Fifty-day-old Sprague-Dawley females received daily feedings of 10 mg of 3-methylcholanthrene (MCA) in sesame oil for 30 days. Controls received only sesame oil. Thyroid activity was estimated using the thyroid secretion rate (TSR) method. TSR of each rat was determined prior to, during, and after MCA treatment. Average TSR of sesame oil controls did not change either during or after feeding. A...

Sesame oil is being used a sole edible oil in South India. The aim of present study was to monitor the influence of sesame oil on blood glucose, and lipid peroxidation, antioxidants and lipid profile in the liver of control and streptozotocin (STZ) diabetic rats (Fifteen-week old Albino Wistar rats). Diabetes was induced in adult female albino Wistar rats weighing 180200 g by administration of ...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Topical Sesame/Rose geranium oil compound is an effective therapy for hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) associated epistaxis. STUDY DESIGN Cohort Study. METHODS Twenty patients with HHT confirmed by the Curaçao criteria were treated with a sesame/rose geranium oil topical compound between January 2010 and June 2011. A treatment evaluation survey was conducted...

Oilseeds are rich sources of micronutrients and contribute to combating malnutrition caused by micronutrient deficiency. The objective of this study was to investigate the mineral and anti-nutritional contents of different varieties of niger seed, linseed and sesame. Five niger seed, eight linseed and ten sesame varieties were used. Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-A...

gamma tocopherol content of 7 iranian sesame seeds (sesamum indicum l.) was determined by high performance liquid chromatography using c8 column and methanol, water and butanol as mobile phase. the gamma-tocopherol content varied from 563 to 1095 mg/kg in oil and 293 to 569 mg/kg in sesame seed and was in broad agreement with the codex range. a large variation was found in the concentration of ...

Besides abundant oleosin, three minor proteins, Sop 1, 2, and 3, are present in sesame (Sesamum indicum) oil bodies. The gene encoding Sop1, named caleosin for its calcium-binding capacity, has recently been cloned. In this study, Sop2 gene was obtained by immunoscreening, and it was subsequently confirmed by amino acid partial sequencing and immunological recognition of its overexpressed prote...

effect of seed priming on germination and seedling growth of sesame investigated under controlled conditions. the primed seeds with znso4 had the maximum germination percentage whereas the highest germination rate was observed in hydro-primed seeds. the treated seeds with peg showed the best growth of the seedlings and rootlet. the complementary field experiment was conducted to evaluate the ef...

this study was performed in order to evaluate the effects of spraying micronutrients iron, zinc, calcium on yield and yield components of seven sesame varieties on 2007 cropping season in research farm of shahed university. the experiment was performed as split-plot based on randomized complete blocks design with three replications. the main factor included feso4, znso4, cano3 and control (wate...

Evaluation of self-heating propensity of vegetable oils can be useful for determination of critical parameters of the system (porous material – vegetable oil), which must be fulfilled to achieve spontaneous ignition. However, the results strongly depend on the preparation of the sample and the type of method used for the evaluation of self-heating propensity of the oil. The safety calorimeter S...