There are few studies of ochratoxin A (OTA) genotoxicity in experimental animals and the results obtained with cell cultures are inconsistent, although the carcinogenic potential of OTA for the kidney of experimental animals has been well established. We studied the genotoxic potential of OTA in the kidney of adult female Wistar rats (5 in each group) treated intraperitoneally with OTA (0.5 mg ...

OBJECTIVES To determine the effect of maternal age on pregnancy outcomes in women aged 40 years and above at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital. METHODS A retrospective comparative study was conducted on women aged ≥40 years (n=249) and a control group aged 20-29 years (n=249) who delivered at ≥28 weeks gestation between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2012. The medical record...

The volatile compounds (VCs) in headspace of adipose tissues (perirenal, tail, caul) were extracted by solid-phase microextraction (SPME) fiber coated with carboxen/ polydimethylsiloxane (CAR/PDMS) or divinylbenzene/ polydimethylsloxane (DVB/CAR/PDMS). In extraction CAR/PDMS coating compared to DVB/CAR/PDMS, more VCs obtained perirenal (53 versus 41), tail (51 vs 47) and caul (35 33) fats. Incr...

1 Chandrashekhar Thorbole , Wichita State University ,Mechanical Engineering,[email protected]. 2 Behnam Bahr, Wichita State University, Mechanical Engineering , [email protected]. Abstract-This paper discuss about the procedure adapted to mimic the fish tail kinematics to develop a microprocessor controlled biomimetic robot, after review of different Fish swimming modes and understanding t...

Tinfoil barb is one of the fish caught in Tasik river. The purpose this study was to determine morphology and weight-length relationship tinfoil barb. This research conducted July-August 2020 river using a net with mesh size 1.25 inches. number 96 total weight (TW) 2-47 g length (TL) 60-125 mm. Meristic characteristics consecutively are as follows: 31-33 Linnea Literalis (LL), 24-26 Body Circul...

Facial vein (cheek blood) and caudal vein (tail blood) phlebotomy are two commonly used techniques for obtaining blood samples from laboratory mice, while automated blood sampling through a permanent catheter is a relatively new technique in mice. The present study compared physiological parameters, glucocorticoid dynamics as well as the behavior of mice sampled repeatedly for 24 h by cheek blo...

Ruta graveolens belonging to family Rutaceae has long been traditionally used as a medicinal plant as well as a flavoring agent in food. However, very little data are available on the toxicity of the plant. This report presents evidence on the genotoxic and clastogenic potential of an extract of Ruta graveolens and Ruta 200C, a homeopathic preparation. Various types of chromosomal aberrations w...

Neurofilaments (NFs) are neuron-specific intermediate filaments, and are the major cytoskeletal component in large myelinated axons. Lysine-serine-proline (KSP) repeats in the tail domains of high molecular weight NF proteins (NF-M and NF-H) are extensively phosphorylated in vivo in the axon. This phosphorylation in the tail domain has been postulated to play an important role in mediating neur...