objective(s) bone is a dynamic tissue that is continuously renewed throughout life by the process of bone remodeling. antioxidant system might be involved in the pathogenesis of bone loss, so the aim of this study was to evaluate the total antioxidant capacity (tac), vitamin c and vitamin e levels of plasma besides measuring enzymatic antioxidants, superoxide dismutase (sod), catalase (cat) and...

background: osteoporosis is a preventable and treatable disorder, reported with higher prevalence patients with ulcerative colitis but their relationship is controversial. osteoporosis in these patients may be attributes to corticosteroid use, malnutrition and reduced intake of calcium and vitamin d, lower levels of sex hormones, chronic inflammation and inflammatory cytokines. the aim of study...

background: celiac disease (cd), as an autoimmune disease has initiated since ingestion of food containing gluten. constant intolerance to gluten causes damages of the small intestinal mucosa. one reason of mal-absorption in children and infants is cd. additionally, about 75% of newly identified patients with cd have low bone mineral density (bmd). many factors have role in metabolic bone disea...

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there are varying patterns for growing different varieties of branched or non-branched sesame. this experiment was conducted during a two-year period (2000-2001) to identify the optimal practice for cultivation of the uni-branched sesame in the safi-abad agricultural research center, khuzestan province. the statistical design was set up as strip-plot in a randomized complete block with four rep...

the optimum road spacing has been studied by many researches. it is an important step of forest road network planning. the goals of this study are determining the optimum road spacing in kheiroudkenar forest of nowshahr in northern iran and study of effect of kind of skidder on skidding cost and road spacing. continues time study method was used to determine the production rate of taf and timbe...

forty growing ram lambs (lori-bakhtiari breed) averaging 28 kg (±1.5) were allocated in this study to evaluate the optimal dietary energy density in a lamb fattening enterprise in iran. the feed intake (fi), body weight (bw), gain to feed ratio (g:f) and carcass characteristics were studied. four treatments differed in metabolizable energy content (me) as follow; 2, 2.3, 2.6 and 2.9 mcal/kg for...

introduction:there is considerable amount of controversy about the long term effects of multiparity and duration of breast-feeding on maternal bone mineral density after menopause. this study was conducted to determine whether multiple pregnancy and prolonged duration of breast-feeding are independent predictors of low bone mass in post-menopausal kurdish women. methods: in a retrospective stud...