Widely differing results were obtained for urinary protein determinations in male rats using 2 test strips and a quantitative Coomassie Blue sodium dodecyl sulphate method. A comparison of the sensitivity of the protein methods with respect to rat albumin and alpha 2U globulin was made; both test strips were found to be relatively insensitive to the presence of alpha 2U globulin. Resultant limi...

The present study is a contribution to the enhancement of Ivorian traditional medicine, by carrying out bio-tolerance tests an aqueous extract aerial parts Crotalaria retusa (EACr) in mice and rats according guidelines Organization for Economic Co-operation Development (OECD) 423 407, respectively. doses 2000 5000 mg/kg body weight (BW) were used acute toxicity. For subacute toxicity which last...

Citation: Ubuka T, Moriya S, Soga T and Parhar I (2018) Identification of Transmembrane Protease Serine 2 and Forkhead Box A1 As the Potential Bisphenol A Responsive Genes in the Neonatal Male Rat Brain. Front. Endocrinol. 9:139. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2018.00139 identification of Transmembrane Protease serine 2 and Forkhead box a1 as the Potential bisphenol a responsive genes in the neonatal Male ...

This paper reviews what is known about the induction of alpha 2u-globulin nephropathy and carcinogenesis. This unique male-rat-specific disease is associated with exposure to an ever-increasing number of chemicals. The processes leading to nephropathy and renal cancer are among the best-understood mechanisms for nongenotoxic chemicals and strongly support that it is a male-rat-specific process ...

Onion (Allium cepa) bulb from Liliaceae has antioxidant, spasmolytic and antihypertensive activities. The aim of present study was to investigate the antispasmodic effect of onion peel on rat ileum contractility. Onion peel powder was extracted by maceration in 70% alcohol for 72 h. A terminal portion of ileum from male Wistar rat was dissected and its contractions were recorded isotonically in...

introduction: retinoid signaling has been argued to have favorable effects on alzheimer's disease (ad). we studied the role of chronic intracerebroventricular (icv) injection of all-trans retinoic acid (atra) on the amyloid-beta (aβ) model of ad. methods: adult male rats weighing 260-330 g were divided into 12 groups of 8 each. six groups of rats received atra (3nm, 30nm, 3μm, 0.3mm, 30mm/...

In the present study, the effects of excitation and inhibition of GABAA and GABAB receptor subtypes on the expression of morphine-induced conditioned place preference (CPP) were investigated. For this purpose, male Wistar rats (250-300 g) were used in the experiments. Five days after surgical cannulation in the ventral tegmental area (VTA), different doses of morphine were injected into the ani...

Erectile dysfunction is a major public health problem leading to harmful consequences for couples. Hence the need find adequate treatments using medicinal plants such as Pycnanthus angolensis, Cameroonian plant used treat erectile dysfunction. The effects of aqueous extract angolensis wood were evaluated on male rat sexual behavior and nitric oxide release. Adult Wistar rats divided into 4 grou...

The objective of this study was to determine whether a gender difference exists in myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoform or sarcoplasmic reticulum protein levels in diabetic rat hearts. As is the case with normal rodent hearts, all four chambers of the control rat hearts expressed almost 100% MHC-alpha. In 6-wk diabetic rats, MHC-beta expression in ventricles of males was significantly greater (78 +...