the present study was aimed to evaluate the therapeutic potential of pimpinella tirupatiensis (pt) by assaying the activities of selective mitochondrial enzymes in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats. diabetic rats showed a significant (p < 0.01) reduction in the activities of oxidative enzymes succinate dehydrogenase (sdh), malate dehydrogenase (mdh), glutamate dehydrogenase (gdh) and isocitr...

anti-oxidant effects of propofol (2, 6-diisopropylphenol) were evaluated agains carbon tetrachloridet ccl4 -induced oxidative stress in rat liver. 30 male rats were equally divided in to 6 groups (5 rats each). group i (control), while group ii was given ccl4 (3 ml /kg/day, ip). animals of groups iii received only propofol (10 mg/kg/day, ip). group iv was given propofol+ ccl4. group v was admin...

objective: oxidative stress that damages proteins result in aging and age related diseases. the aim of this study is to determine the effect of tocotrienol rich fraction (trf) on the expression of proteins in oxidative stress-induced caenohabditis elegans (c.elegans) which has homologous genes to humans. methods: the worms were treated with trf prior to, after and continuously in separate group...

background: it has been reported that ischemia-reperfusion is associated with augmentation of oxidative stress and its specific and sensitive markers. oxidative stress may cause atrial fibrillation (af) which is a common consequence after cardiac surgery. dietary supplementation with antioxidants might lower the incidence of af following coronary artery bypass graft (cabg) surgery. materials an...

background: glucocorticoids have several benefits in large animal medicine but apart from their benefits, there are several disadvantages attributed to the use of these drugs. among the disadvantages, disturbance in protein metabolism is one of the side effects of glucocorticoids which has been investigated in human and laboratory animals. objectives: there are no information regarding the effe...

toxic effects of monensin, a polyether antibiotic mainly used as a coccidiostat, have been described in a wide range of animals. the present study was performed to investigate the toxic effects of monensin in goats. seven adult goats were administered sodium monensin, 13.5 mg kg-1, daily for five consecutive days via gastric gavage. monensin toxicity was evaluated by clinical signs, serum bioch...

grape seed proanthocyanidin (gsp) bears a very powerful antioxidant effects. studies demonstrated that proanthocyanidins protect against free radicals mediated cardiovascular and renal disorders. the present study was designed to assess the effect of gsp on the heart of diabetic rats. forty rats were divided into four groups of 10 animals each: group i: control, group ii: control group were giv...

camel milk has an importance in the treatment of diabetes. it has been shown that the patients who drink camel milk daily, their need to insulin decrease. therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effect of camel milk in comparison with insulin treatment in experimentally-induced diabetes. this study was carried out on forty male new zealand rabbits, divided into four groups with ten rabbi...