background hepatic fibrosis is a typical complication of chronic liver diseases resulting in cirrhosis that remains a major public health problem worldwide. liver biopsy is currently the gold standard for diagnosing and staging hepatic fibrosis. percutaneous liver biopsy; however, is an invasive procedure with risks of complications. therefore, there is need for alternative non-invasive techniq...

shirbot ( barbus grypus ) is one of the species in south and southwest of iran which is greatly favorable to residents of the region. unfavorable ecological conditions in habitat of this species and overfishing have led to the reduction of the population of shirbot. therefore, to restore the natural stock of this species, identifying its reproductive cycle associated with its habitat is of a gr...

background non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) is a common liver disease in the western population and expanding disease in the world. pathological changes in fatty liver are like alcohol liver damage, which can lead to end-stage liver disease. the prevalence of nafld in obese or overweight people is higher than general population, and it seems that people with high body mass index (bmi) ...

objective: to determine the prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) in type 2 diabetic patients and to assess its possible risk factors. materials and methods: two hundred and seventy two (186 females and 86 males) diabetic patients were studied. liver ultrasound was performed along with the measurement of such labratoary tests as alanine transaminase, aspartate transaminase, al...

Over loading of iron oxide nanoparticles can causes the liver injury through overproduction of free radicals. Zataria multiflora Boiss. (Lamiaceae) has been used for many years in folk medicine due to its antioxidant and antibacterial activities. This study evaluates -for the first time- the effect of Z. multiflora essential oil (EO) against iron oxide nanoparticles hepatotoxicity in rat model....

Suosuo grape (the fruits of Vitis vinifera L) has been used for prevention and treatment of liver diseases in Uighur folk medicine in China besides its edible value. In this study, the hepatoprotective effects of total triterpenoids (VTT) and total flavonoids (VTF) from Suosuo grape were evaluated in Bacille-Calmette-Guerin- (BCG-) plus-lipopolysaccharide- (LPS-) induced immunological liver inj...

Aim: Endosulfan is an important toxic agent which generates free oxygen radicals in liver. In Çukurova region, some relation between the incidence of toxic injury to liver and widespread use of endosulfan has been suggested. Since endosulfan is a frequently used pesticide, it was planned to investigate whether endosulfan could do liver injury and increase lactic dehydrogenase in liver. Methods:...

introduction: one of the main mechanisms by which diabetic complications occur is an alteration of the structure and function of proteins due to hyperglycemia. aspirin (asa) affects cellular pathways through different mechanisms, including glycation inhibition and antioxidant activity. the aim of the present study, as a follow up to our previous one, is to investigate the effect of long-term, h...

introduction: silymarine extract is currently prescribed by some physicians for treatment of fatty liver disease. in the present study, the effect of administration of tablet containing silymarine extract on plasma homocysteine (hcy), folate, vitamin b12 and liver enzymes activity in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (nash) was investigated. materials and methods: seventy-four patients (40 female a...