One hour daily exposure to cigarette smoke for two months significantly decreased the body weight and food intake in male and female albino rats. The latency for conception increased significantly and the litter size decreased. Mortality rate per litter increased and grayish discoloration of the skin in the experimental group was the only congenital anomaly seen. Testes and ovaries showed a sig...

BACKGROUND Carbonated drinks are widely consumed because of their taste and their ability to refresh and quench thirst. These carbonated drinks also exist in the form of diet drinks, for example Diet Coke®, Pepsi®, extra. OBJECTIVES A comparative effect of the diet and regular soda carbonated drinks on the histology of the cerebellum of female albino Wistar rats was investigated. METHODS Fi...

The effects of Di (2-Ethylhexyl) Phthalate (DEHP) exposure on lipid peroxidation and antioxidant levels in blood samples rats were investigated. Forty female Wistar-Albino weighing 250-300 g used for the study. divided into 5 groups; group 1: control group, 2: positive (corn oil-based diet), 3: 20 mg DEHP per kg body weight (bw) (lowest dose tested), 4: 100 kg/bw (medium 5: 500 (highest tested)...

Diabetes is the most important growing health risk throughout World. In this study, antidiabetic effects of ginger extract were investigated through measurements metabolic hormones irisin and hepcidin, liver function enzymes hematological analysis. Forty female, healthy Wistar albino rats divided into 5 groups: Control, Sham, Diabetic, Ginger (200 mg/kgbw) Ginger+Diabetes group mg/kgbw). While ...

To evaluate the effect of quassin on female reproductive functions, 42 albino rats (35 females and 7 males) were used. The female albino rats were divided into seven groups of five rats each. Group I served as the control group and received distilled water while Groups II, III and IV rats were treatedorally with 0.1mg/kg, 1.0 mg/kg and 2.0 mg/kg body weight of quassin for 60 days respectively. ...

The effect of daily oral administration of flumethrin on the tissue enzyme activity on albino rats was investigated. In the present study twenty albino Wister rats were used and divided into two groups. The first group (10 rats) served as the control group; the second group (10 rats) both male and female received flumethrin (1% pour on formulation) at the rate of 5 mg/kg bw orally daily for 14 ...

Significant increase in ovarian and uterine weight and stimulation of ovarian delta5-3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (delta5-3beta-HSD) activity and elevation of serum estradiol level were observed following gold chloride (0.2 mg/kg body weight/day), s.c. administration in immature female albino rats. Moreover, normal cyclic changes of estrus were found in vaginal smears of these rats wherea...