan. It is used in the treatment of ovarian carcinoma and currently considered in clinical trials as a conditioning agent prior to autologous […]

Teniposide sometimes effective in brain metastases from non-small cell lung cancer

Teniposide sometimes effective in brain metastases from non-small cell lung cancer

Brain metastasis (BM) is a common complication of lung cancer, and is usually associated with a dismal outcome within a few weeks or months. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) comprises about 75% of […]