possessing putative hypolipidemic effects, teucrium polium (tp) have been traditionally used as a medicinal plant in iran. the aim of the present study was to investigate this effect on the sucrose-induced insulin resistance male rat model. thirty wistar male rats weighting 180 ± 20 g were divided into five groups of six each. four groups were given sucrose 50% in drinking water for 10 weeks. i...

Background: Iron deficiency, is a common worldwide complication, especially in preschool children. Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is associated with changes in the mental and motor development, defects of immune system, cardiovascular, diseases and disruption of lipid profile. In IDA, the occurrence of dyslipidemia is controversial. We aimed to investigate the association between IDA and serum li...

objective: polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos) is one of the most common endocrine disorders in women. metformin is a biguanide commonly used to improve pcos symptoms. effect of metformin on the levels of serum homocysteine (hcy) in pcos women is unclear. the aim of this study is evaluating the effect of metformin administration on serum hcy levels and metabolic parameters of pcos patients. materi...

Because the ingestion of some types of dietary fibers has been shown to influence on the lipid and lipoprotein levels, it is possible that chitosan influences on lipid metabolism. In the present study, the effects of chitosan on the serum, liver lipid and lipoprotein concentrations in rat were investigated. Serum lipid level in the treatment groups were decreased compared to that of the control...

The lipid factor is currently considered to be the main agent responsible for cardiovascular risk in young individuals. Several epidemiological studies have shown that atherosclerosis begins in childhood. Therefore consensus was obtained that the earlier the control begins,the better results are achieved. There are many controversies around early identification of hyperlipidemia in children . T...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Relationship between hepatic antioxidant paraoxonase 1 (PON1) activity, lipid peroxidation and liver injury was investigated in patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. METHODS A total of 23 patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (15 males, 8 females; mean age: 40.30+/-7.67 yrs) and 23 healthy controls (14 males, 9 females; mean age: 39.70+/- 8.78 yrs) were enrolled i...

the present study was aimed at evaluating the lipid lowering activity of lercanidipine, a calcium channel blocker, in standard diet induced hyperlipidemic rats. hyperlipidemic rats were divided into different groups and were treated with daily oral dose of lercanidipine and atorvastatin for 7 days. on 8 th day, blood samples were collected and analyzed for serum lipid levels using commercial ki...