The antimutagenic activity of the methanolic extract of the fruiting bodies of Ganoderma lucidum (Fr.) P. Krast. occurring in South India was investigated. The activity was assayed by Ames Salmonella mutagenicity test using histidine mutants of Salmonella typhimurium tester strains, TA98, TA100 and TA102. The methanolic extract of the mushroom significantly inhibited (P<0.001) the in vitro sodi...

Yeast glutamate-cr-ketoadipate transaminase activity exhibited differences in differential heat inactivation, pH dependence, response to pyridoxal phosphate, ammonium sulfate fractionation, diethylaminoethyl cellulose chromatography, and mutational independence from other known transaminases. Both yeast glutamate-ol-ketoadipate transaminase and glutamate-pyruvate transaminase were found to be p...

An apparent epidemic cluster of toxic liver disease was reexamined among workers exposed to the solvent dimethylformamide. A demographically similar but unexposed group from a preemployment population was used for comparison. Analysis, after data transformation of the liver transaminases, revealed significant differences between the two populations with respect to the serum glutamic pyruvic tra...

In the summer of 1958 we observed that the results of serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (SGO T) determinations by the spectrophotometric method of Karmen, Wroblewski, and LaDue (1955) appeared to be appreciably higher than during previous months. This suspicion was confirmed when the sera from three out of six healthy young adults were found to give SGO-T values greater than 40 units per ...

&#x0D; Aim: The present study was carried out to determine the protective potential of Lycopene enriched tomato extract (LycT) against hepatic and renal damage caused in mice by dexamethasone administration.&#x0D; Study Design: Male LACA were randomly divided into four treatment groups (n=6-7 animals per group) depending upon they received. Group I (control) served as control orally administere...

Five laboratory assays are commonly called liver function tests (LFTs), although these tests are neither specific to the liver nor true measures of liver function. As a result, alanine aminotransferase (ALT or SGPT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST or SGOT), gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and bilirubin have proven problematic for clinicians and risk selection profes...

The biochemical changes in Ancylostomosis in dogs were observed during study period. Ancylostomosis affects the biochemical values of the host. A total number of 50 infected and 50 non-infected serum samples were collected and studied. The biochemical profile included Total protein, Albumin, Globulin, A:G ratio, Alkaline Phosphatase (AKP), Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST), Alanine Aminotransfer...

Methanolic extract of Luffa cylindrica (L.) M. J. Roem. leaves (MELC) was evaluated for its hepatoprotective potential against paracetamol intoxicated wistar rats. Administration of MELC and standard drug silymarin showed significant (P <0.05) hepatoprotective protection in experimental animals. The study was conducted by estimating serum enzyme activities of serum glutamate oxaloacatate transa...

1. Enzyme distribution between chloroplasts and the nonchloroplast parts of green leaf cells of Spinacia oleracea, Nicotiana rustica, Vicia faba, and Phaseolus vulgaris have been investigated by use of the nonaqueous chloroplast isolation technique. Whereas pyruvate kinase and peroxidase were located only or mainly outside of the chloroplasts, the other enzymes studied, isocitric dehydro­ genas...