Melatonin (0.01, 0.1, 1.0 mg/kg) was orally administered immediately after pristane-injectionfor 24 weeks.
Ling-ling Zhou, Wei Wei, Jun-feng Si, Dong-ping Yuan 2010, 'Regulatory Effect of Melatonin on Cytokine Disturbances in the Pristane-Induced LupusMice', Mediators of Inflammationhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/951210. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Besides, melatonin could lessen the renal lesions caused by pristane.
Ling-ling Zhou, Wei Wei, Jun-feng Si, Dong-ping Yuan 2010, 'Regulatory Effect of Melatonin on Cytokine Disturbances in the Pristane-Induced LupusMice', Mediators of Inflammationhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/951210. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Organic geochemical analysis exhibits the dominance of pristane, phytane, and generally n-alkanes compounds.
Komang Anggayana, Agus Haris Widayat, Sri Widodo 2014, 'Depositional Environment of the Sangkarewang Oil Shale, Ombilin Basin, Indonesia',Journal of Engineering and Technological Scienceshttp://journals.itb.ac.id/index.php/jets/article/view/354/549. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The phytol-based ratios were likely affected by the sedimentary production of pristane.
K. A. Bogus, K. A. F. Zonneveld, D. Fischer, S. Kasten, G. Bohrmann, G. J. M. Versteegh 2012, 'The effect of meter-scale lateral oxygen gradients at the sediment-water interfaceon selected organic matter based alteration, productivity and temperature proxies',Biogeoscienceshttp://www.biogeosciences.net/9/1553/2012/bg-9-1553-2012.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Furthermore, pristane isomers were identified in extracts from these coal samples.
Wu Yingqin, Xia Yanqing, Wang Yongli, Lei Tianzhu, Liu Yan, Liu Yanhong, Hou Xiaohuan,Wang Youxiao 2016, 'The Geochemical Characteristics of Coals from the Junggar Basin in Northwest Chinaand the Relation of the Configuration of Pristane with Maturity in Highly Mature andOver-Mature Samples', Oil & Gas Science and Technologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2516/ogst/2015026. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These results suggested that melatonin has a beneficial effect on pristane-induced lupus through regulating the cytokines disturbances.
Ling-ling Zhou, Wei Wei, Jun-feng Si, Dong-ping Yuan 2010, 'Regulatory Effect of Melatonin on Cytokine Disturbances in the Pristane-Induced LupusMice', Mediators of Inflammationhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/951210. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The strain possesses the ability to use diesel, kerosene, lubricating oil, pristane, hexane, heptane, octane, pentadecane and hexadecane.
Oscar Héctor Pucci, Adrián Javier Acuña, Graciela Natalia Pucci 2013, 'Biodegradation Waste of the Stations Service by Rhodococcus erythropolis ohp-al-gp.',Acta Biológica Colombianahttps://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/actabiol/article/view/33883. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The consortium degraded completely n-alkanes, while dimethylnaphtalene, hepthyl-cyclohexane and 2,6,10-trimethyl-undecanewere partially degraded and pristane was not degraded.
Cleber C. Luz, Elisângela A. Santos, Maria Odaíse S. Santos, Marília Y. Mussy, MiyukiYamashita, Wanderley R. Bastos, Gunther Brucha, Marlon M. Reis e Mariza G. Reis 2011, 'Estudos de biodegradação de óleo diesel por consórcio microbiano coletado em PortoVelho - RO, amazônia', Química Novahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422011000500009&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)