objective: the aim of the present study was to elucidate the possible biochemical improving effect in lipid metabolic that may result from continuous treatment with green tea extract in normal albino rats and those rendered hyperlipidemic by long term supplementation of fat-enriched diet. materials and methods: fifty male albino rats aged six weeks with 200±10 g weight were randomly divided int...

BACKGROUND: In ovo injection of nutrients as an early feeding method in birds directly supplies the nu- trients to the developing embryo. OBJECTIVES: This study was designed to evaluate the effects of in ovo injection of nicotonic acid, panto- thenic acid and folic acid on the performance and immune system of broilers. METHODS: </st...

background and objectives : shigella, causative of bacillary dysentery, has two colony forms. the loss of large virulence plasmid from virulent shigella sonnei form i, during cell storage and subculturing, lead to avirulent form ii. environmental factors, e.g. culture media composition, could affect the conversion of the bacterial forms. materials and methods : in this study, some components, i...

background: control of the phosphorus in hemodialysis patients is very important and can be done in many ways. the purpose of the study was to compare the effects of nicotinic acid and lanthanum carbonate on hyperphosphatemia in the hemodialysis patients. materials and methods: this double-blind randomized clinical trial was done in imam hossein hospital (shahroud, iran) in 2014. the participan...

fenugreek (trigonella foenum-graecum l.) has a long and respected history of medicinal uses in middle east and persian medicine. the hypocholesterolaemic and hypoglycaemic effects of fenugreek were attributed to its major steroidal sapogenin, diosgenin and its major alkaloid, trigonelline. the knowledge of diosgenin and trigonelline biosynthesis is derived from studies of cholesterol and nicoti...

background: some health-protecting secondary metabolites can be found at a higher concentration in the sprouts compared to other stages of plant growth. in addition, environmental stresses such as salt stress may be resulting in the increase or decrease of specific secondary metabolites in sprouts and plants. objective: evaluation the changes of trigonelline, nicotinic acid, and proline content...

Nicotinic acid is used to treat dyslipidemia from the past few decades. has capability increase plasma HDL cholesterol concentration, and so it being as a potential pharmacological agent. an unwanted side effect called flushing, which patients compliance this unpleasant . With help of receptor GPR109A for nicotinic possible understand underlying mechanism action effects acid, helped in maximizi...