Clinical and bioelectric characteristics determined by bioimpedance in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

A descriptive and cross-sectional study of 99 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was carried out.They were assisted in the Armless Chair Pneumology Service "Dr.Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso" TeachingGeneralHospitalin Santiago de Cuba, from February 1st to 15th, 2015 aimed at determining some compartments of body composition, according t

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Simultaneous Determination of Metamizole, Thiamin and Pyridoxin Using UV-Spectroscopy in Combination with Multivariate Calibration

Purpose: Analysis of drugs in multicomponent system officially is carried out using chromatographic technique, however, this technique is too laborious and involving sophisticated instrument.Therefore, UV-VIS spectrophotometry coupled with multivariate calibration of partial least square (PLS) for quantitative analysis of metamizole, thiamin and py

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Eucommia bark (Du-Zhong) improves diabetic nephropathy without altering blood glucose in type 1-like diabetic rats

Ho-Shan Niu,1 I-Min Liu,2 Chiang-Shan Niu,1 Po-Ming Ku,3,4 Chao-Tien Hsu,5 Juei-Tang Cheng4,6 1Department of Nursing, Tzu Chi University of Science and Technology, Hualien City, 2Department of Pharmacy & Graduate Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology, Tajen University, Laminate Tops Pingtung County, 3Department of Cardiology, 4Department of Me

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