background & aim: diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease characterized by elevated blood glucose levels and disturbances in carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism. the objective of the present investigation was to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of morus alba leaves in an animal model of diabetes. martial & methods: 30 adult male wistar strain rats (200-250 g) were divided randomly...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none fa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background : in this study, we aimed to investigate the possible effects of sertraline on blood glucose and lipid levels as risk factors for cardiovascular disease in depressive patients. methods : eight male and twelve female depressive patients, diagnosed according to dsm-iv criteria, were included in this study. the subjec...

background: many health problems are related to lifestyle and dietary factors. since ancient times, food additives such as sulfites have been used to preserve foods. diverse effects of sulfites on multiple organs have been reported but its effect on female reproductive organ has not been fully elucidated. the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of sodium metabisulfite (smb) on ovar...

the lipid content and composition of the reef-building coral acropora downingi, the largest coral reef of hengam island, were examined throughout a year. the results showed that the lipid content of a. downingi significantly differs in different seasons (t-test, p< 0.05). depending on the season and spawning times, the lipid content of a. downingi ranged from 16.5 to 37.7 % (dry weight). the to...

objective: diabetes mellitus is defined as a group of metabolic diseases characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both or insulin resistance. curcumin inhibits nf-κb signaling pathway. the aim of this study is evaluation of the effect of nano-curcumin on hba1c, fast blood glucose and lipid profile in diabetic patients. materials and methods:...

objective: oxidative stress is the result of an imbalance between free radical production and antioxidant defenses of the body. the use of antioxidants can have preventive effects in diabetes. the present study aims to show the effects of biarum bovei extracts on lipid profile, lipid peroxidation in streptozocin induced diabetic male rats. materials and methods: animals were randomly assigned t...

background: melatonin is a free radical scavenger. it has also antioxidant effects through its stimulatory actions on antioxidant system. objective: we conducted this study to examine the effect of different oral doses of melatonin on liver tissue. methods: we used 42 rats—6 rats in each group. group i served as the control group; group ii rats were pretreated with only melatonin; group iii was...

background &amp; aim: applications of synthetic antioxidant in food have side effects. in present study, the antioxidant potential of morus alba leaves, as natural antioxidant, was screened with cupric ion reducing assay (cuprac assay) and inhibition of lipid peroxidation. the aim of this study was to determine the total antioxidant activity of morus alba leaves. martial &amp; methods: the fir...

this study was designed to explore the protective effects of ascorbic acid and water extract of spirulina platensis (blue green algae) on methotrexate-induced lipid peroxidation using goat liver as the lipid source. this in vitro evaluation was done by measuring the malondialdehyde, 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal, reduced glutathione and nitric oxide content of tissue homogenates. the study reveals the li...

A 60-day trial with six diets (three different protein levels × two different lipid levels) containing 30, 35 and 40% protein with 10 and 15% lipid levels was conducted to determine the optimum dietary protein to lipid ratio and effects on growth performance and hematological indices of Aspikutum, Leuciscus aspius female×Rutilus frisii male. Two hundred and fifty two fish (31.2±0.4 g; mean±SEM)...