The flax stem is the main source of cellulose rich bast fibre, used by textile industries for pro- duction of linen clothes. Its seed (linseed) oil is beneficial for human health owing to the presence of high amount of omega-3 fatty acids. Also, the oil of linseed is used in ...
Adolescence is a developmental stage vulnerable to alcohol drinking-related problems and the onset of alcoholism. Hypothalamus is a key brain region for food and water intake regulation, and is one of the alcohol-sensitive brain regions. However, it is not known what would be the alcohol effect...
is usually flanked with GC-rich regions (Lewin2001). It is the first observed and described conservative DNA fragment, approximately 8 bp in length, composed of AT base pairs with the consensus sequence TATA(A/T)A(A/T) (Twyman2003). The transcription factors and RNA polymerase II bind to ...
The chemical structure was later determined to be 5-hydroxy-2-hydroxymethyl-4-pyrone [4]. KA is a well-known inhibitor of tyrosinase [5] and its mode of action is to chelate copper ions required for tyrosinase's activity during melanin synthesis. Hence, it has long been used as a skin-...