A 3 × 2 factorial experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of different ratios of dietary laminarin (LAM) and fucoidan (FUC) on growth performance and nutrient digestibility in newly weaned piglets. At weaning, 168 piglets (24 d of age; 6.8 kg live weight) were assigned to 1 of 6 dietary treatments (n = 14/treatment): (i) basal diet, (ii) basal diet + 240 mg/kg FUC, (iii) basal diet ...

BACKGROUND Yukmijihwangtang (YJT) is a traditional Korean medicine that has been used to treat kidney-yin deficiency symptoms such as dizziness and tinnitus. In addition, because it is also thought to nourish kidney-yin, it has been used to treat short stature from congenital deficiency. This study evaluated the effects of YJT on longitudinal bone growth in rats. METHODS Female adolescent rat...

The objective of this study was to determine the effects of two different time of GnRH injection after artificial insemination (A.I) (d 6 and d 12) on reproductive performances of Holstein cows during the warm season.  Cows randomly assigned to treatments 1) No GnRH injection (control, n = 300),2) GnRH injection at day 6 after A.I (G6, n=300) and 3) GnRH injection at day 12 after A.I (G12, n=30...

Consumption of edible bird's nest (EBN) has been a common practice for the health benefits it is believed to provide. Hence, this study aimed investigate effects both traditional (TEBN) and convenient bird’s (CEBN) on spatial learning male Sprague Dawley rats in radial arm maze (RAM). A total 24 (270-300 g) were allocated into three groups based diet given namely pellet only (control group), mi...

Lead (300 mum) and cadmium (18 mum) inhibit pod fresh weight in soybeans (Glycine max L.) by 35%. Eighteen micromolar cadmium caused a 30% decline in nitrogenase activity by day 52 (the day on which maximum activity was measured) and a 71% inhibition by day 59. The heavy metals depressed photosynthetic rates; when photosynthesis was depressed by 60%, as measured on the day of peak photosynthesi...

Iodine deficiency is uncommon in North America (18). In fact, the issue may be that part of the population is consuming iodine in excess. High levels of iodine in the diet may inhibit the function of the thyroid gland and produce symptoms of iodine deficiency (9). Normal diets are unlikely to supply more than 1,000 μg of iodine per day, and most adults are tolerant to a high iodine intake (1,10...

We report a phase diagram mapping for solid hydrogen based on several thousands of Raman spectroscopic data points obtained at simultaneous high-pressure and -temperature (PT) experiments. Information about behavior in the range 300 K up to melting line 0--300 GPa has remained almost unknown date; therefore, revealing it is very desirable. A network analysis isothermal isobaric dependencies var...

(11:21); hence from the very nature of creation Browne may conclude: "All things began in order, so shall they end, and so shall they begin again; according to the ordainer of order and mystical mathematics of the City of Heaven." Browne could not know in 1658 that he would live for another 24 years. As though The Garden of Cyrus is actually his final work he joins it, like a snake swallowing i...

BACKGROUND Some drugs that are actively taken up into the liver exhibit greater than dose proportional increases in plasma exposure, although human liver-to-plasma concentration ratios have rarely been evaluated. Understanding these relationships has implications for drug concentrations at the target site for certain classes of compounds, such as direct-acting antivirals, targeted towards HCV. ...