Purpose: Cognitive deficit is one of the common comorbidity accompanying epilepsy. The present study evaluated the effect of Celastrus paniculatus (C- paniculatus) seed extract on seizure severity and cognitive deficit following Pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) -induced chemical kindling model. Methods: PTZ kindling model was developed by daily administration of sub-convulsive dose of PTZ 30 mg/kg for...

The dietary iron requirement for normal growth and optimum hematological values and bioavailability was determined for channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus fingerlings using eggwhite based diets supplemented with 0,5,10,20,60, and 180-mg ironkg from iron methionine or 20, 60, and 180-mg ironkg from iron sulfate. The basal diet which contained 9.2-mg ironkg, 34% crude protein and 3.1 kcal of dige...

Selenium (Se) is an essential element for many organisms but also toxic at higher levels. The objective of this study was to identify accessions from the model species Arabidopsis thaliana that differ in Se tolerance and accumulation. Nineteen Arabidopsis accessions were grown from seed on agar medium with or without selenate (50 microM) or selenite (20 microM), followed by analysis of Se toler...

This study was carried out to investigate the preventive effects of galactoglucomannan (GGM), a homogeneous polysaccharide from Dendrobium huoshanense, on liver injury and fibrosis induced by sodium selenite. Sprague-Dawley rats injected subcutaneously with sodium selenite at the dosage of 3.28 mgkg(-1) b.wt. were set as the model groups. Rats treated with sodium selenite at the dosage of 3.28 ...

The aim of the study was to identify trends and dynamics changes in chemical biochemical properties soil induced by rotational grazing farmed deer. Soils pH content mineral nitrogen forms, total nitrogen, organic carbon were determined activity three enzymes. monitored soils slightly acidic neutral, with 1 mol KCldm−3 ranging from 6.37 7.03. contents carbon, range 9.42–19.37 gkg−1 1.13–2.24 gkg...

a USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, 320 Green St., Athens, GA 30602, United States b University of Georgia, Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, 180 E. Green St., Bldg. 4-126, Athens, GA 30602, United States c University of Florida, 136 Newins-Ziegler Hall, P.O. Box 110410, Gainesville FL 32611-0410, United States d Texas A&M University, Department of Ecosys...

This work investigates the potential of Rubus ulmifolius, indigenous to a metal contaminated site--Esteiro de Estarreja--for phytoremediation purposes. The site has a long history of metal contamination. The accumulation of lead (Pb), arsenic (As) and nickel (Ni) in different sections--roots, stems and leaves - of the plant was assessed and compared to the levels of those metals in the soil and...

proportions proceeds differentially in the first or in the second and third dimensions. 1 Castle, W. E., Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 10, 19-22 and 181-182 (1924). 2 Sumner, F. B., Ibid., 10, 178-180 (1924). Castle, W. E., Carnegie Inst. Pubi., No. 320 (1922). 'Cohen, J. I., Nature, 144 944 (1939). Cohen, J. I., J. Mental Science, 86, No. 362 (1940). 6 Pearl, R., Constitution and Health, London, Kega...

Trace elements play a significant role in biological processes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the trace elements of interest in kidney disease in commonly consumed greenhouse vegetables in Isfahan, Iran. Six kinds of greenhouse vegetables namely; Raphanus sativus (Radish), Cucumis sativus (Cucamber), Solanum lycopersicum (Tomato), green Capsicum annuum (Green bell pepper), yellow Capsic...

Channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus fingerlings were fed purified diets supplemented with iron at levels of 0, 20, 60, and 180 mgkg from iron sulfate (FeS) or 5, 10, 20, 60, and 180 mgkg from iron methionine (FeM) in triplicate tanks for 8 wk. Fish were then divided into two groups and subjected to different assays to measure disease resistance and individual immune functions. Representative fi...