a hydroponic experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of salt stress on safflower genotypes under greenhouse conditions. the experiment was arranged as a factorial one based upon a completely randomized design with three replications. five safflower genotypes (arak2811, nebraska10, sod25, ca116, and ca128), and four salinity treatments (0, 0.3, 0.5, and 0.7 percent of nacl) were employe...

Nineteen patients with severe oedema due to either cirrhosis of the liver or to congestive cardiac failure, who had failed to respond to previous diuretic therapy, were treated with either increasing doses of frusemide (Group A), or with frusemide in a fixed dose of 80 mg daily and increasing doses of spironolactone (Group B). In Group A there was an inverse correlation between the baseline 24-...

Background—The urinary composition including sodium (Na) and chloride (Cl) concentrations might provide useful information in addition to urine output during decongestive treatment in heart failure (HF). Methods and Results—Consecutive HF patients (n=61) with ejection fraction 45%, worsening symptoms, and scheduled treatment with intravenous loop diuretics were included. Patients received proto...

The obesity epidemic in children makes it plausible that prevalence rates of elevated blood pressure (BP) are increasing over time. Yet, previous literature is inconsistent because of small sample sizes. Also, it is unclear whether adjusting for risk factors can explain longitudinal trends in prevalence of elevated BP. Thus, we analyzed a population-based sample of 3248 children in National Hea...

Previous studies have demonstrated that electrically induced seizures in rat result in an increased brain intracellular sodium which can be decreased by treatment with sodium diphenylhydantoin (DPH). The correlation of cation transport with membrane-oriented sodium-potassium-adenosine triphosphatase (Na-K-ATPase) prompted an investigation of the effect of DPH upon ATPase enzyme activity.Rat cer...

Na, K and Cl measurements have been made on frozen sections of chick red blood cells throughout embryonic development, using electron-probe microanalysis. There is an apparent fluctuation in the levels of these elements during maturation, although the Na/K ratio remains fairly constant. The nuclear Na concentration resembles that of the cytoplasm, rather than that of the medium, at all stages. ...

1 Reserpine (1.25 mg/kg i.p.) induced an increase (172% of controls) in the concentration of 1-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-ethane-1,2-diol sulphate (MOPEG-SO(4)) in rat brain and a decrease in the noradrenaline (NA) concentration to 50% of controls 2 h after injection. At this time the MOPEG-SO(4)/NA ratio was 0.28. Thereafter the MOPEG-SO(4) concentration declined and the NA concentration decr...

OBJECTIVE Angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) produce a lower sodium (Na) balance, and the natriuretic effect is enhanced under Na deprivation, despite falls in blood pressure (BP) and glomerular filtration rate (GFR). METHODS The effect of additional hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ; 12.5 mg/day) to ARB treatment (valsartan; 80 mg/day) on glomerulotubular Na balance was evaluated in 23 patients wi...

Levels of sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium were determined in plant organs (bud, flowers, fruit, seed, leaves, stems, roots, cobs, styles, shaft, grains and efflorescences) of three Fadama farms located in Ifaki-Ekiti, Ado-Ekiti and Ikere-Ekiti of Ekiti State, Nigeria. The highest levels of Mg, K, Na and Ca were obtained in the bud of Hibiscus esculentus with respective values (ppm dry ...

Methomyl has a significant animal and public health problem. The present study was designed to evaluate the protective effect of nicotinic acid against the acute toxic effects induced by methomyl in albino rats. Four groups were divided into control, nicotinic acid (NA) (100 mg/kg b.wt./twice daily) for 7 successive days, methomyl (MET) (8 mg/kg b.wt.) and nicotinic acid plus methomyl (NA+MET) ...