Background & Aim: Diabetes mellitus often has been referred to as a syndrome of disordered metabolism, usually due to a combination of hereditary and environmental causes, resulting in abnormal of high blood sugar levels (hyperglycemia). Nowadays, no-drug treatments (medicinal plants) are novel therapeutic approaches in the treatment of diabetes. Experimental: This study aimed at assessing the...

Groups of rats bearing Morris minimal deviation hepatoma 7288CTC were fed a fat-free diet supplemented with either 0.5% safflower oil (diet A), 15% safflower oil or free acids (diets Band C), or 15% safflower oil or free safflower fatty acids (diet D) for 4 weeks. A group of normal rats was also fed diet D. Triglycerides, cholesteryl esters, phosphatidylcholines, and phosphatidylethanolamines i...

Oil seeds are an important source of protein in many developing countries. However this protein is not readily available because of anti-nutrients, hence information on the content of anti-nutrients is required. The objective of the study was to determine the status of anti-nutritive factors in some new varieties of oil seeds, viz Sunflower ( Helianths annus ) LSF -11, Sunflower ( Helianths ann...

Water deficit is one of the major stresses affecting plant growth and productivity worldwide. Plants induce various morphological, physiological, biochemical and molecular changes to adapt to the changing environment. Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.), a potential oil producer, is highly adaptable to various environmental conditions, such as lack of rainfall and temperatures. The objective of...

Safflower (Carthamus tinctorious L.) is an oilseed crop that is valued as a source of high quality vegetable oil. The genetic diversity of 16 safflower genotypes originated from different geographical regions of Iran and some with exotic origin were evaluated. Eight different seed quality-related traits including fatty acid composition of seed oil (stearic acid, palmitic acid, oleic acid and li...

in order to study the effects of drought stress on yield and yield components of safflower genotypes, a split plot based on randomized complete block design with four replications was performed at the research field, islamic azad university, arak, iran during summer of 2009. irrigation treatments included three levels of 100, 75 and 50% crop water requirement and four levels of safflower genoty...

About 50% of the fatty acids in retinal rod outer segments is docosahexaenoic acid [22:6(n-3)], a member of the linolenic acid [18:3(n-3)] family of essential fatty acids. Dietary deprivation of n-3 fatty acids leads to only modest changes in 22:6(n-3) levels in the retina. We investigated the mechanism(s) by which the retina conserves 22:6(n-3) during n-3 fatty acid deficiency. Weanling rats w...

The effects of dietary fats , consisting of different fatty acids, on body fat accumulation and uncoupling protein (UCP) in interscapular brown adipose tissue were studied in rats. Metabolisable energy in experimental diets based on safflower oil, soybean oil or beef tallow was measured strictly (experiment 1). Male Wistar rats were then meal-fed an isoenergetic diet for 8 weeks (experiment 2)....

background & aim: diabetes mellitus often has been referred to as a syndrome of disordered metabolism, usually due to a combination of hereditary and environmental causes, resulting in abnormal of high blood sugar levels (hyperglycemia). nowadays, no-drug treatments (medicinal plants) are novel therapeutic approaches in the treatment of diabetes. experimental: this study aimed at assessing ...

castor bean, peanut, soy bean and safflower protein isolates were prepared. the amino acid content of each of the protein isolates was analysed and the essential amino acid contents were compared with the fao human requirements. the results indicated that castor bean has the highest oil and the protein content of defatted meal. safflower 3148 (marand, iran) has the highest amount of essential a...