Triterpenoids with rare carbon skeletons from <em>Salvia hydrangea</em>: antiprotozoal activity and absolute configurations (Publications)
Salvadione C (1) and perovskone B (2), two new triterpenoids with rare carbon skeletons, were isolated from an antiplasmodial n-hexane extract of Salvia hydrangea . The absolute configuration was dete
Brain development in the yellow fever mosquito <em>Aedes aegypti</em>: a comparative immunocytochemical analysis using cross-reacting antibodies from... (Publications)
Considerable effort has been directed towards understanding the organization and function of peripheral and central nervous system of disease vector mosquitoes such as Aedes aegypti. To date, all of t
Factors affecting home delivery in rural Tanzania (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Studies of factors affecting place of delivery have rarely considered the influence of gender roles and relations within the household. This study combines an understanding of gender issue
Identification of oleamide in <em>Guatteria</em> recurvisepala by LC/MS-Based <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> thioredoxin reductase ligand binding... (Publications)
Our current research on applications of mass spectrometry to natural product drug discovery against malaria aims to screen plant extracts for new ligands to PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM thioredoxin reductase
Pacing and sprint performance in speed skating during a competitive season (Publications)
PURPOSE: This study assessed the effect of time spent in several race sectors (S) on finishing time and determined the variance in distribution of skating time and in total race time for official 1000
Improving environmental sanitation, health, and well-being: a conceptual framework for integral interventions (Publications)
We introduce a conceptual framework for improving health and environmental sanitation in urban and peri-urban areas using an approach combining health, ecological, and socioeconomic and cultural asses
Preclinical profiling of the immunogenicity of a two-component subunit malaria vaccine candidate based on virosome technology (Publications)
Presentation of synthetic peptides on immunopotentiating reconstituted influenza virosomes is a promising technology for subunit vaccine development. An optimized virosomally delivered peptide represe
Atmospheric heavy metal deposition in Northern Vietnam: Hanoi and Thainguyen case study using the moss biomonitoring technique, INAA and AAS (Publications)
BACKGROUND, AIM, AND SCOPE: The moss technique is widely used to monitor atmospheric deposition of heavy metals in many countries in Europe, whereas this technique is scarcely used in Asia. To impleme