BACKGROUND The surgical strategy for the treatment of colorectal cancer and synchronous liver metastases remains controversial. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of colonic resection on liver function and regeneration in a rat model. METHODS Ninety-six Sprague-Dawley rats were block-randomized into six groups: Group I had a laparotomy performed. Group II had 1 cm col...

Introduction Recently, fructose consumption has been suggested to be one of the environmental factors contributing to the development of insulin resistance, obesity, dislipidemia and other abnormalities of the metabolic syndrome. Aim Herbal extracts with established therapeutic efficiency in patients with obesity and diabetes have been traditionally used in Bulgarian ethnomedicine.This study in...

Introduction: Obesity in childhood increases the risk of fatty liver disease. With respect to the increased prevalence of obesity in Iran and the world, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between fatty liver and obesity in 6 -18 year-old children. Method: In this case-control study, 25 overweight children and 24 obese children, who had inclusion criteria, were selected by conve...

Present study was designed to investigate the effect of polyherbal formulation PartySmart in experimental model of alcoholic liver disease in male Wistar strain rats. Alcohol plus fish oil were administered to animals for 8 weeks to induce liver injury. PartySmart was administered at doses of 250 and 500 mg/kg body weight. After 8 weeks, parameters such as liver weight, liver function serum mar...

introduction: non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) has become the most common cause of liver disease worldwide. it has been suggested that dietary composition plays a role in nafld pathogenesis; thus, changing dietary patterns may constitute a therapeutic resource even in the absence of weight reduction. the aim of this study was to identify the characteristic of suitable dietary pattern i...

1. The ratios between the rates of growth of the body and of the heart, kidneys, and liver are approximately uniform between 40 gm. body weight and the body weight at maturity in the albino rat. The male and female hearts grow at 0.75 times the rate of growth of the body, the male kidneys at 0.717 times, the female kidneys at 0.648 times, and the liver at 0.838 times the rate of growth of the b...

I. Weanling (24-d-old) male rats were maintained at their body-weight for I month by restricting the intake of their normal diet. The animals were then rehabilitated for 0, 3 , 7 , 1 0 or 16 d. Control animals weregiven anunrestricted diet and some killed at the same body-weight as the experimental animals and others at the same age. 2. The forebrain, cerebellum, brain stem, heart, lungs, liver...