BACKGROUND The effect of caloric restriction (CR) in the setting of diabetes on bone metabolism has not yet been fully studied. The aim of this study is to determine if short-term CR alters bone mass and metabolism in Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima fatty (OLETF) rats, an animal model of type 2 diabetes. METHODS Four groups (n=5) were created: OLETF rats with food ad libitum (AL), OLETF rats with...

OBJECTIVE To investigate, in a randomized clinical study, the efficacy of an isopropanolic aqueous extract of Cimicifuga racemosa (CR) on climacteric complaints in comparison with low-dose transdermal estradiol (TTSE2). Hormonal parameters, lipid profile and endometrial thickness were also evaluated. METHODS Sixty-four postmenopausal women were enrolled and over the course of 3 months filled ...

In this study, Cu-Ni-Fe-Cr layered double hydroxide (LDH) immobilized on silica magnetite (Fe3O4@SiO2@Cu-Ni-Fe-Cr LDH) was investigated towards ring opening of diverse epoxides with acetic anhydride to afford vic-diacetates within 15–40 min in high yields. Reusability the nano-LDH also studied for 6 consecutive cycles without significant loss catalytic activity.

In this paper we report a search for intermediate mass magnetic monopoles and nuclearites using CR39 and Makrofol Nuclear Track Detectors (NTDs) of the SLIM large area experiment, 440 m exposed at the high altitude laboratory of Chacaltaya (Bolivia) and about 100 m at Koksil, Himalaya (Pakistan). We discuss the new chemical etching and improved analysis of the SLIM CR39 sheets. Preliminary limi...

2014 The photoionization absorption spectrum of the strongly Cr-doped GaAs samples was measured in the energy region 5 500-11 000 cm-1 under hydrostatic pressure up to 9 kbar at 300 K and 77 K. The EPR measurements with 1.09 03BCm laser excitation shows that this absorption is due to the charge transfer Cr3+ ~ Cr2+ transitions. The theoretical model which takes into account the lattice relaxati...

Heavy metals mainly enter tea from the soil. In this study, stratified soil samples were collected, at a depth of 0–60 cm, using drill in An-tea plantations. Speciation As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn was determined European Community Bureau Reference sequential extraction method, heavy metal concentrations extracts by inductively coupled plasma?mass spectrometry. Compared with other layers, mea...

The present investigation was aimed to study the distribution, enrichment and accumulation of heavy metals in soil and Vigna mungo (Black gram, var. Pant U-30) after irrigation with distillery wastewater. A field experiment was conducted in the experimental garden of Gurukula Kangri University, Haridwar during the year 2012 and 2013. Treatments of distillery wastewater viz. 20%, 40%, 60%, 80% a...

Both n-3 fatty acids (FA) and calorie-restriction (CR) are known to exert anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative effects in animals and humans. In this study, we investigated the synergistic anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative capacity of n-3 FA and CR using Fat-1 transgenic mice (Fat-1) that are capable of converting n-6 FA to n-3 FA endogenously. Wild type (WT) and Fat-1 mice were maintained o...

AIMS We tested whether long-term caloric restriction (CR) corrects pre-existing manifestations of cardiac ageing in rats. METHODS AND RESULTS The age-specific effects of CR (-40%, 6 months) on mortality, left ventricular (LV) function, mitochondrial function, oxidative damage, and apoptosis were analysed in young (6 + 6 months) and senescent rats (24 + 6 months). CR in senescent rats signific...