ferula (ferula assafetida) is a perennial plant which belongs to umbelliferea family is grow in a wide range of arid and semi-arid regions in iran. ferulla assafetida contains compounds including coumarins and sesquiterpens that has been traditionally used to treat diseases such as nervous disorders, asthma, gastrointestinal disease and epilepsy.. effects of asafetida gum extract on blood param...

In order to study the impact that is imposed on the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) axis of adrenalectomy male Wistar rats by stress caused by swimming, the blood level of triiodothyronine (T3), thyroxine (T4) and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), the expression of TSHβ mRNA at the pituitary and thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH) expression at the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) were measu...

In this study, it was aimed to investigate the protective effect of Resveratrol, which has a strong antioxidant on kidney tissues rats experimentally induced with carbon tetrachloride nephrotoxicity, by function tests and histopathology. For purpose, 32 male Wistar Albino were used. The subjects randomly selected, 1st group control, 2nd CCl4, 3rd Resveratrol. 4th divided into 4 groups as CCl4 +...

background: sulphites are widely used as a preservative and antioxidant additives in the food and pharmaceutical industries. many types of biological and toxicological effects of sulphites in multiple organs of mammals have been shown in previous studies. objective: the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of sodium metabisulfite (smb) on testicular function and morphometric values ...

Background and Objectives Regular aerobic exercise improves learning, memory, cognitive Synaptic Plasticity in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the levels calcineurin Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II mRNA after four weeks training exercises before AD induction hippocampus male Wistar rats. Subjects Methods Thirty 8-week-old rats with an average...

The aim of this study was to determine the ameliorative effect aqueous leaf extract Moringa oleifera on diabetes induced appetite and testicular weight loss in wistar rats. Freshly harvested leaves processed into powder subsequently extract. Thirty (30) adult male rats were divided six groups five each. Group 1 normal control which only fed with rat chow water ad libitum. II without treatment, ...

background: a bulk of contraceptives on the market is women-oriented today. the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of a medicinal herb, acacia nilotica on various parameters of male fertility using a rat model. methods: male wistar rats (n=40) were randomly divided in to two groups. one group received acacia nilotica, while the other acted as controls. ten animals from each group w...