Licorice is commonly used as a cure for digestive disorders and as a detoxification agent in East Asia. This study investigated the protective effect of licorice water extract against cadmium (CdCl(2), Cd)-induced liver toxicity in rats. To induce acute toxicity, Cd (4 mg/kg body weight) was dissolved in normal saline and intravenously (i.v.) injected into rats. The rats then received either a ...

objective: the entry of toxoplasma gondii into the bloodstream and other tissues (such as liver, muscle, cardiac muscle, …) of intermediate hosts and its multiplication in nucleated cells may cause changes in plasma levels of various enzymes due to tissue damage. in present study the serum levels of ast, alt, alk/p, cpk, ldh, and acp in rats infected experimentally with toxoplasma gondii have b...

Background: Myocardial infarction (MI) is one of the most important causes of death worldwide. The effect of flunixin meglumine (FM) on MI is unknown. We investigated the protective effect of FM on the serum biochemical profile, malondialdehyde (MDA), and heart histology changes induced by isoproterenol (ISO) in adult male rats. Methods: Rats were randomly divided into four groups of six eac...

Serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) level was estimated in 44 childhood (age range 1-15 years) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) on admission, day 14 and day 29 of induction. Another 25 children without ALL were included as control. On admission, the level of serum LDH was significantly high in ALL cases than control (p < 0.001). Total WBC count was significantly decreased along with serum LDH l...

BACKGROUND: Camel and sheep have high disperse and tolerance in tropical regions. But different results of harsh condition tolerance ability of them have been reported. OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to determine the heat stress tolerance in camel and sheep by evaluating changes in blood serum metabolites and to report and compare the serum biochemical profile of sheep and camel du...

PURPOSE In order to provide effective hospice care, adequate length of survival (LOS) in hospice is necessary. However the reported average LOS is much shorter. Analysis of LOS in hospice has not been reported from Korea. We evaluated the duration of LOS and the factors associated with LOS at our hospice center. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively examined 446 patients who were admitted ...

 The purpose of this study was to investigate the therapeutic effects of natural products like propolis on biochemical and hematologic parameters in carp (Cyprinus carpio, Linnaeus 1758) exposed to arsenic. In this study fish were exposed to 0.01 mg/L arsenic and 10 mg/L propolis for seven days. Our results indicated that triglyceride, urea, total cholesterol, cobalt, ALT (alanine amino transfe...

609 Abstract: In order to determine the seminal activity of LDH-C4 and to investigate its correlation with other fertility indexes, we studed total LDH, total CK avtivities, and LDH-C4 in relation to sperm count, motility and sperm motility index (SMI). SMI is the measurement of electro-optical fluctuations caused by motile sperm. Total LDH and total CK were determined with a Technicon RA 1000 ...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a fatal disease, caused by a tick-borne virus (Nairovirus), having a high mortality rate. The study was aimed to evaluate the risk factors, the presenting symptoms and findings of the patients with prediagnosis of CCHF disease, and to compare these variables between the CCHF-positive and CCHF-negative patients. It was also aimed ...