محسن مزیدی

دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد علوم تغذیه دانشگاه علوم پزشکی مشهد، دانشکده پزشکی، گروه تغذیه، مرکز تحقیقات بیوشیمی تغذیه، مشهد، ایران

[ 1 ] - بررسی نمایه تغذیه سالم در زندان مرکزی مشهد در سال1387

مقدمه: نمایه تغذیه سالم (HEI) اولین بار در سال 1989برای بررسی و پایش وضعیت تغذیه مردم آمریکا توسط دپارتمان کشاورزی ایالات متحده آمریکا (USDA) ابداع شد. با توجه به اینکه زندان یک محیط بسته است و سلامت زندانیان ارتباط زیادی با دریافت غذای آنان دارد بررسی وضعیت تغذیه آنان با استفاده از این نمایه راهگشای خوبی برای مسئولین دولتی برنامه‌ریز می‌باشد. مواد و روش‌ها: در این مطالعه توصیفی مقطعی تعداد 43...

[ 2 ] - The effect of hydro-alcoholic extract of Achillea millefolium on appetite hormone in rats

Objective: Achillea millefolium (A. millefolium) is known as an orexigenic herb in Iranian traditional medicine. In this study, the possible orexigenic effect of hydro-alcoholic extract of A. millefolium was investigated by measuring plasma ghrelin level.Materials and Methods: Thirty male Wistar rats were divided into five groups. Control group received water. Treatment groups received 50, 100 ...

[ 3 ] - Saffron supplements modulate serum pro-oxidant-antioxidant balance in patients with metabolic syndrome: A randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial

Objectives: We have investigated the effect of a saffron supplement, given at a dose of 100 mg/kg, on prooxidant-antioxidant balance (PAB) in individuals with metabolic syndrome. Materials and Methods: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial design was used in 75 subjects with metabolic syndrome who were randomly allocated to one of two study groups: (1) the case group received 100mg/kg saffron ...

[ 4 ] - Ghrelin, food intake, and botanical extracts: A Review

A kind of growth hormone secretagogue (GHS), ghrelin, was first isolated from the rat stomach and plays a major role in the activation of the growth hormone secretagogue receptor 1a (GHS-R1a) resulting the release of growth hormone (GH). The preproghrelin gene is placed on chromosome 3, at locus 3p25 –2 in humans and constitutes five exons and three introns. Ghrelin is most plentifully expresse...

[ 5 ] - The effect of hydro-alcoholic extract of Artemisia absinthium on appetite in male rats

Objectives: weight loss as a consecution of losing appetite in post-operative patients and those suffering from HIV, cancer, cachexia and inflammatory diseases are the main inducements of morbidity and mortality. There is an increasing demand for more efficacious and endurable appetite stimulating treatment for patients with cachexia. Health economics is influenced by the malnutrition which was...

[ 6 ] - Glutaric Acidemia Type 1: Case Report

Introduction: Glutaric academia type I is a metabolic disorder that is caused due to deficiency of glutaryl-CoA dehydrogenase. Macrocephaly is a common sign in GA1, although many infants usually appear healthy at birth.   Case Report A 5.5 year old boy with GA1was admitted to NICU. Chief compliance of patient for hospitalization was pneumonia and sepsis and he was intubated and mechanically ven...

[ 7 ] - Association of mtDNA mutation with Autism in Iranian patients

The autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are amongst the most heritable complex disorders. Although there have been many efforts to locate the genes associated with ASD risk, many has been remained to be disclosed about the genetics of ASD. Scrutiny's have only disclosed a small number of de novo and inherited variants significantly associated with susceptibility to ASD. These only comprise a small ...