background salep is used for various purposes in food industries and traditional medicine. therefore, evaluation of its effect on the liver seems to be necessary. objectives the aim of this study was to assess salep effect on liver. materials and methods in this experimental study, various concentrations of salep were intraperitoneally administered to five groups of wistar rats (control, placeb...

objective: nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) is the most common form of liver disease in the world and it is one of the liver transplantation causes. the present study aimed to investigate the effect of purslane seeds on anthropometric parameters, fasting blood glucose (fbs), and liver enzymes in patients with nonalcoholic fatty livers. materials and methods: in this clinical trial, 54 p...

thyroid hormones regulate the metabolisms of all cells including hepatocytes, and hence, modulate hepatic function. hyperthyroidism is one of the most common endocrine disorders characterized by increased secretion of thyroid hormones t3 and/or t4. this study investigated frequency of abnormal liver function tests in the patients with hyperthyroidism that referred to imam reza hospital of kerma...

thyrotoxicosis is a condition in which tissues are stimulated by increased secretion of thyroid hormone. the most common cause is diffuse toxic goiter and toxic multi-nodular goiter. for more reviews on this disease, the effects of hyperthyroidism on liver enzyme levels were studied. a total of 30 adult male wistar rats weighing about 190 g were purchased from the pasteur institute of iran. in ...

carbosulfan (2,3-dihydro-2,2dimethyl-7-benzofuronyl [(dibutyl amino) thio] methyl] a carbamate insecticide and acaricide was administered orally at an effective dose of 48 mg/kg/day to albino mice for 5, 10, 20 and 30 days .control mice received similar quantities of olive oil. daily body weights were recorded and mice were sacrificed after 24 hours after the terminal exposure. the histologic e...

background: ritalin (methylphenidate methylphenidate) is an amphetamine used to treat adhd, symptoms of narcolepsy, and some people with depression. this study was to investigate the effect of ritalin food on blood albumin and some liver enzymes. materials and methods: in this study, 40 male wistar rats were randomized into 4 groups (1 control group, and three experimental groups). in the contr...

introduction: cisplatin is an antineoplastic drug, which is widely used for the treatment of solid tumors. however, its clinical usage is limited because of its side effects such as hepatotoxicity. this study aimed to identify toxic effects of cisplatin on hepatocytes of rats. methods: a total of 45 adult sprague dawley rats weighing 200±30 g were randomly divided into experimental (n=30) and c...

conclusions the results suggest that physical activity improves metabolic parameters, which interfere in the development of fatty liver and has a protective role against the development of nafld. results statistical analysis demonstrated that the training group had significant changes in weight, bmi, tc, tg, ldl, vldl, hdl/ldl, tc/ hdl, ast and alt, whereas there was no significant change in hd...

many hepatoprotective herbal preparations have been recommended in alternative systems of medicine for the treatment of hepatic disorders. no systematic study has been done on protective efficacy of capparis spinosa (capparidaceae) to treat hepatic diseases. protective action of c. spinosa ethanolic root bark extract was evaluated in this study in an animal model of hepatotoxicity, which was in...

an experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of supplementing black cumin (nigella sativa) seeds (bcs) in diet on performance, liver weight and enzymes of broilers.the experiment was conducted as a randomized complete block design. two hundred forty day-old unsexed broiler chicks (cobb 500) were divided into four groups and assigned to four feeding treatments, with four replicates of 15 ...