This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary supplement-ation of rosemary essential oils (REO) and zinc (as zinc sulfate) on performance, egg quality traits, and some serum biochemical metabolites of laying hens. A total of 144 44-weeks-old Lohmann LSL-Lite laying hens were randomly allocated into four treatments, each comprising six replicates of six birds. The first group was s...

OBJECTIVES Clinicians have long been searching for ways to obtain "super normal" wound healing. Zinc supplementation improves the healing of open wounds. Honey can improve the wound healing with its antibacterial properties. Giving supplemental zinc to normal rats can increase the wound tensile strength. This work is to study the concurrent effects of zinc and honey in wound healing of normal r...

OBJECTIVE To compare the effect of oral zinc supplementation on growth of preterm infants. DESIGN Randomized controlled trial. SETTING Dhaka Shisu Hospital (Tertiary care hospital). SUBJECTS 100 appropriate for date preterm infants weighing between 1000 to 2500 g were randomized to receive zinc and multivitamin supplement (Group I; n=50) or only multivitamin supplement (Group II). INTER...

BACKGROUND Iron, zinc, and calcium can interact with each other in a way that inhibits their respective absorption. On the other hand, mineral fortification has been used to improve simultaneous iron and zinc absorption from food supplements. OBJECTIVE We evaluated the effect of a novel fortificant mixture consisting of NaFeEDTA, zinc methionine, ascorbic acid, and citric acid on iron and zin...

OBJECTIVES To analyse the effect of zinc supplementation in growth and nutritional status of a homogeneous group of newborns with intra uterine growth retardation and asymmetric growth. The effect of changes of zinc status on growth and leptin serum concentrations was also analysed. POPULATION AND METHODS A double blind, randomised clinical trial was designed in order to detect differences in...

ABSTRACT Zinc is employed as a supplement; however, zinc-related nephropathy is not generally known. In this study, we investigatecl zinc-induced renal cell iajury using a pig kidney-derived cultured renal epithelial cell line, LLC-PKI, with proximal kidney tubule-like features, and examined the involvement of free radicals and extracellular signal-regu]ated kinase (ERK) in the cell injury. The...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether supplementation of zinc and vitamin A may improve the function of T cells in human PBMC. METHODS T cells were separated and cultured in vitro, supplemented with either Zn or vitamin A alone, or both Zn and vitamin A (10(-6) mol/L, 10(-5) mol/L, 10(-4) mol/L). After harvesting, cell proliferation, cell cycle, apoptosis, expression or function of cell-surface mole...

objective: major depression is a mood disorder that causes changes in physical activity, appetite, sleep and weight. regarding the role of zinc in the pathology of depression, the present study was aimed to investigate the effects of zinc supplementation in the treatment of this disease. methods: this study was a double-blind randomized clinical trial. forty four patients with major depression ...

OBJECTIVE To measure nutrient intake adequacy of vitamin/mineral supplement users and nonusers aged 51 years and older, determine the efficacy of supplement practices in compensating for dietary deficits, and identify predictors of supplement use. DESIGN Analyses of two 24-hour recalls, demographic variables, and attitude questions collected during the Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Ind...