The incorporation rate of 3H from 3H2O in the total lipids of rat retroperitoneal adipose tissue (RPAT) according to age was followed in slightly hyperthyroid rats, in type-2 diabetic rats and in control rats. Until 12 weeks of age, the RPAT of the hyperthyroid animals exhibited hyperplasia and an increase in lipogenesis per g of wet weight or per whole fat pad. Fat cel number and lipogenesis p...

The methylated form of mercury (methylmercury) is a potent neurotoxic chemical and a contaminant of concern for fisheries because of its potential effects on ecosystem and human health. In Africa, inland fisheries are a crucial component of food and economic security, yet little information is available on mercury (Hg) contamination trends. The authors compiled published data on Hg contaminatio...

volume 121 | number 5 | May 2013 • Environmental Health Perspectives Erratum: Williams et al. “RDX Binds to the GABAA Receptor–Convulsant Site and Blocks GABAA Receptor–Mediated Currents in the Amygdala: A Mechanism for RDX‐Induced Seizures” [119:357–363 (2011)] In Figure 2 of the paper by Williams et al. [Environ Health Perspect 119:357–363 (2011)], the units for “Brain RDX concentration” (y‐a...

-1 . Glycogen contents of skeletal muscle, heart and brain cortex of fetal, month-old and adult Weddell seal, Leptonychotes weddelli, were determined. 2. Fetal, month-old and adult male levels ranged from 4"5 to 12-7, 9"1-13 and 1"5-1"8 mg glucose/g wet weight for muscle, heart and brain respectively. Pregnant female skeletal muscle levels were similar but heart and brain levels were 21.8 and 2...

A median mortality of 120 ± 30 days occurred among juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), fed dry fish food containing 2.7, 5.7, 2.8, and 9.1 uMg/g wet weight of 2,8di-, tri-, tetra-, and octachlorodibenzofuran, respectively (1). Only octachlorodibenzofuranx was detected in the dead fish, and the level was 0.03 ug/g in the muscle and 0.21 ,Ag/g in the gut (both values on wet weight basis). The...

Objective: Screening of alpha-pinene on L-arginine induced acute pancreatitis model. Material and Methods: In this model the acute pancreatitis was determined at 24h by determination of pancreatic wet weight/body weight ratio, nitrate/nitrite levels, lipid peroxidation (thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS)], proinflammatory cytokines [tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, C-reactive protein...

The efficacy of lawsone against L-arginine induced acute pancreatitis was determined at 24 h by determination of serum levels of amylase, lipase and proinflammatory cytokines [tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, C-reactive proteins and interleukin (IL)], pancreatic myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity, lipid peroxidation (thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS)], nitrate/nitrite levels, and th...

The RT-CaCCO process for enzymatic saccharification was applied to readily-milled fractions of wet sugarcane bagasse. Wet bagasse immediately after juice extraction was crushed with shark-mill blades to prepare two fractions referred to as readily-milled (RF) and hardly-milled fraction (HF). Monosaccharide recoveries from RFs via the RT-CaCCO process were 1.03-1.21 times higher than those from ...

The levels of endogenous gibberellin A(1) (GA(1)), GA(3), GA(4), GA(9), and a cellulase hydrolyzable GA(9) conjugate in needles and shoot stems of mature grafts of Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis [Bong.] Carr.) grown under environmental conditions that were either inductive, hot, and dry, or noninductive, cool, and wet, for flowering, were estimated by combined gas chromatography-mass spectromet...

Twenty-five Droughtmaster steers were implanted with 300 mg trenbolone acetate and 25 control non-implanted steers grazed the same unimproved native pasture for a dry and a wet season prior to being dispatched to the abattoir. The treated steers lost significantly (P c 0.05) less liveweight during the dry season and gained significantly (P c 0.001) more liveweight in the following wet season th...