Effect of phosphocreatine and related compounds on the phospholipid metabolism of ischemic heart.
Changes in the content of lysophosphoglycerides in a crude plasmalemmal fraction of canine heart during short-term ischemia (occlusion of the left descending coronary artery for 8 min) have been studied in the presence and in the absence of phosphocreatine and phosphocreatinine. In the control experiments without PCr or PCr-nine ischemia caused significant elevation of the content of LPG: that of lysophosphatidylcholine was increased by 83% and that of lysophosphatidylethanolamine by 168%. Intravenous administration of PCr and PCr-nine in doses of 300 mg/kg completely prevented accumulation of LPG in the ischemic zone. Because of the well-known arrhythmogenic properties of LPG, the inhibitory effect of PCr and PCr-nine on the elevation of their concentration in the ischemic zoneSecurity stepped up at Taj Mahal. (File) Security stepped up at Taj Mahal. (File)

The Agra administration has agreed to the request of the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) to provide extra security at the Taj Mahal following a threat from Shiv Sena of performing puja inside the mausoleum, IANS reported.

In its letter to the administration, ASI stated that under the provisions of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958, performing any kind of religious practice or beginning a new tradition in the protected monument was a violation of the Act.

On July 17, Shiv Sena’s Agra President Veenu Lavania announced that he and his aides would perform “aarti” at the Taj Mahal and dared the police and district administration to stop him.

“Taj Mahal is not a