The effect of steroid treatment on ovarian dehydrogenases in the rat. Histochemical study

Riassunto La valutazione istochimica delle attività 3-idrossisteroide deidrogenasica (3-HSD), glucoso-6-fosfato deidrogenasica (G-6-PD) e 20-idrossisteroide deidrogenasica (20-HSD) a livello dell'ovaio di ratte trattate per 20 giorni con progesterone, testosterone, estradiolo o con l'associazione progesterone-estradiolo, permette di rilevare che, a dosi inibenti l'ovulazione, solo negli animali trattati con estradiolo o con progesterone ed estradiolo si inibisce la comparsa dell'attività 20-HSD nei corpi lutei (C.L.) e si riduce quella 3-HSD e G-6-PD nei follicoli e nella interstiziale.     

On the use of phosphamidon for eradication of fresh water fish predators

Zusammenfassung Laboratoriumsexperimente mit Phosphamidon ergeben eine günstige kritische Dosisempfindlichkeit für Labeo-Karpfen (150–250 ppm). Es gelingt so leicht, Wasserinsekten (2–10 ppm) und Raubfischstadien (20–125 ppm) aus den Frischwasserreservoiren zu eliminieren.

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Prepared and sold under the name of Dimecron 100 by Ciba Basel, (Switzerland).     

Solubility of cobalt laurate in water and non-aqueous solvents

Zusammenfassung Die bisher unbekannte Löslichkeit von Kobaltlaurat wurde mit Hilfe der Tracer-Technik unter Verwendung von⁵⁸Co bestimmt. Die Löslichkeit in Wasser und organischen Lösungsmitteln (mit Ausnahme von Methanol) ist sehr gering. Die relativ grosse Löslichkeit in Methanol wird auf Bildung von Co²⁺-Methanol-Komplexen zurückgeführt.     

Increased mitochondrial palmitoylcarnitine/carnitine countertransport by flavone causes oxidative stress and apoptosis in colon cancer cells

Cancer cell metabolism is characterized by limited oxidative phosphorylation in order to minimize oxidative stress. We have previously shown that the flavonoid flavone in HT-29 colon cancer cells increases the uptake of pyruvate or lactate into mitochondria, which is followed by an increase in O₂^−.. production that finally leads to apoptosis. Similarly, a supply of palmitoylcarnitine in combination with carnitine induces apoptosis in HT-29 cells by increasing the mitochondrial respiration rate. Here we show that flavone-induced apoptosis is increased more than twofold in the presence of palmitoylcarnitine due to increased mitochondrial fatty acid transport and the subsequent metabolic generation of O₂^−. in mitochondria is the initiating factor for the execution of apoptosis. Received 12 August 2005; received after revision 12 October 2005; accepted 14 October 2005