the purpose of the present study was to evaluate the impact of vitamin e and selenium (se) supplementation on the performance, egg quality and hatchability of eggs from japanese breeding quails. the experiment was conducted over a 60 day period using 135 quails in a completely randomized design (crd) with two levels of vitamin e and two levels of selenium (80 mg/kg of vitamin e+0.2 mg/kg organi...

coenzyme q10, a lipid soluble benzoquinone, has excellent antioxidant and membrane stabilizing properties in the cardiac tissue. the present study investigated the effects of coenzyme q10 on in vitro ldl oxidation quantitavely. the formation of conjugated dienes, malondialdehyde (mda) and electrophoretic mobility were monitored as markers of the oxidation of ldl, respectively. coenzyme q₁₀ show...

the present study was aimed to test the efficacy of adding vitamins c or e to tris-fructose-egg yolk diluent to increase awassi ram sperm storage period at 5 ˚c. semen samples from six mature awassi rams were used in this study. the semen samples were diluted by tris-glucose-egg yolk. diluted semen sample was divided into three parts. the first part was added with 0.9 mg ml-1 vitamin c, the sec...

the naturally occurring antioxidants: vitamin e, β-carotene and vitamin c are known to ameliorate theoxidative stress generated during various physiological and pathological conditions. the oxidative stress mayoccur at different sites, different times, and by different mechanisms in the animal system. lower levels ofthe anti-oxidant vitamins are associated with poor fertility and production lev...

objective: premenstrual syndromes (pms) affecting 20-40% of women of reproductive age. the aim of this double blind and placebo controlled trial was to investigate whether femicofort a supplement contains vitamin b6, vitamin e and evening primrose oil could relieve symptoms of pms. method: this was a randomized and double blind clinical trial. the trial was conducted between november 2009 and a...

background: the extremely low-frequency electromagnetic field (elf-emf), mainly emitted by electric transmission lines and household electronic appliances, is becoming a worldwide health risk. it is imperative to investigate the biological impacts of elf-emf and to identify products that are resistant to the radiation from 50 hz elf-emf. in this study, we investigated the biological impacts of ...

a bstract background: recent attempts have been focused on employing chemical and natural supplemental agents for treatment of cyclic mastalgia. among various agents, the potential effects of vitamins remain questionable. in the present study, we examined the efficacy of two types of these vitamin supplements (vitamin e and vitamin b6) in improving pain severity in cyclic mastalgia.   materials...

background: dzn (diazinon) is an organophosphate insecticide that had been used in agriculture and for domestic and veterinary use for several years and caused many negative effects on plants and animal species, especially on human. the aim of present study was to evaluate the effects of dzn on mda (malondialdehyde) and gsh (glutathione) levels in female rat reproductive tissue (ovary) and to a...