background: cholesterol oxidase (cho) has various clinical and industrial applications. recently, microbial cho have received a great attention for their wide usage in medicine. here, taxonomic characterizations of isolated strain from soil, optimization of the conditions for cho production and biochemical characterizations of produced cho enzyme were described. finally, cho gene was cloned int...

background: this study was done to test the notion that opium can reduce serum lipids and decrease the risk of ischemic heart disease (ihd) in opium addicts; we made a comparison between the lipid profiles of opium addicts and non-addicts.   methods: in this study, we compared 100 male opium addicts (according to the icd-10 criteria) who had referred to addiction treatment centers with 75 healt...

results a significant increase in blood abca1 (ex group p < 0.002, t = - 9.876) and apo a-i (ex group p < 0.05, t = 2.76) gene expression was shown following the 12 weeks of training. plasma high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (hdl-c) concentration increased (p < 0.001, t = 4.90 respectively) while plasma low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (ldl-c) concentration decreased (p < 0.001, t = 4.27)...

introduction: the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of high fiber diet on lipid profile of obese adolescent girls. methods: this randomized cross over clinical trial was conducted in southern iran. a total of 56 patients were randomly assigned into two groups. in the first phase, the experiment group had a high fiber diet while the control group consumed their usual diet for 2...

because the ingestion of some types of dietary fibers has been shown to influence on the lipid and lipoprotein levels, it is possible that chitosan influences on lipid metabolism. in the present study, the effects of chitosan on the serum, liver lipid and lipoprotein concentrations in rat were investigated. serum lipid level in the treatment groups were decreased compared to that of the control...

conclusions some other small studies have proved that statins were effective in regression of endometriosis implants and we have also proved that the levels of serum lipid profile was higher in patients suffering from endometriosis, perhaps higher levels of lipid profile has a significant etiologic role in pathogenesis of endometriosis. results we had 25 patients in endometriosis group and 50 i...

background periodontitis is a local chronic inflammatory condition of the supporting structures of the teeth resulting from a dental plaque biofilm attached to teeth surfaces. recent studies have indicated that this oral disease may have effects on systemic health. objectives the aim of the present study was to evaluate the association between periodontitis and hyperlipidemia. patients and meth...

trends in cholesterol level of different populations have been investigated in several studies. this study is conducted to determine the trend of cholesterol level of iranian adults from 1990 to 2007. data on cholesterol measurements of four national health surveys that have been carried out in iran used in this study. cholesterol level of 12728 adults aged 25-64 were measured in 1990-1 survey....

purpose : to report two cases of orbitofrontal cholesterol granuloma, which is a rare progressive destructive disease case reports : we report two patients with orbitofrontal cholesterol granuloma a 50-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman both with progressive proptosis due to a cystic lesion in the superior part of the orbit with frontal bone erosion and intracranial extension. the second case...