Abstract: Brain function may be improved by administering a therapeutically effective amount of 1,3-butanediol, selected from R-1,3-butanediol, S-1,3-butanediol, and racemic 1,3-butanediol, in combination with a therapeutically effective amount of cannabidiol (CBD). The disclosed compositions include synergistically effective amounts of 1,3-butanediol in combination with a synergistically effective amount of cannabidiol (CBD). The compositions may be administered to a subject for treating anxiety, concussion, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and/or cognitive impairment.

Abstract: Nutritional compositions contain a mixture of ketogenic ingredients including from 80 to 99% weight % 1,3-butanediol (BDO), preferably R-1,3-butanediol, and from 1 to 20 weight % beta-hydroxybutyric acid (BHB), preferably D-beta-hydroxybutyric acid, or an equivalent molar amount of its conjugate base beta-hydroxybutyrate, salts, monoesters, polyesters, or mixtures thereof. In some embodiments, the nutritional compositions for providing ketosis are prepared for oral administration in a solid form, such as bars, bites, tablets, pills or capsules, in a liquid form, such as smoothies, goos, water, carbonated beverages, soft drinks, fermented beverage suspensions, solutions and emulsions, or in a powder form that can be used to prepare drink mixes or can be added as a supplement to other food or drink products. Methods of providing ketosis in a subject include delivering optimal therapeutic ketosis, with rapidity into and extended duration of blood concentrations of D-BHB of between 1 mM and 2.5 mM.

Abstract: The object of the invention is the cloning and sequencing of the nucleic acid coding for the human testicular ACE as well as the determination of the peptide sequence of this ACE.It relates more particularly to the use of nucleotide probes capable of hybridizing with all or part of the above-mentioned nucleic acid, and also the polyclonal or monoclonal antibodies recognizing specifically all or part of the above-mentioned peptide sequence, and the use of these probes or these antibodies for the implementation, respectively, of a method for the detection of the messenger RNA coding for the testicular ACE in vitro or of the testicular ACE directly.

Abstract: The invention discloses a method for detecting polymorphism in the angiotensin converting enzyme by means of a chain amplification technique, the aim being to detect whether or not the sequence of nucleotides 1451-1738 of intron 16 is present in the human angiotensin converting enzyme gene.

Abstract: The invention relates to the cloning and sequencing of the nucleic acid coding for the human ACE as well as the determination of the peptide chain corresponding to the ACE and of active peptide fragments which derive from it.Another subject of the invention is the utilization of the above-mentioned polypeptides for the implementation of in vitro diagnostic methods for hypertension and for the design of new inhibitors of the ACE.The invention also relates to the utilization of the nucleotide probes of the invention for the in vitro screening of the polymorphisms of the gene coding for the ACE.

Abstract: The invention relates to the cloning and sequencing of the nucleic acid coding for the human ACE as well as the determination of the peptide chain corresponding to the ACE and of active peptide fragments which derive from it.Another subject of the invention is the utilization of the above-mentioned polypeptides for the implementation of in vitro diagnostic methods for hypertension and for the design of new inhibitors of the ACE.The invention also relates to the utilization of the nucleotide probes of the invention for the in vitro screening of the polymorphisms of the gene coding for the ACE.