The survival and reproduction of the beetle Paederus fuscipes Curtis on diets that differed in macronutrient composition were investigated in the laboratory. The sex organs of females fed each test diet were dissected to evaluate the ovarian development over time. Adults fed on a carbohydrate-rich diet lived longer than adults fed the other diets, but this diet provided insufficient nutrients f...

Cord blood serum lipids are much lower than those of adults. Two recent studies of cord blood lipids of infants of diabetic mothers (Pantelakis, Cameron, Davidson, Dunn, Fosbrooke, Lloyd, Malins, and Wolff, 1964; Lloyd, 1963) suggest that certain lipid fractions are higher in these infants than in infants of normal mothers. In view of recent work suggesting that in diabetes mellitus a disturban...

The effect of different cooking and preservation methods on the nutritional and phytochemical composition of the mushroom, Amanita zambiana, was investigated. Fresh mushrooms were boiled in water, fried, or microwaved. In addition, fresh mushrooms were either air-dried for 7 days or frozen at -20°C for 14 days. The protein, lipid, carbohydrate, and phenolic content of the treated mushrooms were...

OBJECTIVE Six lean (BMI = 20.8 +/- 0.7) and seven overweight (BMI = 30.8 +/- 1.7) young men (18-27 years old) were studied to investigate the acute effect of a high-carbohydrate meal on leptin levels and its relation to energy expenditure as well as to protein, carbohydrate and fat oxidation. METHODS Study participants were given a high-carbohydrate meal (17% as protein, 80% as carbohydrates ...

Black soldier fly (BSF) is becoming popular in the last few years. Several types of organic substrate have been tested as for BSF larvae (BSFL) and resulted valuable nutritional content BSFL. The purpose this study was to compare content, fatty acid profile, growth profile BSFL grown between fermented Palm Kernel Meal (PKM) cow manure (CM). In total 3000 g 7-day old larva (initial weight 0.044 ...

Mushrooms are considered rich in proteins, carbohydrates and other nutrients. The present study was carried out to evaluate some edible mushrooms of Kashmir valley for their protein, carbohydrate and lipid contents. The highest protein content was found in Boletus edulis (2.20g) followed by Agaricus bisporus (1.80g), Pleurotus ostreatus (1.68g), Morchella esculenta (1.62g) and Pleurotus sajor c...

IGF-I is important for postnatal body growth and exhibits insulin-like effects on carbohydrate metabolism. The function of liver-derived IGF-I is still not established, although we previously demonstrated that liver-derived IGF-I is not required for postnatal body growth. Mice whose IGF-I gene in the liver was inactivated at 24 days of age were used to investigate the long-term role of liver-de...

BACKGROUND The exact pathophysiology of testicular degeneration, following varicocele has not been completely understood yet. OBJECTIVE The current study was designed to determine the effect of varicocele on germinal epithelium (GE) cytoplasmic biohistochmical alterations. MATERIALS AND METHODS To follow-up this study, left varicocele was induced in test groups. Non-varicocelized rats were ...