Background: The study's objective was to evaluate and compare total serum protein, albumin, thyroid hormones in children with PEM (protein-energy malnutrition) healthy controls. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 100 served as cases, while an equal number of age gender-matched 4 ml venous blood were taken (3 a plain vial 1 EDTA vial) immediately submitted for further investigation. SPSS so...

ƒÊg per 100ml plasma, respectively. Mean normal fT3 and fT4, calculated from tT3, tT4 and EF values of T3 and T4, were 2.43 and 2.21mƒÊg per 100ml plasma, respectively. The fT3 values can be obtained by the present method more easily and speedily than by the method of Nauman et al. The present fT4 values, in con sideration of BEI and the percentage of T4 in plasma, represent a more accurate one...

OBJECTIVE Obesity has been associated with hypothyroidism and cardiac autonomic dysfunction. The present study aimed to investigate whether cardiac autonomic dysfunction in young obese males might be related to an underlying thyroid disturbance. PATIENTS AND METHODS On the basis of body mass index (BMI), 40 participants were grouped into normal weight group (NW; BMI = 18.5-25 kg/m(2); n = 15)...

BACKGROUND Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the most common disorders of the liver worldwide. Recently, a correlation between thyroid dysfunction and NAFLD has been discussed. Objective of the present study was to investigate the association between thyroid dysfunction and hepatic steatosis. METHODS Data from 2,445 subjects (51.7% females) aged 18 to 65 years participating ...

BACKGROUND During normal pregnancy, changes in thyroid function are well documented; however, information regarding thyroid function in preeclampsia is scanty. AIM The present study was planned to study thyroid hormones in mild and severe preeclamptic women and normotensive women and correlate them with outcome of pregnancy. SUBJECT AND METHODS Thyroid hormones were analyzed in mild (n = 50...

INTRODUCTION The aim of the study is to analyze the relationship between normative and non-normative thyroid tests (TSH, TT4, TT3, FT3, FT4, anti-TPO, anti-Tg, AB-TSHR) and the level of cognitive functions in postmenopausal women. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study group consisted of 383 women from south-eastern Poland, aged 50-65 years. The cognitive functions were evaluated using a diagnostic i...

BACKGROUND Iatrogenic hypothyroidism is associated with an increased incidence of azotemia after treatment of hyperthyroidism, and decreased survival time in azotemic hyperthyroid cats. HYPOTHESIS Restoration of euthyroidism will decrease plasma creatinine concentrations. ANIMALS Nineteen client-owned, methimazole- or carbimazole-treated, hyperthyroid cats with documented iatrogenic hypothy...

5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA), a new plant growth regulator, can inhibit stomatal closure by reducing H2O2 accumulation in guard cells. Flavonols are a main kind of flavonoids and have been proposed as H2O2 scavengers in guard cells. 5-aminolevulinic acid can significantly improve flavonoids accumulation in plants. However, whether ALA increases flavonols content in guard cells and the role of fl...

Chalcone synthase (CHS) catalyzes the first committed step in the flavonoid biosynthetic pathway. In this study, the cDNA (FhCHS1) encoding CHS from Freesia hybrida was successfully isolated and analyzed. Multiple sequence alignments showed that both the conserved CHS active site residues and CHS signature sequence were found in the deduced amino acid sequence of FhCHS1. Meanwhile, crystallogra...

The notion that plants use specialized metabolism to protect against environmental stresses needs to be experimentally proven by addressing the question of whether stress tolerance by specialized metabolism is directly due to metabolites such as flavonoids. We report that flavonoids with radical scavenging activity mitigate against oxidative and drought stress in Arabidopsis thaliana. Metabolom...