Ara h 1 is a seed storage protein from Arachis hypogaea (peanuts). It is a heat stable 7S vicilin-like globulin with a stable trimeric form that comprises 12-16% of the total protein in peanut extracts. Ara h 1 is known because sensitization to it was found in 95% of peanut-allergic patients from North America. In […]

Melamine is an organic base and a trimer of cyanamide, with a 1,3,5-triazine skeleton. Like cyanamide, it contains 66% nitrogen by mass and, if mixed with resins, has fire retardant properties due to its release of nitrogen gas when burned or charred, and has several other industrial uses. Melamine is also a metabolite of cyromazine, […]

Sulfamethazineis a sulfa drug used like sulfadiazine and also in veterinary medicine totreat a variety of infections. It is an antibacterial agent. Sulfonamides hasbeen widely used in the treatment and prevention of infections such asurinary tract infections, chlamydia, rheumatic fever, toxoplasmosis andmalaria. The development of resistance in many of these organisms has greatlylimited the clinical […]