Hydrogenated fat-embedded calcium gluconate (HFCG), a prebiotic mixture designed to target the hindgut, has improved milk and component yields when supplemented in mid-lactation cows, likely due hindgut health. The objective of this study was evaluate production responses HFCG fed dairy cattle over full lactation. Seventy-four Holstein cows (21 primiparous, 53 multiparous) were used randomized ...

Vascular responses to calcium were studied in 14 genetically hypertensive (GH) rats of the New Zealand strain and 16 weight- and age-matched normotensive parent strain control rats under chloralose-pentobarbital anesthesia. Calcium (chloride or gluconate) in an isosmolar solution was infused intraarterially into the hindlimb vascular bed which was vascularly isolated, innervated, and pump-perfu...

INTRODUCTION The use of PRP has been studied for different fields, with promising results in regenerative medicine. Until now, there is no study in the literature evaluating thrombin levels in serum, used as autologous thrombin preparation. Therefore, in the present study we evaluated the role played by different thrombin concentrations in PRP and the impact in the release of growth factors. Al...

Maintenance of physiological levels of intracellular and extracellular calcium is essential for life. Increased intracellular calcium levels are involved in cell death (apoptosis and necrosis) and are associated with positive responses in the Comet assay in vitro. In addition, high calcium and vitamin D intakes were reported to induce apoptosis in adipose tissue in obese mice and to increase DN...

Adult growth hormone deficiency (AGHD) is associated with osteoporosis. Previous reports have suggested that alterations in parathyroid gland responsiveness to changes in calcium concentration may play a role in the genesis of osteoporosis in untreated AGHD patients. We investigated the endogenous parathyroid hormone [PTH-(1-84)] response to hypocalcemic and hypercalcemic stimuli induced by sod...

We demonstrated that sodium gluconate was the factor causing false-positive galactomannan (GM) antigenemia of Plasma-Lyte hydration solution. Infusion of sodium gluconate-containing solution but not gluconate-free Plasma-Lyte resulted in positive serum GM antigenemia. Serum GM concentrations also correlated with the volume and in vitro concentrations of GM within gluconate-containing solutions ...

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of caffeine on the amplitude and rate of skeletal muscle contraction using frog sciatic nerve-gastrocnemius muscle model. Caffeine is a xanthine alkaloid whose use is widely unregulated. It is taken as a central nervous system stimulant in various foods and drinks. The effect of caffeine on skeletal muscle contraction and a possible elucidatio...

Abstract Introduction ST elevation (STE) usually means acute transmural ischemia by epicardial coronary artery occlusion a blood clot,so Guidelines recommend rapid reperfusion therapy, possibly within the first hour. Nevertheless,STE due to non–ischemic etiologies has been reported in up 15% of general population.We report case ‘likely STEMI’ presenting with marked STE,QTc prolongation and Brug...

this study was carried out to examine the effect of post hatch fasting (phf) period with and without subcutaneous injection of 0.6 ml ca-gluconate (ca-g) on productive performance and breast muscle development in broiler chicks up to day 28 of age. weight gain (wg) and feed intake (fi) were significantly reduced and fcr was increased as phf lasted for 36 h. injection of ca-g did not improve wg ...