this study was carried out to indicate the effects of olive leaves on arterial blood pressure, blood lipids and growth performance in broiler chickens. experiment was conducted with 5 treatments and 4 replicates with 25 birds per each replicate in a completely randomized design with over all 500 male arian strain 1-day old broilers. the period of study was 42 d. treatments were control, drug of...

there are many reports for involvement of atp-sensitive potassium channels in pancreatic, cardiac and vascular smooth muscle cells. this study examined the effect of single doses of k+ channel openers diazoxide, minoxidil and k+ channel blockers chlorpropamide, glibenclamide on serum concentration of aldosterone in male rats. blood samples were obtained 60 minutes after drug treatment and serum...

background: serum prolactin level has been used as an alternative determinant to help differentiate epileptic from non-epileptic seizures. we aimed to analyze the association between serum prolactin concentration and epileptic seizure versus febrile seizure as well as seizure duration, single versus multiple seizure attacks and time lapse between seizure onset and blood sampling.   methods: sev...

background: correlation between diabetes mellitus (dm) and oral lichen planus (olp) seems probable. since interleukin‑8 (il‑8) is an important inflammatory mediator involved in both conditions, this study aimed to measure and compare the serum level of il‑8 in dm, olp, and dm + olp patients in comparison with healthy individuals. materials and methods: this cross sectional study was conducted o...

this study was aimed at the evaluation of the influence of storage under various conditions on the relative concentrations of major protein fractions and their proportion in bovine serum. blood samples were taken from six dairy cattle of a low-land black spotted breed and its crossbreeds. the separated blood serum was fractioned into aliquots. one aliquot was analysed immediately after the sepa...

When blood comes in contact with dialyzer membranes, the interfacial bioactivation reactions occurring at blood/membrane boundaries affect gross mechanisms related to thrombogenicity. In presence of biocompatible polymers, adhesion and subsequent interactions platelets, as well other serum components (e.g., proteins), are altered delay thrombus formation.