Alendronate sodium, an aminobisphosphonate with potent antiresorptive activity, is used in the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis. Retinol, as a component of multivitamin preparations, is frequently used especially by elderly people. There are no reports on the interaction of alendronate sodium and retinol. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of administration of al...

Selenium is a web application testing tool and also it is an open source software. Selenium automation testing framework has gained wide acceptance as a popular and successful mode of website automated testing in a very short span of time. Selenium tools are widely used for testing graphical user interface and functionality of web-based applications developed for all types of industries ranging...

Ovariectomy is known as 'surgical menopause' with decreased levels of oestrogen in female rodents and its reported risks and adverse effects include cognitive impairment. In the brain, oestrogen exerts effects through its receptors, oestrogen receptor α (ERα) and β (ERβ). However, the role of ERα or ERβ in ovariectomy-induced cognitive impairment needs further investigation. Here, we observed t...

Estrogen receptor(s) (ER), progesterone receptor(s) (PGR), androgen receptor(s) (ANR), and prolactin receptor(s) (PRLR) were measured in N-nitrosomethylurea-induced mammary tumors in intact female Sprague-Dawley rats and in rats 9 days after ovariectomy. Following ovariectomy, 12 of 15 tumors regressed to 47.7 +/- 5.5% of the original size (hormone-dependent tumors), while the remaining three h...

Cultivation of saprophytic fungi on selenium-rich substrates can be an effective means to produce selenium-fortified food. Pleurotus florida, an edible species of oyster mushrooms, was grown on wheat straw from the seleniferous belt of Punjab (India) and its potential to mobilize and accumulate selenium from the growth substrate was studied. Selenium concentration in biofortified mushrooms was ...

We have used 31P-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to detect the metabolic changes that occur in estrogen-sensitive, N-methyl-N-nitrosourea-induced rat mammary tumors as they regress following ovariectomy. In untreated animals the spectra of the tumors showed a steady loss of high energy phosphates (phosphocreatine and nucleoside triphosphates) and an increase in inorganic phosphate. This...

The impact of providing selenomethionine (2.7 mumol Se) or selenium-enriched yeast (2.9 mumol Se) on the selenium status of lactating and nonlactating women with customary intakes of approximately 1.3 mumol Se/d was studied. Plasma selenium declined in unsupplemented lactating women but not in nonlactating women. Selenomethionine increased plasma selenium in both lactating and nonlactating wome...

The aim of this study was to determine histological changes in rats’ oral mucosa at induced postmenopausal oestrogen decrease and after administration of raloxifene and 17β-oestradiol. Wistar female rats were ovariectomized and divided into experimental groups; basal – after ovariectomy without drugs BOV, taking raloxifene RA and oestradiol – OVH (10 rats per group). Additionally, 10 rats witho...

background: the contribution of neuroinflammation in alzheimer’s disease (ad) has been widely reported. the effects of female gonadal hormones in both neuroinflammation and brain cognitive functions have also been well considered. objectives: in the present study, the possible protective role for endogenous ovarian hormones against learning and memory impairment as well as brain tissues oxidati...

BACKGROUND: Selenium is now recognized as essential trace element for ruminants. OBJECTIVES: Studying the effect of different levels of selcote ultra fertilizer and farm yard manure on the concentration of selenium in alfalfa in order to achieve optimum concentration of selenium in this plant. METHODS: The experiment was factorial based on ra...