objective(s):resveratrol (res) is a polyphenol compound that has been shown a promising cardioprotective effect. however, some reports have yielded conflicting findings. herein, we investigated the anti-atherosclerotic effects of res in apolipoprotein e (apo e)-deficient mice on a high cholesterol diet. materials and methods: firstly, atherosclerosis was induced by feeding a high cholesterol di...

conclusions the used protocol is not enough for treating vitamin d deficiency. furthermore, the protocol should be revised according to baseline vitamin d classification. results after initial evaluation, 116 cases were found to be deficient, and were divided into two equal groups of 58. no significant difference was found between the normal, treated and non-treated groups regarding age and gen...

Taurine supplementation has been shown to have an effect on lowering blood lipids in ovariectomized (OVX) rats. It therefore seemed desirable to find out whether the beneficial effect of taurine on OVX rats fed calcium-deficient diet could also be reproduced. Forty female Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into two groups. One group was OVX and the other group received a sham operation (Sham). Ea...

We report a model of prostaglandin depletion induced in rats by fasting for 11 days, followed by institution of an essential fatty acid-deficient diet. Urinary prostaglandin E, 2 weeks after this diet had been implemented, was 22 +/- 2 ng/24 hours compared to 113 +/- 8.5 ng/24 hours in controls (P less than 0.01). There was no difference in 24-hour urine volume or solute excretion in controls a...

The carcinogenicities of a choline deficient L-amino acid defined (CDAA) diet and a semipurified choline deficient diet were comparatively examined. A total of 60 male Fischer 344 rats, 6 weeks old, were divided into 5 experimental groups each consisting of 12 rats. Group 1 received the CDAA diet chronically to the end of the 52-week experiment while Group 2 was given the same diet for the firs...

Choline is required to make essential membrane phospholipids. It is a precursor for the biosynthesis of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine and also is an important source of labile methyl groups. Mammals fed a choline-deficient diet develop liver dysfunction; however, choline is not considered an essential nutrient in humans. Healthy male volunteers were hospitalized and fed a semisynthetic die...

The effect of vitamin A deficiency on the immune response to epizootic diarrhoea of infant mice (EDIM) rotavirus was studied in mice. The virus was given by oral dosing or by intraperitoneal injection. For oral challenge, weanling mice were fed on either a control or vitamin A-deficient diet ad lib. or pair-fed the control diet to the intake of the vitamin A-deficient group. A fourth group was ...

We have used the patch-clamp technique to study the effect of dietary K intake on the apical K channels in the medullary thick ascending limb (mTAL) of rat kidneys. The channel activity, defined by the number of channels in a patch and the open probability (NPo), of the 30- and 70-pS K channels, was 0.18 and 0.11, respectively, in the mTAL from rats on a K-deficient diet. In contrast, NPo of th...

BACKGROUND Iron deposition is evident in human atherosclerotic lesions, suggesting that iron may play a role in the development of atherosclerosis. To test this idea, the correlation between the extent of iron deposition and the severity of atherosclerosis in apolipoprotein E (apoE)-deficient mice was investigated. Furthermore, the effect of a low-iron diet on the progression of atherosclerotic...