AIMS To look for differences between matched pairs of patients and controls in concentrations of various plasma constituents which might indicate dysfunctions associated with cataract. METHOD One thousand patients were taken from the cataract waiting list of a specialist eye hospital. For each patient a matched control of the same sex and half-decade of age but without cataract was taken from...

Saffron, Crocus sativus L. (C. sativus) is rich in carotenoids and used in traditional medicine for treatment of various conditions such as coughs, stomach disorders, amenorrhea, asthma and cardiovascular disorders. These therapeutic effects of the plant are suggested to be due to its relaxant effect on smooth muscles. The effect of C. sativus and its constituents on different smooth muscles an...

The recent laudable translation of Malpighi's De polypo cordis has made widely available one of the most significant anatomical texts of the seventeenth century.' One of the treatise's most noteworthy features is the idea that the study of morbid states not only helps in the investigation of disease and therapy, but also in the understanding of the normal processes and constituents of the body,...

The objective of the study, therefore, is to review and package the current reference values of some haemotological and serum biochemical of indigenous pastoral cattle in tropical Africa. Haematological investigation has gained a global popularity as a prime diagnostic and management tool in veterinary practice. It ascertains the physiological, nutritional and pathological status of an animal a...

266 eyes were examined by the slit lamp 24 hours after uncomplicated intracapsular cataract extraction. An unexpectedly high incidence of 15% macroscopic hypopyons was found with a further 13% showing a trace. Possible aetiological irritative factors were investigated by individual exclusion, but did not materially alter the incidence. All the hypopyons spontaneously and rapidly regressed witho...

Dietary macro and micro nutrients in their respective proportion and fractions present a practical potential tool to fabricate milk constituents since cells of lactating mammary glands obtain about 80 % of milk synthesis nutrients from blood, reflecting the existence of an isotonic equilibrium between blood and milk. Diverting milk biosynthetic activities through manipulation of nutrients towar...

The role of nitric oxide (NO) in microvascular permeability remains unclear because both increases and decreases in permeability by NO synthase (NOS) inhibitors have been reported. We sought to determine whether blood-borne constituents modify venular permeability responses to the NOS inhibitor N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME). We assessed hydraulic conductivity (L(p)) of pipette-per...

We evaluated the within-day variation of serum constituents in a group of 11 healthy young men. Twenty-two constituents were assayed at the same time, 19 of them on the “AutoChemist” multi-channel analyzer. The statistical model of analysis-of-variance was used to separate certain factors-subject, time of day, and subject-time interactionfrom the analytical variation. The estimate of analytical...