this research was conducted to assess the effect of substituting corn for barley grain in diet on performance and reproductive characteristics of early lactating, holstein dairy cattle. a number of fifteen cows in their second lactation (26±11 dim) with 36.7±5.6 kg milk/d were investigated for 75 day (15 day for adaptation and 60 day for sampling) in a completely randomized design. the iso-ener...

BACKGROUND Soluble fibers lower serum lipids, but are difficult to incorporate into products acceptable to consumers. We investigated the physiological effects of a concentrated oat beta-glucan on cardiovascular disease (CVD) endpoints in human subjects. We also compared the fermentability of concentrated oat beta-glucan with inulin and guar gum in a model intestinal fermentation system. METH...

background: beta-thalassemia is considered to be the most frequent hereditary blood disorder worldwide. lipid abnormalities have been detected in different types of beta-thalassemia . the aim of this study is to assess the lipid profiles in beta-thalassemia major (btm) and beta-thalassemia intermedia (bti) patients in southern iran. methods: the study group consisted of 55 btm patients and 50 b...

effects of summer savory (satureja hortensis l.) dry powder (ssdp) and essential oil (sseo) on performance, ruminal fermentation and blood metabolites were assessed using 20west azerbaijan native kids (16±1.94 kg initial live weight) in a random block design with 5 treatments (4 replicates per treatment) over a 13-week period. treatments were: i) basal diet without additive (control), ii): basa...

Semliki Forest virus (SFV) and many other enveloped animal viruses enter cells by a membrane fusion reaction triggered by the low pH within the endocytic pathway. In vitro, SFV fusion requires cholesterol in the target membrane, but the role of cholesterol in vivo is unknown. In this paper, the infection pathway of SFV was studied in mammalian and inset cells substantially depleted of sterol. C...

Background: Splenectomy is a common treatment for beta thalassemia. It not only eliminates many complications by reducing the need for blood transfusion, but also causes new complications that threaten the patientschr('39') health. The aim of this study was to determine if splenectomy could alter the lipid profile and glucose metabolism in beta thalassemia major patients. Methods: In this case-...

[3H]Squalene 2,3(S);22(S),23-dioxide was prepared by incubation of [3H]mevalonate with S10 rat liver homogenate in the presence of 4,4,10 beta-trimethyl-trans-decal-3 beta-ol, a specific inhibitor of oxidosqualene cyclase (EC 5.4.99.7). Aerobic incubation of [3H]squalene 2,3(S);22(S),23-dioxide with S10 rat liver homogenate affords 24(S),25-epoxycholesterol with an efficiency comparable to that...