background: fat-rich diet may alter oocyte development and maturation and embryonic development by inducing oxidative stress (os) in follicular environment. objective: to investigate the relationship between fat intake and oxidative stress with oocyte competence and embryo quality. materials and methods: in observational study follicular fluid was collected from 236 women undergoing assisted re...

Background & Aim: Osmotic stress in plants lead to increase free radicals and plants use different mechanisms to scavenge these radicals. So, researchers apply stresses especially drought stress to increase secondary metabolites such as phenolics, and antioxidants. One of the valuable medicinal plants is yarrow (Achillea tenuifolia) which is a perennial plant with different medicinal a...

Gossypol, a polyphenolic binaphthalene -dialdehyde reputed to exert contraceptive action in males, reversibly inhibits adenylate cyclase [ATP pyrophosphate lyase (cyclizing), EC 4.6.1.1] in a concentration-dependent manner. In membranes prepared from a variety of organs, the half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) ranges from 75 microM (rat Leydig tumor cells) to 250 microM (rat liver memb...

Metallocene-bridged [60]fullerene triads and cyclised metallocene-[60]fullerene diads are formed via [3 + 2] cycloaddition reactions of [60]fullerene with metallocene dialdehyde and an amino acid. In the case of cyclic diads only one regioisomer is formed, as determined by UV-vis and NMR spectroscopic studies. These compounds have both electron donor (metallocene) and acceptor ([60]fullerene) c...

13C nuclear magnetic resonance, paramagnetic resonance, and ultraviolet spectroscopy and highresolution gel permeation chromatography were used to investigate the process of periodate oxidation of carboxymethyl cellulose and the structure and molecular weight characteristics of its oxidised forms produced under different conditions. It was shown that, in solution and in the solid state, aldehyd...