background: we studied the role of maternal folic acid supplementation in modifying the effects of  methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (mthfr c677t and a1298c) gene polymorphisms in iranian children with oral clefts. materials and methods: forty?seven newborn infants with orofacial cleft and their mothers were selected randomly. mothers were matched regarding dietary folate intake.the genotypi...

introduction: this study aimed to evaluate the effect of short-term creatine supplementation on oxidative stress and antioxidant enzymes after six bouts of 50-meter sprint swimming. methods: this quasi-experimental study recruited eight trained female swimmers with the mean age of 25±4.4 years and body mass index (bmi) of 21.8±4.2 kg/m2 to perform six bouts of 50-meter sprint swimming with a 12...

feed resources availability at cheap and affordable prices for livestock consumption are major factors determining capability of livestock production to supply products for increasing urban and cities consumers in nigeria. to take advantages of the high demand in urban areas, livestock producers on extensive pastoralism are moving closer to cities and urban communities such as abuja the nigeria...

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of in vitro supplementation of selenium on fresh and frozen spermatozoa quality of buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) bulls. Five healthy buffalo bulls (5 ejaculates from each bull) were used. Each ejaculate was diluted at 37 ˚C with tris-based extender containing 0 (control), 0.5, 1, 2, 4 and 8 μg mL-1 sodium selenite and the sperm motility and...

  Anemia is one of the major complications in patients with chronic renal disease and plays an important role for weakness and disability in these patients.therefore,treatment of anemic disorder parallel with hemodialysis play an effective role in improvement of health in such patients.the aim of this study was to evaluate the iron status and effects of iron supplement on the hematological fac...

the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of long-term garlic supplementation (500 and 1000 mg) on dna damage index resulting from exhaustive exercise in non-athlete students. 26 male non-athletes (mean+sd age 21±1.23 years, weight 69.38±8.28 kg and height 178.9±6.11 cm) were divided randomly into three groups: the placebo and 2 garlic supplementation groups (500 and 1000 mg/day) (the...

background: to assess the effect of supplementation with vitamins a, e and c and ω-3 fatty acids on lipid peroxidation in strepto zotocin (stz) induced diabetic rats. methods: sixty four male wistar rats weighting 250g were divided into four groups as normal control, diabetic control, dia betic with vitamin a, e as well as c supplementation and diabetic with ω-3 fatty acids supplementation. aft...

in this study, the effects of oxygen supplementation in different stocking densities of rainbow trout (oncorhynchus mykiss) on the specific growth rates (sgr), feed conversion ratios (fcr) and survival rates were investigated in a commercial-scale culture system. high density cultures were maintained in a total of nine (12 m3) flow-through systems supplemented with o2. initial stocking rates fo...

background systemic carnitine deficiency may present with apnea, hypotonia, and poor growth. premature infants often manifest these symptoms and are at risk of developing carnitine deficiency because of immaturity of the biosynthetic pathway, lack of sufficient predelivery transplacental transport, and lack of sufficient exogenous supplementation. objective this study was undertaken to examine ...