Warts are benign proliferations of the skin and mucosa caused by infection with human papillomavirus. They are commonly treated with destructive modalities such as cryotherapy with liquid nitrogen, local injection of bleomycin, electrocoagulation, topical application of glutaraldehyde, and local and systemic interferon-β therapy. These treatment modalities often cause pain and sometimes scarrin...

abstract          background and objective: vitamins c and e are  the two main antioxidants involved in prevention of type 2 diabetes, by reducing oxidative stress. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of vitamins c and e supplementation independently, on serum levels of insulin, high sensitivity c-reactive protein (hs-crp) and resistin in people with type 2 diabetes.         metho...

Nail psoriasis, affecting up to 50% of psoriatic patients, is an important cause of serious psychological and physical distress. Traditional treatments for nail psoriasis, which include topical or intralesional corticosteroids, topical vitamin D analogues, photochemotherapy, oral retinoids, methotrexate, and cyclosporin, can be time-consuming, painful, or limited by significant toxicities. Biol...

introduction urogenital atrophy is a common problem after menopause, and results from declining estradiol levels and may causes symptoms that can significantly affect quality of life. the aim of this study was to determine the effect of the vaginal suppository of vitamin e in the treatment of atrophic vaginities. materials and methods this randomized, double-blind controlled trail study was car...

Background: Purpura is a common adverse effect of dermatological procedures and can compromise the patients’appearance especially when they occur on the face. Topical vitamin K oxide has been known to be effective in treatment of purpura from vascular laser and minor surgical procedures. However its effectiveness on purpuric skin with minimal ablation produced by Q-switched Nd-YAG laser has not...

coenzyme q10, a lipid soluble benzoquinone, has excellent antioxidant and membrane stabilizing properties in the cardiac tissue. the present study investigated the effects of coenzyme q10 on in vitro ldl oxidation quantitavely. the formation of conjugated dienes, malondialdehyde (mda) and electrophoretic mobility were monitored as markers of the oxidation of ldl, respectively. coenzyme q₁₀ show...

the present study was aimed to test the efficacy of adding vitamins c or e to tris-fructose-egg yolk diluent to increase awassi ram sperm storage period at 5 ˚c. semen samples from six mature awassi rams were used in this study. the semen samples were diluted by tris-glucose-egg yolk. diluted semen sample was divided into three parts. the first part was added with 0.9 mg ml-1 vitamin c, the sec...