Urinary recovery of intratracheally instilled polyethylene glycol polymers (PEG:s) in the molecular weight range 722-1294 Da (PEG 1000) was studied under normal conditions and during experimentally induced lung damage in rats. The urinary PEG recoveries were between 30-60% under normal conditions, with a selectivity for smaller PEG:s. No significant differences in the urinary PEG molecular weig...

Oral feeding of 50% EtOH extract of Curcuma longa to male rats at the dose of 1gm/kg body weight caused significant reduction of serum cholesterol, triglycerides and phospholipids (P≤0.01 to 0.001). Whereas the SGOT levels aware not reduced significantly. Fertility test showed 80% negative result. The negative fertility results reflects the arrest of spermatogenesis and depletion of androgen le...

The effects of feeding different levels of dried layer litter as a protein source on live weight, testicular weight, gonadal and epididymal sperm reserves of Yankasa rams was investigated in a 98day study. Twenty healthy Yankasa rams with clinically normal genitalia were divided randomly into 4 groups (A, B, C and D) of 5 rams each. Diets containing 12.11% CP, 14.96% CP and 17.94% CP were formu...

In this investigation, diabetes was induced in adult male Sprague-Dawley rats by single intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin (STZ) at 45 mg kg-1 of body weight. A group comprised of 8 diabetic rats was treated with metformin at 100 mg kg-1 of body weight for reducing the elevated blood glucose level. The results revealed that, in the untreated diabetic rats, the body and testicular weigh...

The appropriateness of the interactions between Prolactin, gonadotrophins and testicular hormones ensures that normal spermatogenesis takes place in male. So this study is an attempt to classify male infertility depending on WHO criteria seminal changes evaluate serum Testosterone FSH LH levels participants, also determine association subtypes infertility. This involved three hundred infertile ...

BACKGROUND We aimed to investigate the effects of low birth weight (LBW) on the hepatic expression of cytochrome P-450 3A (CYP3A) in developing female rats. METHODS Pregnant rats were divided into two groups, a nourished group and an under-nourished group. The offspring of the nourished rats were defined as a normal weight, normal diet group (NN group). The offspring of the under-nourished ra...

Purpose: To examine the effect of an aqueous infusion Plectranthus amboinicus (AIP) on immunological development rats in response to Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) antigen induction.
 Methods: Twenty-four male rats, aged 3 months, were separated into six groups. Group 1 was normal control group without treatment, whereas groups 2 and treatment induced with 100 μL BCG days 7 14, followed by ...

Introduction: Anabolic – androgenic steroids (AAS) are used at high doses by athletes for improving athletic ability, muscle mass and physical appearance. Unfortunately, the abuse of these agents has been significantly increased. It has been established that exercise and high doses of AAS may influence the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis, which can in turn affect testicular apoptosis and m...