Two hundred and forty four girls with different hemoglobin levels were selected, of which forty-one were non-anemic. The rest were graded as mildly, moderately or severely anemic and supplemented with 60 mg of iron daily or twice weekly for twelve weeks. There was no significant difference in the increase in hemoglobin levels between daily and twice weekly-supplemented subjects at the end of th...

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of ethanol extracts from red pepper seeds on the antioxidative defense system and oxidative stress in rats fed a high fat . high cholesterol diet. Rats were divided into four experimental groups which were composed of high fat . high cholesterol diet group (HF), high fat . high cholesterol diet with 0.1% ethanol extracts from red pe...

Zinc supplementation (0.8 µg/ml) in in vitro maturation (IVM) medium significantly enhances oocyte quality. In this study, we compared the development of somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) embryos produced from conventional IVM (control) and zinc-supplemented IVM oocytes. A total of 1206 and 890 SCNT embryos were produced using control and zinc-supplemented oocytes, respectively, and then wer...

The micropropagation of Stevia rebaudiana using stem node segment explants obtained from 2 years-old shrubs were achieved. Cultures were established on Murashige and Skoog (MS) as the medium supplemented with different concentrations of 6-benzylaminopurine (BA) at concentration, 0.0, 0.1 and 0.5 mg/l individually or in combination with Kinetin (Kin) at concentration, 0.0, 0.1 and 0.5 mg/l. The ...

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effects of red pepper seeds powder on lipid metabolism in rats fed high fatᆞhigh cholesterol diet. Rats were divided into five experimental groups: normal diet group, high fatᆞhigh cholesterol diet group, high fatᆞhigh cholesterol diet with 5% red pepper seeds powder supplemented group (SA group), high fatᆞhigh cholesterol diet with 10% red p...