persea americana is a plant used by traditional medicine practitioners to treat ailments including diarrhoea and diabetes mellitus in nigeria. hence, the chloroform and the methanol fractions of the chloroform-methanol extract of the leaves of p. americana were evaluated for their acute toxicity as well as anti-diarrhoeal effects in wistar rats to substantiate this claim. the chloroform and met...

background & aim:hypericum perforatum l. is native to iran. this herb is one of the most important medicinal plants and had many medical effects.this experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of feeding hypericum perforatum and protexin on performance, carcass characteristics and intestinal morphology japanese quails. experimental: a total of 240 ten days old quails were divided into ...

a survey was carried out in seven villages around bandarabass, on persion gulf, to determine the prevalence of the intestinal protozoa infections. out of the 835 stool specimens examined, 676 samples were positive with single and multiple infections. the most prevalent of intestinal protozoa in bandarabass were entamoeba histolytica, entamoeba coli, giardia lambia and iodamoeba butschlii.

introduction: a study was made conserning 142 patients who were suffering from gastrointestinal lymphoma, were seen at the department of hematology and oncology, esfahan medical school, during the period 1982-2002. method: all patients had laparotomy, and biopsy of the site lesion. histopathological subtypes were done in the international working formulation. stage groupings were done applying ...

background: the aim of the present work was to investigate the prevalence and species of intestinal microsporidiosis among animals in giza, egypt. methods: a total of 869 animal fecal samples were collected from domesticated animals (dogs, cats, rabbits, cattle, buffaloes, sheep, goats, donkeys and pigs) living in giza, egypt. spores of microsporidia were concentrated from collected samples by ...

the main inflammatory bowel disorders are including celiac disease (cd), inflammatory bowel diseases (ibd) and irritable bowel syndrome (ibs). celiac disease is a digestive and autoimmune disorder that can damage the small intestine and characterized by a multitude gastrointestinal (gi) and extra gi symptoms. ibd (including ulcerative colitis and crohn’s disease) is a group of inflammatory cond...

background: ibs is the most common disorder diagnosed by gastroenterologists, which is seen in approximately 40-50% of patients seeking care from a specialist. several randomized controlled trials, have assessed the therapeutic effect of anti-depressant drugs, but there is not enough evidence to prove their effectiveness. materials and methods: fifty cases meeting rome ii criteria for ibs with ...