An experiment was conducted to determine the apparent total tract digestibility (ATTD) and standardized total tract digestibility (STTD) of phosphorus (P) in copra expellers (CE), palm kernel expellers (PKE), and cassava root (CR). Eight barrows (initial BW of 40.0 kg, SD = 4.5) were individually housed in metabolism crates. A replicated 4×3 incomplete Latin square design was employed involving...

conclusions p. aeruginosa and s. marcescens can be good candidates for the detoxification of cr (vi) in soltan abad river. results the results indicated that pseudomonas aeruginosa and serratia marcescens were the most resistant bacteria with mics of 200 and 150 mg/l, respectively. both bacteria completely reduced 25 and 50 mg/l of cr (vi) in 36 hours and 48 hours, respectively. the growth rate...

alloy 718 (IN 718) were characterized to identify processing-microstructure-property relationships. The alloy was sequentially cold rolled (CR) to 0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 60, and 80 pct followed by annealing at temperatures between 954 °C and 1050 °C and the traditional aging schedule used for this alloy. In addition, this alloy can be superplastically formed (IN 718SPF) to a significantly finer gra...

This study was carried out to assess the anti-hyperglycaemic effects if any of novel synthetic binary chromium (III)-amino acid complexes in a high sucrose (HS) induced insulin resistance (IR) and or impaired glucose tolerant male Sprague Dawley (SD) rat model. Aqueous solutions of chromium chloride hexahydrate (CrCl3.6H2O) and D/L amino acids were mixed in 1:3 molar ratios, refluxed at 80°C fo...

AIM To investigate the effects of 17beta-estradiol (E2), Peganum harmala extract (PHE) and caloric restriction (CR) on various testis parameters during aging. METHODS Twelve month-old male rats were treated for 6 months with either E2 or PHE, or submitted to CR (40%). RESULTS Our results show that estrogens and CR are able to protect the male gonad by preventing the decrease of testosterone...

Connectivity in a gene-gene network declines with age, typically within gene clusters. We explored the effect of short-term (3 months) graded calorie restriction (CR) (up to 40 %) on network structure of aging-associated genes in the murine hypothalamus by using conditional mutual information. The networks showed a topological rearrangement when exposed to graded CR with a higher relative withi...

Food intake and circadian rhythms are regulated by hypothalamic neuropeptides and circulating hormones, which could mediate the anti-ageing effect of calorie restriction (CR). We tested whether these two signaling pathways mediate CR by quantifying hypothalamic transcripts of male C57BL/6 mice exposed to graded levels of CR (10 % to 40 %) for 3 months. We found that the graded CR manipulation r...

Fifty patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) have been treated with all-trans retinoic acid (RA). In vitro induced differentiation of primarily cultured bone marrow cells from the patients, colony-forming unit granulocyte-macrophage (CFU-GM) and L-CFU colony-forming assays, and karyotype analysis were performed over the treatment course. The very high bone marrow complete remission (C...

BACKGROUND Renal structural alterations have been partially uncovered in cardiorenal syndrome (CRS). Patients with CRS may have evidence of tubular damage, but markers of glomerular damage other than proteinuria have not been thoroughly investigated. The nature of renal damage in CRS may have therapeutic implications, as glomerular damage requires tight blood pressure control and renin-angioten...

BACKGROUND & AIM Calorie restriction (CR) reduces co-morbidities associated with obesity, but also reduces lean mass thereby predisposing people to weight regain. Since we demonstrated that glycine supplementation can reduce inflammation and muscle wasting, we hypothesized that glycine supplementation during CR would preserve muscle mass in mice. METHODS High-fat fed male C57BL/6 mice underwe...