Screening of Indian plants for biological activity : Part XIV

Alcoholic extracts of 300 botanically identified plant materials from 275 plant species have been tested for various biological activities including chemotherapeutic and pharmacological screenings. Biological activities have been observed in 111 extracts. Follow-up studies have been carried out in some plants with confirmed activity. The active principles and results of these studies are reported.

Factor XIII Deficiency: An Update

Confirmation of suspected congenital factor XIII (FXIII) deficiency still represents a diagnostic challenge in the field of rare bleeding disorders. Because of the lack of awareness and difficulties associated with timing of blood sampling, FXIII laboratory assays, and interpretation of laboratory results, diagnoses of FXIII deficiency are still missed all over the world with potentially fatal consequences from severe bleeding complications. Better knowledge of FXIII biochemical properties and function and understanding of the principles and limitations of FXIII laboratory assays can prevent missed diagnoses, and patients will benefit from better care. This review gives a detailed overview and update about congenital FXIII deficiency, its epidemiology, and molecular genetics. It highlights the importance of newer specific FXIII assays and their principles to avoid any missed diagnosis of FXIII deficiency. This review also gives an update on the therapeutic options for patients suffering from this rare but life-threatening disease.

Congenital factor XIII deficiency in Pakistan: characterization of seven families and identification of four novel mutations

Deficiency of coagulation factor XIII (FXIII) belongs to the rare bleeding disorders and its incidence is higher in populations with consanguineous marriages. The aims of this study were to characterize patients and relatives from seven families with suspected FXIII deficiency from Pakistan and to identify the underlying mutations. As a first indicator of FXIII deficiency, a 5M urea clot solubility test was used. Plasma FXIII A- and B-subunit antigen levels were determined by ELISA. FXIII activity was measured with an incorporation assay. Sequencing of all exons and intron/exon boundaries of F13A was performed, and a novel splice site defect was confirmed by RT-PCR analysis. Genetic analysis revealed six different mutations in the F13A gene. Two splice site mutations were detected, a novel c.1460+1G>A mutation in the first nucleotide of intron 11 and a previously reported c.2045G>A mutation in the last nucleotide of exon 14. Neither of them was expressed at protein level. A novel nonsense mutation in exon 4, c.567T>A, p.Cys188X, was identified, leading in homozygous form to severe FXIII deficiency. Two novel missense mutations were found in exons 8 and 9, c.1040C>A, p.Ala346Asp and c.1126T>C, p.Trp375Arg, and a previously reported missense mutation in exon 10, c.1241C>T, p.Ser413Leu. All patients homozygous for these missense mutations presented with severe FXIII deficiency. We have analysed a cohort of 27 individuals and reported four novel mutations leading to congenital FXIII deficiency.

Die Geschichte des jüdischen Volkes in Europa : vom XIII. bis zum XV. Jahrhundert

S. 341 - 527 fehlen: werden nachgescannt 10.11.14

Die Entwickelung der Emanationslehre in der Kabbala des XIII. Jahrhunderts

von Marcus Ehrenpreis

Controversia tenutasi a Tolosa alla presenza dell'antipapa Benedetto XIII fra Girolamo di Santa Fè ed alcuni rabbini della Spagna

studj di M. Soave

Johann Caspar Ulrichs, Pfarrers zum Frauen-Muenster in Zuerich, Sammlung juedischer Geschichten, welche sich mit diesem Volk in dem XIII. und folgenden Jahrhunderten bis auf MDCCLX. in der Schweitz von Zeit zu Zeit zugetragen

zur Beleuchtung d. allgemeinen Historie dieser Nation hrsg. [von J. C. Ulrich]

Gutachten Ganganelli's, Clemens XIV., in Angelegenheit der Blutbeschuldigung der Juden

aus d. Ital. übers. von A. Berliner

Eine hebräische Grammatik aus dem XIII. Jh.

zum ersten Male hrsg., mit Einl. und Anm. vers. von Samuel Poznański