A nutritional investigation was conducted to determine whether growth performance, feed efficiency and midgut morphology of rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss ) is affected by United Kingdom cultivars Yellow Lupin (Control, Y) (LC) compared the addition a commercial solid-state fermentation product (SSF) in separate dietary treatments 0.1 0.5% (LS0.1 LS0.5, respectively). At end feeding trial,...

Introduction The traditional type is high erucic acid rapeseed (HEAR), generally used for cooking in countries like India and Bangladesh, typically contains between 40% and 50 % erucic acid, a monounsaturated omega-9fatty acid, denoted 22:1 ω-9 has undesirable effects on healthspecially on cardiac tissue (Kramer et al., 1982). The normal level of AST, ALT and ALP in rat blood is 45.7-80.8 U/L, ...

This study was designed to evaluate the effect of routine intake multivitamin minerals supplements (MVMS) as children’s drugs on serum marker enzymes, mineral components and their general wellness. Blood samples were obtained from 40 children within age range 1 5 years old at Ekiti State Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti. Serum level Potassium (K), Calcium (Ca), Zinc (Zn), Magnesium (Mg), Iron (Fe),...

Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is now the only available treatment for end-stage liver disease; the major postoperative complications of OLT are rejection and infection. Fractionation of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) isoforms in serum by isoelectric focusing can be used to identify patients with complications. Reference ranges for liver-function tests (LFT) and liver ALP isoforms were esta...

Glucocorticoids have been used in nephrotic syndrome (NS) treatment for many years. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the effect of steroids on bone mineralization in children with glucocorticoid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome (GSNS). Twenty children who were first diagnosed as GSNS received glucocorticoid therapy for four months. Before treatment, at the 4th and 12th week of initial therapy, b...

This research investigated the protective role of Leea macrophylla extract on CCl4-induced acute liver injury in rats. Different fractions of Leea macrophylla (Roxb.) crude extract were subjected to analysis for antioxidative effects. Rats were randomly divided into four groups as normal control, hepatic control, and reference control (silymarin) group and treatment group. Evaluations were made...

Nutri-bars were prepared (110 g) using dates (64 g), dried apricots (16 cheddar cheese (8 whey protein isolate (12 and roasted-chickpea flour (10 g). Bars for Pakistani-athletes based on their calories requirement (3500-3925 kcals/day, 1.4-1.8 g/kg body weight). Efficacy trials performed (1, 15 30 days) to evaluate the effect of nutri-bars blood serum profile, stamina building body-composition....

Eighteen healthy skeletally mature (3 years old) ewes, with an average weight of 45 kg, of the Portuguese Churra da Terra Quente breed were used to evaluate the normal values of total and bone-specific isoform of alkaline phosphatase serum activities (ALP and BALP, respectively) and serum osteocalcin (OC) and their correlation with the serum minerals - calcium (Ca), phosphorus (P), magnesium (M...

Methods Children referred to the pediatric endocrinology clinic for growth evaluation, interpretation of thyroid functions, concern regarding delayed puberty, etc and found to be normal were enrolled, as were their healthy siblings. Pubertal assessment, a food frequency questionnaire for calcium, sunlight exposures (minutes of sunshine exposure from 10 AM 4PM) and percentage of skin exposed wer...

INTRODUCTION Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are defined as cells that can differentiate into multiple mesenchymal lineage cells. MSCs were obtained from various sources; bone marrow, umbilical cord blood, adipose tissue and synovium etc. It has been reported that MSCs isolated from the bone marrow showed variation in size, morphology and level of alkaline phosphatase activity among clones isolat...