The University Of Jordan
Biological Sciences
The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that melatonin inhibits nitrate tolerance in coronary arteries.Rings of porcine coronary arteries were suspended in organ chambers for isometric tension recording. Nitrate tolerance... more
1. Eleven selected flavonoids were studied to evaluate their effects on the rat isolated ileum and to determine their structure-activity relationships. 2. The flavonoids rutin and 3',5,7-trihydroxy-4'... more
Abstract The prevalence of adhesion (icaA and icaD) and toxin (tst, eta, and etb) genes was studied in 100 clinical Staphylococcus aureus isolates. The icaA, icaD, eta, etb and tst genes were detected by PCR in 91%, 91%, 2%, 1% and 43% of... more
One hundred clinical Staphylococcus aureus including 57 methicillin-resistant (MRSA) and 43 methicllin-sensitive (MSSA) isolates were analyzed for susceptibility to three aminoglycosides and for the presence of genes encoding... more
Torque teno virus (TTV) is the most common component of the human blood virobiota. Little is known, however, about the prevalence of TTV in humans and the most common farm domesticates in Jordan, or the history and modality of TTV... more