background: the effects of aqueous extract of fadogia agrestis stem at the doses of 18, 36, and 72 mg/kg body weight on alloxan-induced toxicity was investigated in wistar rats. methods: in total, 35 rats of both sexes (132.80±7.22g) were randomized into five groups (a-e): animals in group a received 0.5 ml of distilled water orally on daily basis for 15 days while the alloxanized rats in group...

The short-term (acute) and long-term (subchronic) toxicity profile, mean lethal dose 50 (LD50), and no-observed-adverse-effect level (NOAEL) of a nutraceutical formulation developed from green mussel Perna viridis, which showed in vitro and in vivo anti-inflammatory properties, were evaluated in the present study. The formulation was administered to the male and female Wistar rats at graded dos...

this experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of caffeine and trans-cinnamaldehyde (tc) on growth performance, hematological parameters, stress hormones, immune response, and some blood parameters of broiler chickens. three hundred fifty 1-d-old broiler chicks were randomly assigned to 7 dietary treatments (five pens/ treatment of 10 male broilers each) in a completely randomized design...

ferula (ferula assafetida) is a perennial plant which belongs to umbelliferea family is grow in a wide range of arid and semi-arid regions in iran. ferulla assafetida contains compounds including coumarins and sesquiterpens that has been traditionally used to treat diseases such as nervous disorders, asthma, gastrointestinal disease and epilepsy.. effects of asafetida gum extract on blood param...

Flower buds, flowers, leaves, stem, seed, roots and stem bark of Bauhinia variegate (B. variegate) are used for pharmacological purposes in various systems such as Homeopathy, Unani, and Ayurveda but little information is available regarding their drug transportation in living systems. Present study was designed to report the effect, if any, of 150 mg/ ml solvent/ Kg body weight of Bauhinia var...

The incidence of type II diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is increasing worldwide and affecting the quality of people's life. This study was designed to evaluate the effect of care intervention on body weight and glycemic parameters in obese T2DM patients.One hundred twenty-six obese T2DM cases were randomly divided into 2 groups. Patients in control group received conventional care, while patients in ...

Materials and methods: A small, medium, and large piglet (N = 1095) were selected per litter 1 to 2 days before weaning from 20 Ontario (Canada) swine farms. Serum and whole blood samples and body weights were collected. Three weeks later, a second body weight and blood sample were collected from the same pigs. Hemoglobin (Hb) and other blood parameters were analyzed to assess iron status and a...