background: radiotherapy is the main modality of cancer treatment. there are many chemical radioprotectors which unfortunately have lethal or toxic effect. therefore the search is on to find out natural plant based radioprotectors. a well known medicinal plant,which is more acceptable to the body, tinospora cordifolia, was tested in animal tissues against gamma radiations. radioprotective effec...

introduction and objective: liver is an important body organ without which life is impossible. cyclophosphamide is an alkylating agent widely used as an anti-cancer (“antineoplastic” or “cytotoxic”) chemotherapy drug. the present study aimed to find a suitable antioxidant and examine the effect of vitamin e and selenium on reducing the side effects of cyclophosphamide on liver as a vital organ....

objective: melatonin, the pineal gland hormone as a direct or indirect antioxidant and free radical scavenger, is involved in the process of both aging and age-related diseases. this study investigates the effects of melatonin on the histology of testicular seminiferous tubules in aged mice. materials and methods: twenty male, white mice, aged 16 months, that weighed 20-23 gr were equally divid...

the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of different rhythms of music on some central and peripheral fatigue indices in non-athlete young females. for this purpose, 38 healthy female students were randomly divided into three groups: fast music group or exp1 (n=13, m+sd age: 22+2 years), slow music group or exp2 (n=13, m+sd age: 23+2 years) and control group (n=12,m+sd age: 23+2 year...

conclusions the pregnancy adaptation training package increased the adaptation and maternal-fetal attachment scores in pregnant women with a history of baby loss. results before the intervention, there were no statistically significant differences between the study and control groups in terms of maternal-fetal attachment (p = 0.280) and adaptation to pregnancy (p = 0.883). however, following th...