OBJECTIVE To investigate the safety of date seed extract administration, and to compare between toxic effects of diabetes on rats treated with insulin versus rats treated with insulin-seed extract. METHODS This study was performed in the Anatomy Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from August to December 2010. One hundred rats were divided in...

The objective of the experiment was to examine the interaction of endophyte-infected tall fescue and environmental temperature on follicular and luteal development and function in beef heifers. Heifers were fed endophyte-free or endophyte-infected tall fescue seed at thermoneutral or heat stress temperatures (n = 6/treatment) 4 wk before and 3 wk after synchronized ovulation. All heifers were s...

The antioxidant and growth stimulating properties of seeds of Achyranthes aspera were evaluated on UV-B irradiated Catla catla (catla) larvae. Catla larvae (initial weight: 1.2 ± 0.01 mg) were fed with four different diets--D1, D2 and D3 containing 0.1, 0.25 and 0.5% seeds of A. aspera and D4, control diet for 35 days. The larvae were then exposed to UV-B radiation (80 μW/cm2) on every alternat...

B iocont rol of a ̄ atox in cont am inat ion using atox igenic Aspergillu s ̄ avu s to com pet it ively ex clude a ̄ atox in-produc ing strains has previously been report ed, and is current ly in the third year of commercial-scal e t est s ( treat ing 50 ± 200 ha per annum ) . W heat seed coloniz ed with atox igenic A. ̄ avu s has been used in the commercial trials. R equirem ent s for product ion ...

Two studies separated effects of dietary ergot alkaloids from effects of feed intake or ambient temperature on respiration rate (RR), heart rate (HR), surface temperature (ST), rectal temperature (RT), blood pressure (BP), serum hormone, and plasma metabolite concentrations in beef steers. The balanced, single reversal design for each experiment used 8 beef steers fed tall fescue seed [2.5 g/kg...

Female reproductive success in females versus hermaphrodites has been well documented. However, documenting a potential advantage in male fertility of male versus hermaphrodite individuals in subdioecious species is also essential for understanding the evolutionary pathway toward dioecy from hermaphroditism via gynodioecy. Siring success in terms of fruit set, fruit mass, number of seeds and me...

introduction: celastrus paniculatus seed oil, commonly known as malkangni or jyotishmati, was in use from time immemorial to treat brain related disorders. celastrus paniculatus seed oil has significant antidepressant-like activity in chronic unpredictable stressed mice. the present study was undertaken to evaluate the antidepressant-like effect of celastrus paniculatus seed oil in unstressed m...

this study was carried out in order to identify the effects of soil water depletion (swd) on monogerm sugar beet (cv. shirin) seed growth trend at different growth stages. an experiment was conducted in randomized complete block design (rcbd) with three replications in ardebil agricultural research station. during 2002 and 2003 cropping seasons, nine treatments including control (irrigation aft...

The most important development period in cereal plants is the initial stage, that is, seed germination and early seedling development. Even if barley thought to be a partially salt-tolerant plant, it may severely affected when exposed salinity at developmental periods. Pre-treatment preparation of seeds before sowing have an agriculture. Nano-seed priming treatment new approach used increase ge...

many studies have been performed for treatment or prevention of pulmonary fibrosis. however, no effective treatment has been found yet. the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of grape seed extract on bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis in rat. hydroalcoholic extract of grape seed (vitis vinifera) was prepared using maceration method. nmri rats weighing 250-300 g were given single intra...