Oxidative damage induced by extracts of condensate, particulate matters and semivolatile organic compounds from gasoline engine exhausts were investigated in testicles of adult Sprague-Dawley rats. The results showed that gasoline engine exhaust could increase the contents of malondialdehyde and carbonyl protein, decrease activities of superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase, and induce...

We present unusual retained remnants of hidden conjoined twin of possible abdominal pagus after 21 years who presented with abdomenpain and incidentally have found his forbidden conjoined twin. He presented for many years with a palpable epigastric mass, and recent abdominal pain, early satiety, nausea and vomiting. The mass was a like deformed fetus weighing 815 gr who was anencephalic and dep...

background: affecting the female reproductive organ and the layers around the oocyst, some ration ions could facilitate the penetration of sperm with specific chromosome type and change the sex ratio in mammal infants. objectives: the purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effect of potassium supplement on the sex ratio in rat. methods: the percentage of moisture, ash, crude fat and p...

background:   objective: the aim of this study was to investigate the harmful effects of sodium arsenite on sperm parameters and the antioxidant effects of vit.e on sperm anomalies in sodium arsenite treated rats.   materials and methods: adult male rats were divided into 4 groups: control, sodium arsenite (8 mg/kg/day), vit.e (100 mg/kg/day) and sodium arsenite+vit.e. oral treatments were perf...

SUMMARY The c arcinogenicity of N-hydroxy-2-fluorenyl benzenesulfonamide (N-HO-2-FBS), a potent carcinogen for the young male and female rat by i.p. administration, was confirmed by p.o. administration of the compound to the adult male rat. The compound produced hepatic lesions that were macroscopically and microscopically very similar to those induced by N-hydroxy-2-fluorenylacetamide. Examina...

objective: in this study aimed at evaluating the antifertility effect of the methanolic extract of abelmoschus esculentus (okro) fruit using albino wistar rat. methods: fifty adult male rats weighing 200g to 300g were weighed and divided into five groups of five rats each. group1 served as the control and were given water and normal rat chaw while groups 2, 3, 4 and 5 served as the test groups ...

Introduction: Retinoid signaling has been argued to have favorable effects on Alzheimer's disease (AD). We studied the role of chronic intracerebroventricular (ICV) injection of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) on the amyloid-beta (Aβ) model of AD. Methods: Adult male rats weighing 260-330 g were divided into 12 groups of 8 each. Six groups of rats received ATRA (3nM, 30nM, 3μM, 0.3mM, 30...

Obesity has become a global epidemic, and it is major risk factor for other metabolic disorders such as type 2 diabetes cardiometabolic disease. Dietary protein effective body-weight management. This study aimed to investigate the effect of grilled meat supplemented with cinnamon, green coffee cardamom on serum liver function obese rats. Fourty-two adult male rats weighing approximately (150 ± ...

GH has diverse physiological actions and regulates the tissue-specific expression of numerous genes involved in growth, metabolism, and differentiation. Several of the effects of GH on somatic growth and gene expression are sex dependent and are regulated by pituitary GH secretory patterns, which are sexually differentiated. The resultant sex differences in plasma GH profiles are particularly s...