Evaluation on anti-hepatitis viral activity of Vitis vinifer L.

Evaluation of the need for treatment on 72 subjects with anti-HBe positive chronic hepatitis B

Background: Viral load and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels may not be the key points for making a decision in the treatment of anti-HBe positive chronic hepatitis B. The purpose of this study was to assess the histological evaluation of liver to find the need for treatment on 72 patients with anti-HBe positive chronic hepatitis B. Methods: The liver biopsy slides of the 72 patients (56 s...

اثر غلظت و مدت زمان غوطه وری در کلرور کلسیم بر صفات کمی و کیفی پس از برداشت انگور رقم عسگری (Vitis vinifer L. cv Askari)

Histological grading and staging of liver and its relation to viral loads in chronic anti-HBe positive hepatitis

Background: Hepatitis activity index (HAI) and fibrosing stage are two important findings during the evaluation of liver samples in patients with chronic hepatitis B. The aim of this study was to determine the HAI and fibrosing stage in patients with anti-HBe positive chronic hepatitis B. Methods: Liver biopsy slides of 72 patients were evaluated at the Department of Pathology in two teaching ...

Vitis Elegan as a Promising Antidiabetic Herb: Phytochemical and Pharmacological Assessment

In this research, we investigated the antidiabetic activity of Vitis elegans rhizome, which is used as traditional treatment for diabetes mellitus. The methanol, chloroform, petroleum ether, and hexane extracts of the plant root were obtained through serial exhaustive extraction and were analyzed by Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC).  Glycogen phosphorylase (GP) assay was done to determine the in...

Unresponsiveness to Recombinant Hepatitis B Vaccine in Healthy Iranian Neonates: Association with HLA Antigens

Background: Hepatitis B is an important infectious disease.  Since several years ago, mass vaccination against this viral infection has become as part of routine vaccination schedule of Iran.  However, some healthy neonates, children and adults fail to generate a protective antibody response after vaccination.Objectives: To investigate distribution of HLA class-I and class-II antigens in health...