this study was undertaken to estimate specific activities of rhodanese and 3-mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase (mst) in different tissues of turkey. enzyme activities were determined in tissue samples from freshly killed adult male turkeys by measurement of thiocyanate amounts produced by the action of enzymes on suitable substrates. activities of rhodanese and mst in examined tissues of turke...

In India, a number of medicinal plants and their formulations are used to cure hepatic disorders in traditional systems of medicine. No systemic study has been done on protective effect of Cucumis trigonus Roxb. (Cucurbitaceae) to treat hepatic diseases. Protective action of C. trigonus fruit extracts was evaluated in this study in animal model of hepatotoxicity, which was induced by carbon tet...

many hepatoprotective herbal preparations have been recommended in alternative systems of medicine for the treatment of hepatic disorders. no systematic study has been done on protective efficacy of capparis spinosa (capparidaceae) to treat hepatic diseases. protective action of c. spinosa ethanolic root bark extract was evaluated in this study in an animal model of hepatotoxicity, which was in...

objective: arctium lappa (burdock), (a. lappa) root has hypoglycemic and antioxidative effects, and has been used for treatment of diabetes in tradition medicine. this study was conducted to evaluate the antidiabetic and hypolipidemic properties of a. lappa root extract on nicotinamide-streptozotocin (na-stz)-induced type2 diabetes in mice.materials and methods: in this investigation, 70 adult ...

Rats injected with carbon tetrachloride show markedly elevated plasma glutamic oxalacetic transaminase and plasma fumarase but, at the same time, these enzyme activities do not decrease in the liver. Three mechanisms are proposed which may account for the increase in plasma enzymes: first, a transfer of the enzyme systems from the necrotized liver cell to the plasma; second, the synthesis of pl...

Two groups of adult male rats 8 weeks old were fed a 10 p. 100 protein (casein) diet with or without 2 p. 100 methionine. After 8 rats in each group were killed at 10 a.m. on experimental days 1, 2, 4, 8 and 21, we studied the profiles of plasma non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA) and of the hepatic activities of pyruvate kinase (PK), phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK), glucose-6-phosphate...

Many hepatoprotective herbal preparations have been recommended in alternative systems of medicine for the treatment of hepatic disorders. No systematic study has been done on protective efficacy of Capparis spinosa (Capparidaceae) to treat hepatic diseases. Protective action of C. spinosa ethanolic root bark extract was evaluated in this study in an animal model of hepatotoxicity, which was in...