lead (pb), has, for decades, being known for its adverse effects on various body organs and systems. in the present study, the damage of pb on the liver tissue apoptosis was investigated, and lycopersicon esculentum as an antioxidants source was administered orally to prevent the adverse effects of pb. eighteen wistar rats, randomized into three groups (n=6), were used for this study. animals i...

a total number of 67 workers of teheran battery workshops were investigated for probable lead absorption due to the working with lead storage batteries. twenty workers with other occupations were selected as control group. blood and urine analysis were carried out for both groups. lead content of the urine in about 95.5% of the subjects was below 10 μg/100 ml. two subjects showed higher concent...

heavy metals contamination is a major environmental problem which requires immediate human attention. the use of plant species to remove pollutants from soils, generally defined as phytoextraction. in order to evaluate phytoextraction of contaminated soils, a pot experiment conducted using two plants barley, canola three kinds of heavy metals (cd, pb, ni) with 3 levels in a completely randomize...

conclusions we would like to suggest that lihtn may better be managed by alpha blockers compared with converting enzyme inhibitors case presentation our patient was a male admitted with the chief complaint of chronic abdominal pain. his whole blood lead level was reported to be 1961 µg/l. he also mentioned a previous history of htn managed by propranolol (10 mg, tds). he discharged himself by g...