OBJECTIVE Metformin, an oral hypoglycemic agent, has several other metabolic and hormonal effects. This study aims at identifying the metabolic effect of metformin on androgens in diabetic men. METHODS The study was conducted at The National Center for Diabetes Endocrinology and Genetics, Jordan University Hospital, Amman, Jordan from April 2001 to September 2001. We studied 15 men with type ...

Fungal placentitis is an infectious disease inducing abortion in pregnant mares. In the present report, we describe a field case of abortion caused by fungal placentitis with consecutive examinations. The progesterone level and combined thickness of the uterus and placenta (CTUP) were abnormal before the onset of clinical signs. Additionally, the estradiol level started to change before the app...

In this investigation, serum steroid hormones such as testosterone (T), 17β-estradiol (E2) and progesterone (P) in 12 female of the migratory population of Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) in southeast of Caspian Sea during a year from May 2011 to May 2012 were studied. The results of present study revealed that changes in levels of steroid hormones, (E2) and (T) were closely correlated to ovarian...

Serum levels of progesterone, cortisol and phenytoin as well as the excretion of 17-OHCS were determined in 45 male epileptics before and during 24 months of the therapy. A significant decrease of the hormones was found in untreated patients. Phenytoin administration caused further decrease of cortisol and its metabolite 17-OHCS levels and a compensation of progesterone serum concentration.

background: active immunization with gonadotropin releasing hormone conjugate (gnrh-bsa) manipulates the fertility axis and thus alters the reproductive cyclicity serum estradiol and progesterone levels. while the application of kamdhenu ark increases the efficacy of gnrh-bsa. objective: this experimental investigation is aimed to evaluate the modulatory effects on estrous cycle serum estradiol...

A one-step fluorescence polarization immunoassay (FPIA) was developed to measure progesterone level using an immunocomplex single reagent (SR), a preequilibrated mixture of antibody and tracer. Several fluorescence-labeled progesterone tracers were synthesized using the combination of two progesterone derivatives, 11alpha-hemisuccinyloxyprogesterone (P-11HS) and progesterone-3-(O-carboxymethyl)...

The objective of this study was to evaluate three methods of estrous synchronization, viz. controlled internal drug releasing device (CIDR), intravaginal sponges impregnated with fluogestone acetate (FGA), and cloprostenol (Estrumate; an analogue of prostaglandin F2α) in Nadooshani goats of Yazd province, Iran.The estrous synchronized does (n = 30 to 33 per treatment), after heat detection, wer...

Introduction Contraception is a method of avoiding unplanned pregnancy. Combined oral contraceptives (COCs) have become prominent birth control due to their contraceptive efficacy and acceptability profile. The use pills (OCPs) linked several health advantages as well problems. Oral can alter carbohydrate lipid metabolism, including increased in blood glucose, triglyceride, low density lipoprot...

perrault's syndrome (p.s.) is rare. the combination of gonadal dysgenesis and hearing loss was accompanied by 46,xxkaryotype in three sisters with parental consanguineous marriage. genetic investigation revealed normal female karyotype, positive liarr and negative fluorescence ipj-bodies, which was confirmed by molecular study on the basis of fluorescence in situ hybridization (pish), with appl...