antidiabetic action of garlic is established in animal studies. since all of the pervious studies have focused on the therapeutic role of garlic, this study investigated the preventive effect of garlic juice on biochemical factors and histological features in streptozotocin (stz)-induced diabetic rats. forty male rats were divided into five groups (n = 8): 1-normal group (n), 2-normal+garlic gr...

¯abstract backgrounds: lipoprotein (a) or lp(a) is a cholesterol-rich particle with atherothrombogenic properties. plasma level of lp(a) varies in different populations, however, little data on normal range of lp(a) lipoprotein among iranian population is available objective: the aim of this study was to estimate the normal range of lp(a) and also its relationship with other lipoproteins in a g...

in a double blind, parallel-group, clinical trial we compared the effects of conjugated estrogen with estrogen plus methyltestosterone in surgically menopausal women. in this study, 251 women were randomly assigned to one of the two regimens: 1-conjugated estrogen 0.625 mg/day +placebo. 2-conjungated estrogen 0.625 mg/day+methyltestosterone 1.25 mg/day (e+a group). study parameters were psychol...

background trace elements and lipids have an important role in the development of osteoporosis that is a major health problem of postmenopausal women. objectives the purpose of this study was to compare the serum levels of zinc (zn), copper (cu) and lipid profile between the postmenopausal women suffering from osteoporosis and the healthy controls. furthermore, we aimed to determine whether the...

introduction: estrogen is one of the female sex hormones that in addition to its reproductive role, has favorable fects on the metabolism of blood lipids and lipoproteins and by this way decreases the coronary heart disease. n the other hand, phytoestrogens are phytochemical substances that have effects like estrogens. isoflavones, hich the most important of them is genistein, are the most comm...

conclusions alterations in consumption of whole grains, vegetables, and added sugars are associated with body weight change, suggesting that it could be helpful in weight control. results in men, weight loss was significantly predicted only by decreased intake of added sugars (or: 2.21, 95% ci: 1.06-4.63). in women, weight gain was significantly predicted by decreased intake of whole grains (or...

We present a phenomenological theory for the phase behavior of ternary mixtures of cholesterol and saturated and unsaturated lipids, one that describes both liquid and gel phases. It leads to the following description of the mechanism of the phase behavior: In a binary system of the lipids, phase separation occurs when the saturated chains are well ordered, as in the gel phase, simply due to pa...

prolonged or repeated exposure to cement dust, depending on the duration, level of exposure and individual sensitivity has health implications on the skin, eyes, respiratory and haematological systems. this study assessed cardiovascular disease risk factors and cardiac markers among cement workers of nigerian origin to determine the effects of duration of exposure to cement dust on these parame...

objective: persian leek is one of the most widely used herbal foods among iranians. in this study, effects of oral administration of persian leek on plasma and liver lipids were examined in hamster. materials and methods: male syrian hamsters were randomly divided into three groups: control (standard diet), high fat control (high-fat/high-cholesterol diet), persian leek (high-fat/high-cholester...

the objective of this research is to investigate the effect of four additives including iron slag (is), works debris (wd), fly ash (fa), and lime kiln dust (lkd) on the biochemical properties of biosolids produced at mangere wastewater treatment plant (mwwtp), auckland, new zealand. all these additives are homogenously mixed in the laboratory with biosolids at various percentages with and witho...