The affinity of low density lipoprotein (LDL) to its receptor is very important, because most of LDL-uptake pathway is done by the LDL receptor and the change in size of LDL particle and the modification in its components may affects the LDL affinity for its receptor. In this study, the effects of lipophilic agents such as vitamin E and seven volatile oils: anethol, eugenol, geraniol, limonene,...

background: hyperthyroidism is associated with liver oxidative stress causing liver dysfunction in many hyperthyroid patients. the hepatoprotective effect of satureja khuzestanica essential oil (skeo), as herbal origin antioxidant and anti-inflammatory agent on the hyperthyroidism induced hepatotoxicity and oxidative stress is investigated. methods: adult male sprague dawley rats were divided i...

The effects of dietary vitamin E levels on mucosal maltase and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) enzyme activities and on the amount of mucosal malonyldialdehyde (MDA) in broiler chickens were studied in the present study. One hundred and eighty of day old male broiler chicks (Ross 308 strain) were randomly assigned into five groups, each with three replicates and 12 chicks in each replicate. Chickens...

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the impact of vitamin E and selenium (Se) supplementation on the performance, egg quality and hatchability of eggs from Japanese breeding quails. The experiment was conducted over a 60 day period using 135 quails in a completely randomized design (CRD) with two levels of vitamin E and two levels of selenium (80 mg/kg of vitamin E+0.2 mg/kg organi...

a total of 240, one-day-old quail chicks (coturnix coturnix japonica) were used to study the effects of artichoke leaf meal (alm) and vitamin e in diet on growth performance, ileal microbial populations and intestinal morphology in a 42-d trial. this experiment was performed as a completely randomized design with 4 replicates of 15 quails each, using a 4 × 2 factorial arrangement with diet and ...

the objective of this study was to evaluate quality of frozen-thawed bull semen processed with extenders containing vitamin c and e as antioxidants. pooled semen's were collected from 5 bulls and diluted to a concentration of 30 × 106 sperm/ml with citrate –egg yolk (cey) or tris – egg yolk (tey) extenders. the diluted semen was divided to 5 aliquots including control and 4 experimental groups....

background: cyclosporine a (csa) is a nephrotoxic immunosuppressive drug. antioxidants might attenuate its toxicity. in the present study, the effects of vitamin e and quercetin on the morphology of kidney in csa-treated rats were investigated.   methods: six groups of rats were used in this gavage feeding study either for 4 or 8 weeks. groups 1 and 2 received either olive oil or 25% ethanol in...

hyperandrogenism affects 2-6% of all women. hypertension is one of disturbances which is related to androgen excess. higher intakes of vitamin c and vitamin e have been associated with lower blood pressure. tho investigate the effect of these vitamin supplementation on blood pressure in hyperandrogenic women, a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study was designed on 56 women 18-54 ye...