The Effect of Seawater Used for Hydrodistillation on Essential Oil Yield and Composition of Oil-Bearing Rose (Rosa damascena Mill.)

Oil-bearing rose (Rosa damascena Mill.) is the most important rose species having a high-value volatile oil, used in the fragrance and cosmetic industries.Epidermal cells of the flower petals are the main essential oil source.During the boiling process of hydrodistillation, the essential oil in the cells diffuses through the cell walls by means of

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Oral immunotherapy for peanut allergy: The con argument

Background: In some countries of the world, peanut allergy represents an important source of anaphylactic reactions.Traditionally treated with the avoidance of responsible allergens, this condition can also be targeted by oral peanut immunotherapy.Methods: In this study, we review the beneficial and side effects of currently available forms of pean

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HIV-infected cells are frequently clonally expanded after prolonged antiretroviral therapy: implications for HIV persistence

HIV infection is controlled but not eradicated by combination antiretroviral therapy (cART), and persistence during therapy represents a substantial barrier to strategies to Display Cases eradicate infection.The nature of persistence is uncertain, and a number of mechanisms have been proposed to explain HIV persistence in vivo, including low-level

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