The present investigation was carried out with the objective of formulating a gellified emulsion of benzoyl peroxide, an anti-acne agent. The formulations were prepared using four different vegetable oils, viz. almond oil, jojoba oil, sesame oil, and wheat germ oil, owing to their emollient properties. The idea was to overcome the skin irritation and dryness caused by benzoyl peroxide, making t...

Obesity and lipid metabolism abnormalities are associated with numerous non communicable diseases such as metabolic syndrome, type2 diabetes, arthrosclerosis, fatty liver diseases, infertility etc. Modern life style choices such as consumption of high caloric diet and sedentary living conditions are implicated in the pathogenesis of these diseases. Most of the currently available drugs for thes...

Implants ofprogesterone on the day ofdioestrus II in the hamster induced on the following day an increase in circulating levels of progesterone (6\m=.\0\m=+-\0\m=.\7ng/ml, N = 8; sesame oil controls, <0.5 ng/ml, N = 6) and a decline in serum levels of LH (5\m=.\3\m=+-\0\m=.\4ng/ml; controls 12 \m=+-\2 ng/ml) and oestradiol (10 \m=+-\2 pg/ml ; controls 69 \m=+-\5 pg/ml). The production of andros...

Rats were injected subcutaneously daily with 2 mg DOC dissolved in 0.4 ml sesame oil, after which a single-bottle drinking test was conducted. The fluid administered during the drinking tests always was saline, which varied in concentration across treatment groups. Concentrations of 0.10 M, 0.15 M, 0.20 M, 0.25 M and 0.30 M NaCl were tested, and the duration of the drinking test decreased each ...

Pinda Taila is a medicated oil used Ayurveda for vaatharakta, the aim of the present study is to fix physicochemical standards for the above Taila. Though the analytical values can be as preliminary reference standards, these values are mostly related to the purity of the sesame oil, the thin layer chromatography (TLC) studies of the Taila are more useful to detect the presence of single drugs ...

BACKGROUND Exogenous lipoid pneumonia is a rare disease caused by aspiration or inhalation of oily substances. CASE PRESENTATION A 66-year-old male with dry cough (Case 1) and a 38-year-old female with shortness of breath (Case 2) demonstrated ground-glass opacities on chest computed tomography and were diagnosed with lipoid pneumonia based on the confirmation of lipid-laden alveolar macropha...

In this study, the oil contents, fatty acid composition and tocopherol contents of sesame seed and oils belong to different countries were determined. The oil contents of materials changed between 49.22% (India) and 56.16% (Nigeria-Kanu). The major saturated fatty acids in sesame seed oils were palmitic (6.06-9.03%), stearic (5.29-6.42%) acids with small 20:0 (0.19-0.71%) acids. The main un...

Sesame is an important oil crop and very well-known for its quality plant oil. The study was conducted in Kafta-Humera to assess the rainfall variability distribution of area at annua...

AMELIORATIVE EFFECT OF SESAME OIL ON STREPTOZOTOCON- INDUCED OXIDATIVE STRESS IN MALE RAT HIPPOCAMPUS

we aimed to investigate the effects of dietary combination of honey and ardeh on chemotherapy-induced complications in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (aml).a total of 107 aml patients who underwent chemotherapy for at least 30 consecutive days were recruited to this double-blind randomized placebo-controlled clinical-trial which was conducted in the imam reza and ghaem teaching hospitals ...