OBJECTIVE Determine objective measures of kidney function and analyze factors associated with kidney dysfunction in severely obese adolescents undergoing weight loss surgery were described. METHODS Cross-sectional data from 242 adolescent participants in the Teen-Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (Teen-LABS) study before weight loss surgery were analyzed. Kidney status was assessed...

Salak seed are used as natural diuretics, it's contain secondary metabolites i.e alkaloids, flavonoids and tannins. Diuretics compounds that can increase the rate of excretion urine volume mineral salts in urine. The study was to determine diuretic effect salak extract on histopathological structure kidney. made by maceration method using 70% ethanol then evaporated. Rats were divided into 4 tr...

In the present research, two nutraceuticals made from red grape and walnut that showed previously to improve kidney dysfunction were incorporated separately into functional foods' bread made from barley and rice bran. The functional foods were evaluated in rats in which chronic renal failure was induced through feeding diet rich in adenine and phosphate (APD). The evaluation based on assessing ...

Objective The objective of this study was to evaluate the role of oxidative stress in an experimental model of streptozotocin-induced diabetic nephropathy in rats. Materials and methods Wistar, adult, male rats were used in the study. Animals were divided in the following groups: Citrate (control, citrate buffer 0.01M, pH 4.2 was administrated intravenously - i.v - in the caudal vein), Uninep...

abstract background: alkaloids from senna alata leaves implicated as the active constituents of abortifacient are yet to be investigated for their effects on the normal functioning of the maternal liver and kidney. therefore, the effects of crude alkaloids on some biochemical indices of kidney and liver damage were investigated in pregnant rats. methods: pregnant rats were randomized into 4 gro...

background: this study examined the effect of grape seed proanthocyanidin extract (gspe) on lipid peroxidation content and activity of tissue antioxidant enzymes, including catalase, superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase in diabetic rats. methods: thirty male rats were divided into three groups of 10 rats each: control, diabetic and diabetic groups that received 500 mg/kg gspe for 6 w...