Background: Blood is permanently exposed to oxidation stress and therefore has a high antioxidants capacity. Many different factors increasing the demand for the antioxidant capacity can be observed in the stored blood of donors. Consequently, damage to erythrocytes by free radicals may occur. So it is useful to control the alternation of anti-oxidant enzymes in stored blood at different days o...

the present study investigated the effects of e. coli lipopolysaccharide (lps) induced mastitis model in rat on the activity of antioxidant enzyme systems. to achieve this purpose, e. coli lps were infused into the mammary gland of 12 rats 72 hr postpartum and compared with 12 rats in control group infused intramammary placebo sterile pyrogene – free, physiological saline. the antioxidant activ...

Upon illumination of dark-grown maize seedlings (5 days old) with incandescent light, there occurred a nearly simultaneous increase, after a certain lag period, in the activities of enzymes engaged in the C(4) pathway and the Calvin-Benson cycle. The light-induced biosynthesis of chlorophyll (a and b) precedes the increase in enzyme activities and proceeds without lag phase. A diphasic feature ...

ceruloplasmin (cp) is a human plasma protein with multiple physiological functions including ferroxidase and oxidase activities. deficiency or inhibition of the enzyme may lead to some abnormalities, including iron deposition in several tissues and causes various pathological conditions in the body. direct interaction of cadmium (cd), a widespread, highly toxic environmental pollutant, with hum...

background: besides acute lethal cyanide poisoning, its chronic intoxication may also produce some pathologic effects on different tissues that precedes alterations in biochemical parameters. the present study was aimed to evaluate the effects of sublethal cyanide exposure on some tissue enzyme activities in liver and kidney of rats. methods: twelve male rats were divided into two groups as fol...

variations in phosphatidate phosphohydrolase (pap) activity and triacylglycerol concentration were measured in pregnant and hormone-treated non-pregnant female rats. pap activity in adipose tissue was elevated by 61% during pregnancy. the increase in the enzyme activity was paralleled with a rise in serum triacylglycerol concentration (44%). estradiol injecting into non-pregnant rats increased ...

Background: Besides acute lethal cyanide poisoning, its chronic intoxication may also produce some pathologic effects on different tissues that precedes alterations in biochemical parameters. The present study was aimed to evaluate the effects of sublethal cyanide exposure on some tissue enzyme activities in liver and kidney of rats. Methods: Twelve male rats were divided into two groups as ...