Protein status of 194 pregnant women and their newborn at a public and a private maternity hospital in Tehran was studied. Blood samples were taken from all women before delivery and from cords at delivery of the placenta. The following determinations were made: total serum protein, protein fractions, creatinine and urea. In the private group, significantly higher maternal mean values were...

Background: Paraquat is a non-selective contact herbicide, widely used to control weeds in agriculture farms and aquatic plants in surface waters. Paraquat can have adverse effects on the health of aquatic organisms. The aim of this study was to detect the alterations in the blood biochemical parameters of common carp exposed to sub-lethal concentrations of commercial formulations of paraquat. ...

In rabbits hyperimmunized with pneumococcal vaccine high concentrations of gamma globulin are produced. In such rabbits, plasma volume was determined with (131)I-labelled rabbit albumin and red cell volume with (51)-Cr-labelled autologous red cells. It was found that the plasma volume increased with increasing gamma globulin concentration, the highest values observed being about 10 gm. per cent...

The values of the albumin and total globulin of serum determined with 22.4 per cent sodium sulfate by the method of Howe (1) are better correlated with the values of one fraction containing the albumin and QIglobulin and of another containing the pand r-globulins (2). However, 19 per cent sodium sulfate seems to separate these fractions more efficiently, since it yields results which agree very...