the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of dietary zinc levels during gestation on physical development of offspring. the statistical population consisted of adult male and female rats (albino-wistar) which were obtained from pasteur institute, iran. after mating, 9 pregnant female rats were divided into 3 groups: 1) zinc deficient group (0.05

background: the petal’s hydro‑alcoholic extract of rosa damascena mill. on ileum contractions of wistar rats and its possible mechanism were investigated. methods: forty‑eight male wistar rats were divided into six groups. ileum was placed adjacent to propranolol (1 μm), naloxone (1 μm) and l‑name (100 μm) and also under the influence of different doses (2-8 mm) of calcium chloride. results: cu...

introduction: the aim of this research was to study the effect of a 6-week supplemented diet on increasing bone density by measuring calcium, phosphorus and bone mineral density (bmd) in male rats. materials and methods: in this experimental study, 24 wistar male rats, aged between 15 and 20 days, were selected. the rats were randomly divided into 3 groups: immune system supplement (iss), iss p...

Introduction: The footprint of Neuregulin 1 (NRG1) / ERbB4 in the pathophysiology of some neurological disorders and TRPV1 regulation has been indicated. The alterations in NRG1 and ErbB4 as well as the TRPV1 signaling pathway were investigated during the development of absence epilepsy in the genetic animal model of absence epilepsy. Methods: Male WAG/Rij and Wistar rats were divided into fou...

Introduction: Dr Iguedo Goko Cleanser® is a herbal formulation (HF) widely marketed in southern Nigeria and purported to be very efficacious for the management of various diseases including giardiasis, toilet infections, hypertension, diabetes, ulcer, impotence, low libido, sperm count amongst others. Medicinal plants reportedly produce an array adverse reactions capable inducing harmful condit...

objective(s) in recent years concerns have been raised regarding the incidence of male reproductive disorders from exposure to endocrine disruptors. so, chronic effects of di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate were studied on histological and stereological structure of testis in adult wistar rats. materials and methods thirty two adult wistar rats were randomly divided in four equal experiment groups; oil ...

introduction: different vasoactive factors can modulate cardiovascular adaptation to hemorrhagic shock including nitric oxide (no). in this study we investigated the effect of  the no synthase inhibitor for treatment of  decompensated hemorrhagic shock in normotensive and hypertensive rats. methods: twenty‑four male wistar rats were divided into two groups: the normotensive and hypertensive gro...

Methods Male wistar rats were randomly divided into three groups. Group 1 (n=5) received no supplementation and served as the control while group 2 (n=6) and 3 (n=6) received 2ml and 4ml red palm oil (RPO), respectively. Plasma total polyphenols, plasma antioxidant capacity [i. e. oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC)], ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) as well as levels of antioxida...

Banana peel and pineapple contain potassium which may be developed into health supplements. The development of banana peels as ingredients for supplements must meet safety aspects that can proven by subchronic toxicity tests. This test aimed to determine the effect repeated administration a combination extract 28 days on liver, kidney, lung, heart, spleen index Wistar rats. research used male f...