Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that is characterized by chronic inflammation affecting target tissues including the joints, bones, and synovial membrane. However, the etiology and pathogenesis of RA remains to be determined, and investigations into the treatment of RA are imperative. Vitamin D (Vit D) was previously found to be associated with the activity of RA and exerts t...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the protective effects of the turmeric in comparison to vitamin E on bursal damages induced by salinomycin in broiler chickens. In this study, forty one day-old broiler chicks were randomly divided into four treatment groups: 1- basal diet as control, 2- basal diet plus salinomycin, 3- basal diet plus salinomycin (SLM) and vitamin E (Vit. E) and 4- basal di...

UV radiation is a well-documented human carcinogen, indisputably linked to the current continued increased rate of skin cancer. UV radiation is also responsible for cutaneous synthesis of vitamin (vit) D3, a substance that is then sequentially hydroxylated in the liver and kidney to yield 1,25(OH)2 vit D, a hormone critical for calcium homeostasis and skeletal maintenance. Because the UV action...

Retrospective chart analysis of 113 patients presenting to a general practitioner with eating disorders was conducted, in an attempt to identify statistically and clinically significant nutritional variables. Blood tests are a useful diagnostic tool in eating disorders, and this research suggests that current testing should be broadened to include trace minerals such as zinc and manganese. Resu...

objective(s): multiple sclerosis (ms) is a serious neurological autoimmune disease, it commonly affects young adults. vitamin e (vit e) is an important component of human diet with antioxidant activity, which protects the body’s biological systems. in order to assess the effect of vit e treatment on this autoimmune disease, we established experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (eae), the ani...

Laboratory animal models are an important part of test design. Certain conditions such as microbial contamination in diets of these models could affect the results of experiments. One of the most important routes that predispose to contamination is generated through feeding of laboratory animals. This study aimed to show the effect of gamma irradiation in reducing bacteria concentrations,...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence vitamin and β-glucan supplementations on growth performance growing-finishing pigs in Ben Tre province. A total 36 post-weaned piglets (Duroc x Yorkshire-Landrace) with initial live weight 17.42 kg±0.26, allotted into 3 treatments 4 replications a completely randomized design. There were three diets, including basal diet (BD) without any addit...

Vitamin D is important for normal development and maintenance of the skeleton. Hypovitaminosis D adversely affects calcium metabolism, osteoblastic activity, matrix ossification, bone remodeling and bone density. It is well known that Vit. D deficiency in the developing skeleton is related to rickets, while in adults is related to osteomalacia. The causes of rickets include conditions that lead...

Cross-sectional study of quail eggs was conducted to evaluate the nutritional compositions of carbohydrate, fat, protein, calories, vitamin, minerals and sex hormones. The results showed that average of each whole quail egg weight was 10.67 g. Their contents of ash, carbohydrate, fat, protein and moisture were 1.06, 4.01, 9.89, 12.7 and 72.25 g 100g -1 , respectively. Total energy in calories o...

The current issue of CEJU brings a somewhat ambiguous paper entitled “Vitamin D and urological cancers” describing (possible) role of the vit. D in the etiology of urological cancers [1]. Indeed, last years brought numerous publications presenting that 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 may alter human susceptibility to different diseases (even improve fitness) and its capability to cure or, at least, to...