[Immunochemical tests for the risk of inflammatory diseases]. / Immunokhimicheskie testy riska vospalitel'nykh zabolevanii.

Immunochemical measurements of the blood serum acute-phase proteins (APP)--C-reactive, pregnancy-related alpha 2-glycoprotein, lactoferrin, immunoglobulins A, M, and G, carried out in 153 healthy men and 46 children, has revealed that an elevated level of at least one, and, more so, of two or three APP evidences the presence of an inflammatory process in the examinee. In a number of cases enhanced APP production correlated with a marked reduction of IgA and IgG concentrations. Measurements of APP may be employed as available laboratory screening markers of nonspecific latent inflammation in adults and children.

[A chromatographic method of simultaneous semi-quantitative analysis of eight mycotoxins in grain]. / Khromatograficheskii metod odnovremennogo polukolichestvennogo opredeleniia 8 mikotoksinov v zerne.

The paper describes a modification of the method of Stoloff et al. allowing a simultaneous measurement of eight mycotoxins (aflatoxins B1, B2, G1, G2, ochratoxin A, sterigmatocystin, citrinin, patulin) in the grain extract on standard plates Silufol. The method proved 4-5 times more sensitive than the use of silica gel G and Adrosbosil I. An additional purification of the extract with lead acetate and celit can be recommended. The yield of mycotoxins varied within 76-127%. The paper discusses peculiar features of chromatographic procedures due to Silufol.