background: organic acids refer to a family of compounds that are intermediates in a variety of metabolic pathways. many organic acids are present in urine from clinically normal individuals. elevated levels of urine organic acids cause to the organic acidurias, disorders in which some metabolic pathways in organic acid metabolism are blocked. the present work identified major and minor urinary...

The present paper aims to highlight the physical characteristics of left over water from cooked maize and compare them with those fluids beans, human urine, used for cooking process. This is motivated by desire verify if set information’s collected during studies made on beans can be applied all foods undergoing a stage boiling their transformation at home. For that purpose, solutions were prod...

screening interval urinalysis has long been considered essential to pediatric health care. a urinalysis is recommended at four times: in infancy, early childhood, late childhood, and in adolescence. several chemical parameters can be measured as commercially available in dipstick test. this test is relatively inexpensive and it takes less than 5 minutes to be completed. in a 3 month follow up p...

exposure to mercury (hg) as a heavy metal can cause health effects. the objective of this study was to assess occupational exposure to hg in a chlor-alkali petrochemical industry in iran by determining of hg concentrations in air, blood and urine samples.the study was performed on 50 exposed subjects and 50 unexposed controls. air samples were collected in the breathing zone of exposed subjects...

introduction and objective: zinc as the second trace element of the human body plays an important role in numerous functions. a large number of research studies have showed serum zinc deficiency and excess urinary excretion in patients with major beta thalassemia, but few studies revealed excess urinary zinc excretion in minor beta thalassemia and no study investigated serum zinc levels in this...

According to Franke (l), the occurrence of a green color following addition of solutions of methylene blue to fluids containing bilirubin first was described by Chetchowski in 1897. It has provided the basis for a simple method of testing for bile pigment in urine and recent reports have reaffirmed its value for this purpose (2-5). The explanation for the color effect has long been a subject of...

Urolithiasis is a disorder in the form of crystals or stones urinary tract such as bladder that occurs both male and female animals. The condition formation calculi due to supersaturation urine consisting one several types minerals. A case urolithiasis Persian cat named Snow, female, 40 months old, 3.76 Kg, solid white hair color, came K P Clinic physical examination was performed by palpation ...

A 40-y-o female was scheduled for modified radical hysterectomy and pelvic lymphadenotomy for malignant ovarian tumor. Her past history revealed frequent episodes of reddish discoloration of her urine after physical strain. Her blood and urine samples were submitted for chemical analysis of metabolites of hemoglobin and porphyrin on suspicion of acute intermittent porphyria (AIP). Since these e...

Drug testing in urine for employees is an important deterrent for drug abuse. Because of the dire consequences of a positive result, many individuals who might otherwise test positive will go to great lengths to escape detection. The term "adulteration" in this context refers to: substitution of drug-free urine, purposeful ingestion of agents or fluids designed to either accelerate drug clearan...

Dark-colored urine is one of the clinical symptoms of envenomation by Micropechis ikaheka (New Guinea small-eyed snake). We have purified a phospholipase A(2), MiPLA-1, which induces dark-colored urine in experimental mice, to homogeneity. The analysis of the dark-colored urine by electrophoresis and N-terminal sequence determination indicated that the color of mouse urine is due to hemoglobin ...