The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of in-vitro pepsin and pancreatin digestion of proteins extracted from Roselle seed on the production of bioactive peptides. Defatted Roselle seed flour was used to extract different protein fractions namely globulin, albumin and glutelin. The proteins were digested using pepsin (1 h) followed by pancreatin (1 h) in order to produce hydrolysat...

the present study investigated the possible protective effect of helicteres isora (sterculiaceae) bark extracts on certain biochemical markers in streptozotocin (stz)-induced diabetes in rats. stz treatment (60 mg/kg/i.p) caused a hyperglycemic state that led to various physiological and biochemical alterations. blood levels of glucose, urea, uric acid and creatinine, plasma levels of albumin a...

We applied stepwise regression for multivariate analysis of data for free thyroxin (FT4) in serum and for other laboratory tests of thyroid function in patients with nonthyroidal illness. Using the maximum R2 improvement and backward elimination methods to test five variables [prealbumin, albumin, T4-binding globulin (TBG), free fatty acids (FFA), and FFA/albumin molar ratio], we found that the...

Background: Optimal prognostic predictors in lupus nephritis (LN) are still not clearly defined. Studies have recently shown that albumin-to-globulin ratio (A/G) is only a good predictor of outcomes malignancy, infection and renal disease, but also potential marker increased immunoglobulin synthesis LN activity might be useful as the development SLE patients. on role A/G predicting are, however...

this study was conducted to compare the bio-efficacy of herbal methionine (h-met) relative to dl-methionine (dl-met) on 160 “ross 308” broiler chickens. dl-met and h-met were added to the basal diet in eight experimental treatments with three and four concentrations respectively in starter, grower and finisher period. blood parameters which were measured at 24 and 42 days of age consisted of: s...