AMELIORATION OF 5-FLUOROURACIL-INDUCED INTESTINAL MUCOSITIS BY STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS ST4 IN A MOUSE MODEL.

Amelioration of 5-fluorouracil-induced intestinal mucositis by Streptococcus thermophilus ST4 in a mouse model.

Intestinal mucositis is a commonly encountered toxic side effect in patients undergoing 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)-based chemotherapy.Numerous studies have shown that probiotics enable improving chemotherapy-induced intestinal mucositis, but the beneficial effects of probiotics differ depending on the strain.Therefore, in the present studies we suggest

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Reconceptualising water quality governance to incorporate knowledge and values: Case studies from Australian and Brazilian Indigenous communities

This paper examines the significance of knowledge and values for water quality and its governance.Modernist approaches to the governance of water quality in rivers and lakes need to be reconceptualised Calcium and overhauled.The problems include: perceiving water only as a physical and chemical liquid, defining quality in narrow terms, rendering wa

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Birds in Kurigram district of Bangladesh

A study of the birds in the area adjacent to the Dharala and Brahmaputra rivers in Kurigram District, Bangladesh, was conducted between November 2000 and February 2002.A total Sports Overtops of 105 species of birds belonging to 12 orders, 35 families and 77 genera were recorded.Out of 105 species, 51 (48.6%) were non-passerine and 54 (51.4%) passe

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