objectives: cow urine ark (cua), known as “amrita” as mentioned in ayurveda, contains‎ anti-hyperglycemic and antioxidant effects. therefore, we designed the present study to evaluate the lipid ‎lowering activity of cua and its possible implication in metabolic syndrome.‎ materials and methods: thirty guinea pigs of either sex were divided into five groups: group 1 and 2 serving as a vehicle ‎a...

Hepatic stellate cells store the majority of the liver's retinoid (vitamin A) reserves as retinyl esters in stellate cell lipid droplets. A study was conducted to explore the effects of differences in dietary retinoid and triglyceride intake on the composition of the stellate cell lipid droplets. Weanling rats were placed on one of five diets that differed in retinoid or triglyceride contents. ...

this study was conducted to evaluate the effects of different proportions of lemon bee brush essential oil on growth performance, carcass composition, and hematology and biochemical parameters of common carp (cyprinus carpio). common carp with an average weight of 8 ± 0.2 g were fed for one month with a diet supplemented with lemon beebrush essential oil (0.15 and 0.3 ml) and with normal diet a...

Objective 1. Identify diet formulations to improve reproductive performance (egg biochemical composition, fecundity, egg and fry quality) of catfish and determine associated effects on production costs. a. Manipulate dietary protein concentration and lipid sources and assess reproductive performance and diet effects on production costs (Tank Trial 1). b. Refine dietary protein and lipid sources...

BACKGROUND Free radical-mediated oxidative damage to lipids is thought to be an important process in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Although previous studies have demonstrated a beneficial impact of antioxidant vitamin supplements on lipid peroxidation, the effect of dietary patterns on lipid peroxidation is unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS During the 3-week run-in period of a randomized tr...

This study was performed to investigate effects of Chlorella vulgaris on lipid metabolism in rats fed high fat diet. Sixty 6-week-old male Wistar rats were divided into two groups; normal diet group and high fat diet group, then the rats in each group were further divided into three subgroups and fed 0%, 5% and 10% (w/w) chlorella-containing diets, respectively, and raised for 9 weeks. Serum as...

The effects of a 7 d high-fructose diet (HFrD) or control diet on lipid metabolism were studied in a group of six healthy lean males. Plasma NEFA and beta-hydroxybutyrate concentrations, net lipid oxidation (indirect calorimetry) and exogenous lipid oxidation (13CO2 production) were monitored in basal conditions, after lipid loading (olive oil labelled with [13C]triolein) and during a standardi...

considering that the involvement of oxidative stress has been implicated in the toxicity of organophosphate insecticides, the objective of the present study was to investigate antioxidants and oxidative stress markers in the liver and kidney of wistar rats treated with chronic doses of diazinon. in addition, the effect of tert-butylhydroquinone (tbhq), a food-additive antioxidant, on attenuatio...

this experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of different lipid sources and organic zinc supplementation on performance, egg bacterial activity and ovary morphology of laying hens for 10 weeks. with 288 sixty weeks old birds by employing a completely randomized design with factorial arrangement of 3×4 with 12 treatments, 4 replicates and 6 hens each. the factors of interest were 4% lipi...