OBJECTIVE Carthamus tinctorius L. (Safflower) is a member of the asteraceae family which had been classified as a fertility regulator in the traditional medicine. The purpose of this study was to investigate its possible effects on the ovarian histomorphology and the levels of female reproductive hormones in the mice. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixty adult female Balb/C mice were selected and rand...

BACKGROUND Developmental histomorphology of the human cricoid cartilage has never been well described. Regional growth centers in the cricoid have been hypothesized, but have never been demonstrated in histological sections. OBJECTIVES To apply Mib-1 immunostaining, a monoclonal antibody directed at a nuclear proliferation marker, in human cricoids to identify a growth center and to study the...

Declining male fertility has prompted investigations into the diagnostic methods that would permit frequent, non-invasive and accurate detection of changes in testicular histomorphology and the reproductive status of individuals. Ultrasonographic (U/S) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging both have the potential to be used in this manner as associations have previously been described between the...

Objective: Carthamus tinctorius L. (Safflower) is a member of the asteraceae family which had been classified as a fertility regulator in the traditional medicine. The purpose of this study was to investigate its possible effects on the ovarian histomorphology and the levels of female reproductive hormones in the mice. Materials and Methods: Sixty adult female Balb/C mice were selected and rand...

This study was conducted to assess the effects of feed particle size (FPZ) and crumble size (CZ) of starter diet on growth performance parameters, carcass characteristics, and small intestinal histomorphology in broiler chicks. Three hundred and sixty male Ross 308 chicks were randomly distributed in a completely randomized design with 3 ´ 2 factorial arrangement consist of three screened FPZs ...

This study investigated how Michauxia campanuloides affects the Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen (PCNA) expression in granulosa cells, ovarian histomorphology and serum total antioxidant capacity (TAC) rats. Rats were divided into control (C), treatment 1 (T 1) 2 2) groups. The rats T groups received aqueous extract of M. at doses 20 mg/kg/day 40 orally for 21 days, respectively. Serum TAC le...