BACKGROUND Methamphetamine (MA) was shown to have harmful effects on male reproductive system. OBJECTIVE To investigate probable effects of daily administration of MA on sperm parameters and chromatin/DNA integrity in mouse. MATERIAL AND METHODS Thirty-five NMRI male mice were divided into five groups including low, medium, and high dosage groups which were injected intraperitoneally with 4...

Microsporidia is increasingly being reported in the recent years in HIV-positive patients with diarrhoea.[1,2] Electron microscopy, though a gold standard for detection of microsporidial spores,[2] can only be used in sophisticated laboratories. Intestinal biopsy, though better, is not advocated in HIV-infected patients with diarrhoea because of its invasive nature.[3] therefore, trichrome stai...

Background: Varicocele occurs in approximately 15% to 20% of the male population and it is the most common cause of poor semen parameters. It has been demonstrated that patients with varicocele have poor chromatin packing, DNA damage and nuclear anomalies than the healthy men. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate sperm chromatin integrity and semen parameters in these patients after...

Acetoorceine atau aniline blue merupakan pewarna sintetis yang sering digunakan untuk pembuatan preparat viabilitas serbuk sari. Selain mahal juga karsinogenik, sehingga perlu dilakukan eksplorasi bahan alam ramah lingkungan. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui ekstrak bunga teleng dan buah naga dapat sebagai alternatif sari, bagaimana kualitas serta pada konsentrasi berapa tersebut menunjukkan...

BACKGROUND Wedge filters are commonly used in radiation oncology for eliminating hot spots and creating a uniform dose distribution in optimizing isodose curves in the target volume for clinical aspects. These are some limited standard physical wedges (15°, 30°, 45°, 60°),or creating an arbitrary wedge angle, like motorized wedge or dynamic wedge,... The new formulation is presented by the comb...

Background The solid and colloidal particles in the range of 1-100 nm are called nanoparticles. Recently, one of the most important metal nanoparticles, with wide usage is gold nanoparticle. Based on the previous studies, gold nanoparticles have spermatotoxic effects and can destroy sperm motility. The aim of present study is the effect of gold nanoparticles on chromatin quality and sperm param...

Rhizobium radiobacter T6102 was morphologically purified by the aniline blue agar plates to give two distinct colonies; white smooth mucoid colony (T6102W) and blue rough colony (T6102B). The coenzyme Q(10) (CoQ(10)) was produced just by T6102W, showing 2.0 mg/g of CoQ(10) content, whereas the T6102B did not produce the CoQ(10). All of the used CoQ(10) biosynthetic precursors enhanced the CoQ(1...

OBJECTIVE To report two cases of methemoglobinemia induced by inhaled nitrobenzene and dermally absorbed aniline. METHODS We have evaluated a 37-year-old male worker exposed to nitrobenzene by inhalation while conducting maintenance job of mononitrobenzene pump and a 25-year-old male worker exposed dermally to aniline while unloading. RESULTS The first case is a 37-year-old male exposed to ...

Background: It is showed that methamphetamine has harmful effects on male reproductive system. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of methamphetamine administration on testis weight, sperm count, sperm morphology, and chromatin status as well as sperm apoptotis followed by the cytochemical tests in a mouse model. Materials and Methods: Twenty four NMRI male mice were divided in...