BACKGROUND Previous studies in Pakistan have shown that ghee (clarified butter) is commonly applied to umbilical wounds of neonates, and have documented that such applications are a risk factor for neonatal tetanus (NNT). In-use contamination of ghee with Clostridium tetani has been demonstrated, but mechanisms underlying the risk of ghee have been incompletely evaluated epidemiologically. ME...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Our previous study showed that cow ghee relative to soybean oil had a protective effect against carcinogen induced mammary cancer in rats. The objective of this study was to elucidate its biochemical mechanism. METHODS Two groups of 21 day old rats (20 each) were fed for 44 wk diet containing cow ghee or soybean oil (10%). Five animals from each group were sacrificed a...

Objective: Garlic has a protective effect against hyperlipidemia and ghee in diet is considered as a risk factor for hyperlipidemia. We examined the effects of fresh garlic administration on body weight, lipid profiles and plaque formation in the male rats fed with a high ghee diet. Methods: Twenty-four male Wistar rats were randomly divided into 3 groups of 8. The control group consumed an ord...

Mustard oil and ghee are the only two fats which enter as such into the dietary of the people of Bengal. Mustard oil is taken throughout the province, in towns as well as in villages, by the rich as much as by the poor. Ghee is much more used in the towns than in the villages and by the richer and the more well-to-do than by the mass. Both are used for culinary purposes, ghee particularly for c...

BACKGROUND Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of mortality worldwide. A high-fat diet, rich in saturated fatty acids and low in polyunsaturated fatty acids, is said to be an important cause of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases. METHODS In this experimental study, 40 male rabbits were randomly assigned to eight groups of five to receive normal diet, hypercholesterolemic diet...

INTRODUCTION Butter oil, ghee and butter are theoretically low in lactose. All three products are high in milk fat; butter oil and ghee contain approximately 99.3% fat and butter around 80% fat. We report the lactose and galactose content of butter, ghee, and butter oil and assess their suitability in a low galactose diet. METHODS A total of 12 samples (butter oil n = 5, ghee n = 5, butter n ...

Objective: To find an association between diet and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and carcinoma prostate (CaP). Methodology: Ninety three out of 250 subjects were selected representing the normals, BPH and CaP cases; food frequency questionnaire was duly filled. Food intake was calculated by using food guide pyramid and was categorized as low, moderate and high. In addition to common diets,...

This study is concerned with the detection of adulterated ghee with various levels of palm oil and beef tallow with the application of particular chemical characteristics of ghee, palm oil and beef tallow namely sterol, and fatty acids profiles by response surface methodology (RSM). Among the parameters investigated, If the fatty acid profile is modeled under the optimized conditions, the detec...

The present study reveals that a potent laccases producer Pycnoporus cinnabarinus produces higher quantity of laccases in the Coll et al. Medium (M1 medium) and Potato dextrose broth medium (M4 medium) containing agricultural waste ‘wheat bran’ (1%w/v) after a great comparative study among the five laccases production media namely Coll et al. medium (M1 medium), Olga et al. medium (M2 medium), ...

BACKGROUND Trans fatty acids are known as the most harmful type of dietary fats, so this study was done to compare the effects of hydrogenated, liquid and ghee oils on serum lipids profile of healthy adults. METHODS This study was a randomized clinical trial conducted on 129 healthy participants aged from 20 to 60 years old who were beneficiaries of Imam-e-Zaman charitable organization. Subje...