Water is an essential nutrient necessary to support life, and adequate water supply is crucial for animal survival and productivity. The present study was designed to determine seasonal changes in the water metabolism of horses under outdoor conditions. Total body water (TBW) and total water intake (TWI) of 10 adult Shetland pony mares were estimated at monthly intervals for 14 mo by using the ...

β-titanium shape memory alloys are used as memory-based biomedical applications and superelastic materials because they made up of non-toxic components. Also, their behaviors more semilar with that human bone dental biological tissues, such biocompatibility, superior corrosion resistance, low density, modulus elasticity. In the current study, effect Ta additive on physical properties Ti-Nb allo...

山麦冬属( Li r io p e Lour .)植物系百合科植物 , 中国分布有 8 种(变种) 1 ] ,分别为山麦冬( Li r io p e s p ica ta Lour .) 、湖 北 山 麦 冬 ( Li r io pe sp icata Lour . var . prol i f e ra Y . T . Ma) 、短葶山麦冬 [ Li r io p e musacar li (Decne .) Bailey] 、阔叶山麦冬 ( Li r io p e p lat y phy l la Wang et Tang) 、甘肃山麦冬 [ Li r io p e kansuensi s (Batal .) C . H . Wright] 、禾 叶山麦冬[ Li r io pe g ram ini f olia (L .) Baker]和矮 小山麦冬[ Li r io p e ...

The present study investigates the anti-hyperlipidemic and antihyperglycemic effects and mechanism in high-fat (HF)-fed mice of cell suspension culture of Eriobotrya japonica (TA), which contains a great number of pentacyclic terpenoids. Firstly, C57BL/6J mice were randomly divided into two groups: the control (CON) group was fed with a low-fat diet (n = 9), whereas the experimental group was f...

BACKGROUND Skeletal muscle lipid is associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes and may be altered by diet, physical activity, and weight loss. OBJECTIVE We explored the utility of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for quantifying the lipid concentration of muscle tissue in vivo. DESIGN Fat-selective MR images of the lower leg were taken in 8 normal-weight [body mass index (in kg/m(2)) < or ...

The effects of mixtures Ni–Ta and Ni–Zr powders combined with sintered solid solution TaB2 –NbC during spark-plasma sintering compositions at a pressing loading 60 MPa in the range 1200 – 1600°C on phase composition, percent content Ti, Ta, Zr sialon; microstructure; grain sizes crystalline phases; relative density; linear shrinkage; physical-mechanical properties; correlation elasticity modulu...

Methanolic extracts of Acorus calamus (Rhizome), Hemidesmus indicus (Stem), Holarrhena antidysenterica (Bark) and Plumbago zeylanica (Root), were tested for their antimutagenic potential. These extracts, at tested concentrations, showed no sign of mutagenicity to Salmonella typhimurium tester strains. The extracts of the plants exhibited varying level of antimutagenicity. At a dose of 100 micro...