We studied the influence of vitamin E on intramuscular collagen characteristics and on metacarpal growth plate evolution in suckling lambs. Twenty-four 5-d-old Ile de France suckling male lambs were divided into four equal weight groups, and weekly i.m. injections of DL-alpha-tocopheryl acetate (Control group, 0 IU; Group 1, 625 IU; Group 2, 1,000 IU; and Group 3, 1,500 IU) were given until the...

BACKGROUND Zinc lozenges have been used for treatment of the common cold; however, the results remain controversial. METHODS Fifty ambulatory volunteers were recruited within 24 h of developing symptoms of the common cold for a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of zinc. Participants took 1 lozenge containing 13.3 mg of zinc (as zinc acetate) or placebo every 2-3 h while awake...

We aimed to evaluate the diagnostic values of soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR) concentration, transferrin-ferritin index (soluble transferrin receptor concentration/log ferritin), ferritin levels and other related parameters in geriatric patients with anemia of chronic disease (ACD) and iron deficiency (IDA). Forty-four elderly subjects (median age 73 [63-94]) and twenty healthy subjects (me...

Let G be a finite insoluble group with soluble radical R(G). In this paper we investigate the graph of G, which is natural generalisation widely studied commuting graph. Here vertices are elements in G∖R(G), x adjacent to y if they generate subgroup G. Our main result states that always connected and its diameter, denoted δS(G), at most 5. More precisely, show δS(G)⩽3 not almost simple obtain s...

Let G be a finite soluble group given by a reduced confluent polycyclic presentation. Represent group elements by reduced words. Then there exists an algorithm for multiplying two group elements which has subexponential running time and requires polynomial space. Moreover, given the prime factorisation of the group order, the problem of multiplying two group elements is probabilistically polyno...

The study was designed to evaluate whether two types of rye-bran fractions result in distinct bifidogenic effect or enterolactone production in multiple intestinal neoplasia (Min) mice and whether these parameters are associated with intestinal tumorigenesis in this animal model. The experimental diets were a non-fibre diet (control), a rye-bran diet, and diets containing either the soluble ext...