Background: We investigated the effects of different dose of aflatoxins, secondary toxic metabolites produced by Aspergillus flavus, on some biochemical parameters in kidney of common carp (Cyprinus carpio). Methods: This study was done in Aquaculture and Biology Laboratory of Behbahn Khatam Alanbia University of Technology, Behbahan, Iran in 2015.  Fishes were distributed into five gro...

The rapidly developing field of nanotechnology is becoming a potential source for human exposure to nanoparticles. Titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles have been widely produced in industrial processes for several years. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of TiO2 nanoparticles on plasmatic biochemical parameters and the emotional behavior in adult Wistar rats. Rats were treat...

Marrubium vulgare and Withania somnifera are used in folk medicine of several countries. Many researches showed that they are used for the treatment of variety of diseases due to their antioxidant effects. The present aim of this study was to evaluate the antihepatotoxic and antioxidant activities of the both extracts against carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced hepatic damage in rats. Both extr...

Boerhaavia diffusa (Nyctaginaceae) is conventionally used in Indian Ayurvedic system to treat liver diseases. The present study was undertaken to investigate the protective role of ethanol extract of B. diffusa on hepatic antioxidant status and the levels of diagnostic markers in isoproterenol induced hepatitis in rats. The Prior oral administration of B. diffusa extract [150 mg/kg bodyweight/d...

in this study, correlation between methylmercury (mehg) accumulation in the kidney and liver and several blood biochemical parameters juvenile beluga (huso huso) including aspartate aminotransferase (ast), alanine aminotransferase (alt), alkaline phosphatase (alp), lactate dehydrogenase (ldh), glucose (glu), and cortisol was investigated. to do this, juvenile beluga were fed with two different ...

in the present study, changes of values of serum 17ß-estradiol (e2), asparate amino teransferase (ast), alanine amino transferase (alt) and lactate dehydrogenase (ldh) following intraperitoneal (i.p) injection with the aromatase inhibitor (ai) letrozole were investigated in rainbow trout (oncorhynchus mykiss). forty- eight apparently healthy rainbow trout (mean weight of 845 g) divided in four ...

Table. Laboratory Data Leukocytes (× 10 6.2 Neutrophils (× 10 4.5 Eosinophils (× 10 0.1 Basophils (× 10 0 Monocytes (× 10 0.7 Lymphocytes (× 10 1 Hemoglobin (g/dL 6.9 Platelets (× 10 21.8 CRP (mg/dL 5.52 ESR (mm/h >150 BUN (mg/dL 19 Creatinine (mg/d 0.89 AST (mU/m 10 ALT (mU/m 3 LDH (mU/ 112 Antinuclear antibody (Anti-CCP antibody (Rheumatoid factor (CRP: C-reactive protein, ESR: erythrocyte se...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of sevoflurane anesthesia on hepatic function in morbidly obese versus non-obese patients undergoing abdominal surgeries. METHODS We prospectively evaluated the levels of the serum concentration of liver enzymes aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT), alkaline phosphatase (A...

high concentration of heavy metals or long time exposure to low concentrations of these metals can usually decrease the hematological indices in fish. therefore the aim of this study was to indicate changes in hematology and serum chemistry of common carp (cyprinus carpio) after low cadmium concentration exposure. 60 apparently healthy common carp (mean weight of 700g) divided in two groups and...

Thallium acetate (TI) is a cumulative poison intimately accompanied by an increase in reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation that represents an important risk factor for tissue injury and malfunction. This study aims to determine the possible hepatoprotective and antioxidant effects of diallyl sulfide (DAS) from garlic and curcumin from turmeric against TI-induced liver injury and oxidative st...