this study was conducted to assay the use of saturejahortensis l. (savory) essential oil in the drinking water on broiler production and blood glucose, uric acid, creatinin and cholesterol. four hundred and twenty day old broiler chickens (ross 308) was used in a completely randomized design with 6 treatments and 5 replicate. experimental treatments included: 1) control, 2) tween (a solvent for...

the polysaccharides of acanthophora spicifera and cystoseira trinode were isolated and theircomponents identified using different chemical and spectral techniques. their effects were evaluated for thefirst time on hyperlipidemic rats. atorvastatin ca (lipitor®) was used as a reference drug. results revealedthat the polysaccharides isolated were of sulfate type. acanthophora spicifera lowered th...

background: the aim of this study was to evaluate the functional capacity of the liver based on the activity of specific enzymes and bilirubin in serum and also to investigate the influence of mechanical and toxic effects of fasciola hepatica on the structures of the blood vessels and biliary tract in the sheep liver. methods: blood samples and liver of 63 indigenous sheep of pramenka breed, sl...

Background and objective:Many biochemical features of sulfur mustard (SM) intoxication remained unknown. So far, the direct association between biochemical parameter changes and ocular problems in patients exposed to SM is not evaluated.The current study aimed at evaluating the associations between the ocular findings in patients with SM intoxication and the changes of...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the hypothesis weather the combination of lead acetate and deltamethrin can enhance avian toxic effects produced by lead exposure only. overall, 48 japanese quails, coturnix coturnix japonica (15 day old) were randomly divided into 4 experimental groups of 12 birds each and sex ratio of 1:1. experimental groups consisted of control japanese quails, b...

fenpropathrin is a new pyrethroid insecticide used to control crop pests. the aim of this study was to evidence fenpropathrin-induced oxidative stress and alterations in biochemical parameters in the freshwater fish, alburnus mossulensi s. total antioxidant capacity, malondialdehyde (mda), catalase activity (cat), aspartate aminotransferase (ast), alanine aminotransferase (alt), alkaline phosph...

rozbeh fallah1, sayed sadra ale saheb fosoul1*, hasan rezaei2 1-department of animal science, faculty of agriculture, lorestan university, khorramabad, iran 2- department of animal science, islamic azad university, ghaemshahr, iran     * corresponding author: [email protected]   received: 20 september 2013 accepted: 21 november 2013     abstract   the present experiment was conducted ...

to date, the effects of nanoparticles on woody plants remain unaddressed. this study reveals some of the physiological and biochemical effects of sio2 nanoparticles on wild pear seedlings. the seedlings were irrigated with different concentrations of nano silica (0, 10, 100, 500 and 1000 mg/l) for 14 days. nanoparticle adsorption and absorption, biomass allocation, gas exchange, relative water ...

hemiscorpius lepturus is the most dangerous scorpion species, endemic in khuzestan province and other southwestern areas of iran, causing morbidity and mortality in children and adults. the efficacy of the antivenom for reversal of manifestation caused by venom of this scorpion is a controversial issue. in the present work, h. lepturus venom (1500 µg/kg) was subcutaneously injected into two ...