Potassium bromide (KBr), an old antiepileptic agent, is illegally used in pharmaceutical or food industries to improve the product appearance. KBr has been proven to influence several pathways which are important in memory formation. Therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate the effect of KBr on spatial working memory using object recognition task (ORT). Rats received a single dose of KBr ...

Background Transfusion-induced iron overload leads to many complications in patients with β-thalassemia major. This study aimed to compare the level of iron stored in the liver and heart measured by MRI T2 * with ferritin levels in these patients. Materials and Methods This study was done on 52 patients with β-thalassemia major aged 7 to 29 years. Serum ferritin level was checked and heart and ...

The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of dietary supplementation of turmeric (TEO) and rosemary (REO) essential oils on growth performance and oxidative stability of broiler meat. Five hundred forty day-old chickens (Cobb 500) were randomly allotted to a 3 × 3 factorial arrangement with three levels of turmeric essential oil (T1=0, T2=75 and T3=150 mg/kg) and three levels of...

We evaluated the effects of glutamine on clastogenic and genotoxic damage prevention caused by the administration of cisplatin. Forty Swiss mice were divided into 8 experimental groups: G1 and G2, which were control groups; G3, G4, and G5, which were administered [2 doses of glutamine (orally)] separated by a 24-h period (150, 300, and 600 mg/kg, respectively), and a dose of phosphate-buffered ...

An experiment on Gladiolus was conducted during November 2021 to March 2022, in Horticulture Research Field, Department of Horticulture, Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University Agriculture, and Technology & Sciences, Prayagraj (U.P) India. The results the investigation, regarding performance 10 Treatments i.e. T0 Control NPK (RDF)-120:150:150 Kg/ha, T1 Biocapsule 200 ppm, ...

Background: Organic acids and their salts are known as appropriate substitutes in feed for improving the health, growth, performance of fish. Objectives: The present study was conducted to determine effects dietary lactic acid supplementation on immunological factors, hepatic enzyme activity, plasma proteins common carp, Cyprinus carpio. fish were fed diets mentioned above 56 days, then growth ...