BACKGROUND Metformin has been used for alleviating metabolic abnormalities in patients with schizophrenia. The lowest dose of metformin to treat metabolic abnormalities in clozapine-treated patients is 1000 mg/d. This study was designed to determine whether metformin at 500 mg/d and 1000 mg/d is effective in improving the metabolic profiles of clozapine-treated patients with pre-existing metabo...

The aim of the study was to evaluate if two capsules (Amoxil(®) capsules, 500 mg/capsule) and one tablet (Amoxicare(®) tablets, 1000 mg/tablet) of amoxicillin have similar bioequivalence parameters. For this purpose a randomized, two-way, crossover, bioequivalence study was performed in 24 healthy, male volunteers, divided into two groups of 12 subjects each. One group was treated with the refe...

We describe a capillary zone electrophoresis method coupled to electrospray ionization (ion trap) mass spectrometry (CZE-ESI-MS) for the identification and determination of choline and atropine compounds in hairy root extracts from Cannabis sativa L. Fused-silica capillary and an alkaline solution of 20 mM ammonium acetate at pH 8.5 are used being the most suitable for the analysis of choline a...

background: the use of chemical materials such as malachite green to disinfect fish eggs is banned in many countries due to its reversed environmental effects. objectives: the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of metalonic sumac extract as antifungal agent on eggs of schizothorax zarudnyi during the incubation period and to compare its effects with malachite green. methods: 24...

Water contamination has become a global challenge which must be tackled. This study examined the level of water in four locations at Ogbete area Enugu state. Carters street had highest pH 5.23 is below WHO standards limits for drinking water. The conductivities ranged from conductivity 1445 µs/cm, (8-10,000 µs/cm), TDS (1000 mg/l., TSS (WHO (500 mg/l). For alkalinity, were all (150 mg/l) standa...

introduction: high environmental temperature during summer months which leading to heat stress, is of great concern in all types of poultry production. feed consumption, growth rate, hatchability, mortality, and other important traits governing the prosperity of the industry are adversely affected by severe heat stress. literature suggests that the advantages of dietary l-carnitine and ascorbic...

The performance of chitosan in flocculating kaolin suspensions was investigated. A real-time suspended solid (SS) concentration measuring method applied. influence pH examined from 2.0 to 13.0. optimal value for low-grade (100 mg/L), middle-grade (500 and high-grade (1000 mg/L) suspension samples 8.0. dosage the three grades 5.0 mg/L, regardless initial SS concentration. An orthogonal array tes...

Synthetic leachate with different initial concentrations of acetate (500-2500 mg HAc/L) and propionate (500-3500 mg HPr/L) was treated with active biomass acclimated to landfill leachate under anaerobic mesophilic conditions for 72 h. Methanogenesis was observed within all samples during the first 48 h. The greatest removal of acetate (80-100%) and propionate (15-35%) was achieved in tests with...