Apr 30, 2013
The seed extracts contain significant amounts of piceatannol (3,3′,4,5′-tetrahydroxy-trans-stilbene), a compound which prevents the ageing of blood vessels, suppresses collagen degradation etc. Morinaga news release, April 2013
Apr 26, 2013
Associate Professor Koji KADOKAWA of Hiroshima Institute of Technology found by two standardized methods (ORAC and DPPH) that if wheat is milled according to a procedure invented and patented by Steinmetz Patentmüllerei Hamburg, which includes cleaning, washing and...
Apr 25, 2013
The combination of a light microscope and a mass spectrometer allows to observe samples to be mass spectrometric analyzed directly in the one instrument. – Application are in disease biomarker research and biological function studies Shimadzu press release,...
Apr 24, 2013
Using cecropin P1, an intestinal antimicrobial peptide as a binder, Nippon Meat Packeers and Hokkaido University (Professor AIZAWA Tomoyasu) have developed a sandwich ELISA assay for the fast detection of various enterohemorrhagic strains of E. coli, Campylobacter and...
Apr 23, 2013
The test is based on a HCV viral core protein antigen, and measurement is by BLEIA (bioluminescence based on firefly luciferase). EIKEN Chemical press release, April 22, 2013