Cardiac cachexia as a terminal stage of chronic heart failure carries a poor prognosis. The definition of this clinical syndrome has been a matter of debate in recent years. This review describes the ongoing discussion about this issue and the complex pathophysiology of cardiac cachexia and chronic heart failure with particular focus on immunological, metabolic, and hormonal aspects at the intr...

Cancer cachexia is a multifactorial syndrome characterized by involuntary loss of skeletal muscle and fat, reduced quality of life and decreased survival. Unlike starvation, weight loss cannot be fully reversed by increasing caloric intake. Interventions, such as nutritional counseling or currently available appetite stimulants such as megestrol acetate have limited benefits. Recently, there ha...

Căng thẳng oxy hóa là quá trình tạo ra các gốc tự do bao gồm loại và nitơ phản ứng (ROS RNS), có liên quan đến sự phát triển của bệnh, ung thư, bệnh tim mạch thần kinh. Nghiên cứu này nhằm mục đích xác định hoạt động chống trong ống nghiệm chiết xuất thô ethanol phân đoạn lá Melastoma candidum D. Don bằng phương pháp DPPH ABTS. Kết quả cho thấy ethyl acetat hàm lượng phenolic tổng số flavonoid ...

Two experiments were conducted over 3 yr to determine pregnancy rates in beef heifers after a timed AI in response to the 7-11 Synch protocol. In Exp. 1, 179 heifers were either fed melengestrol acetate (MGA; 7-11 Synch) or given an intravaginal progesterone (P4)-releasing insert [controlled intravaginal drug releasing device (CIDR); 7-11 CIDR] for 7 d. Prostaglandin F2αwas administered on the ...