Macleaya cordata extract is of great scientific and practical interest to researchers, due to its antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory responses within experimental animals. This study was designed to determine the diarrhea score and innate immunity of growing piglets after they had received Macleaya cordata extract supplements. A total of 240 growing pigs were randomly assigned to one of three ...

BACKGROUND Helicobacter pylori infection in Kenya is staggeringly high. Evidence links infection of the gastric mucosa by H. pylori with subsequent development of gastric pathologies. AIM We investigated the prevalence of H. pylori in dyspeptic patients, its relationship with gastric pathologies, and associated antibiotic susceptibility profiles, and compared two media to find the appropriate...

The immunoglobulins of bovine colostrum provide the major antimicrobial protection against microbial infections and confer a passive immunity to the newborn calf until its own immune system matures. The concentration in colostrum of specific antibodies against pathogens can be raised by immunising cows with these pathogens or their antigens. Immune milk products are preparations made of such hy...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of dietary supplement consumption and other effective factors in athletes in tabriz. 150 male athletes (23±5 years) from different sport fields volunteered to participate in this study. a 17-item questionnaire was used to investigate subjects’ sport field and sport history, reasons to consume dietary supplements, sources of information...

background and aims: nutrition has a determinant role in success of professional athletes and dietary supplements can play an important role for supplying the nutritional needs for them in some situations. consumption of dietary supplements (ds) was significantly increased in recent years. based on this fact, assessing the amount, purposes and type of the supplements are all as prior as the aff...

background: through its membrane and intracellular receptors, vitamin d regulates many vital functions in the body including its well known actions on musculoskeletal system. growing body of evidences demonstrate that vitamin d undergoes some of behavioral aspects of neurocognition. the present study was designed to evaluate the effect of food regimens without vitamin d or with a supplement of ...

conclusions oral mg supplementation did not protect the cp induced nephrotoxicity in diabetic rats. results cp administration in normoglycemic rats significantly elevated the serum levels of blood urea nitrogen (bun) and creatinine (cr) (p < 0.05). however, coadministration of cp and mg statistically increased the serum levels of bun and cr in both normoglycemic and diabetic animals when compar...