background: acute blood purification (abp) therapy is used regularly in the clinical setting and reportedly alleviates organ failure associated with severe systemic inflammatory responses, leading to reduced mortality. the present study aimed to determine whether there is a difference in efficacy between polysulfone (ps) membranes, which are currently used regularly in the clinical setting, and...

background: fatigue is a common side effect in cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy (rt). radiation-induced fatigue affects the quality of life, but there is no definitive treatment option. in this study, the weight-loaded forced swim test was performed to assess the effect of coenzyme q10 (coq10) on radiation-induced fatigue. materials and methods: a total of 60 rats were divided rando...

introduction: nymphea lotus linn (n. lotus) flowers are used empirically for the treatment of male sexual disorders in cameroon west region. this study was aimed to evaluate the effects of the n. lotus on some parameters of male fertility in adult albino male rats. methods: twenty four male rats were divided in 4 groups (n=6 each) and subjected to the following treatment: distilled water as veh...

background : electromagnetic fields are associated with production, transmission and use of electricity. in this  tudy we have investigated the effects of short and long time alternative magnetic fields' (amf, 50 hz) exposure on the secretion of hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis in the male rats. methods : forty eight wistar male rats, same range of age and weight were divided into four group...

objective: plantago major (p. major) is one of the medicinal crops in the world which has therapeutic properties for treatment of respiratory and gastrointestinal diseases. theophylline is commonly used for the treatment of respiratory diseases. in this study, we investigated the protective effects of hydro-alcoholic extract of p. majoron lung in asthmatic male rats. materials and methods: 32 m...

thirty six wistar albino rats with implant induced endometriosis were randomly divided into six groups of six animals each. the rats in the first group received nothing and were euthanized at day 21. in the second group, rats received nothing and were euthanized at day 36. the third group received atorvastatin (atv; 5 mg kg-1 per day, orally) until 21 days from induction of endometriosis, and t...

the present study investigated the effects of microinjections of acetylcholine (a cholinergic agonist), physostigmine (a cholinesterase inhibitor), atropine (an antagonist of muscarinic cholinergic receptors) and hexamethonium (an antagonist of nicotinic cholinergic receptors) into the parafascicular nucleus of thalamus on the acute corneal nociception in rats. acute corneal nociception was ind...

The aim of the present study is a comparative assessment echocardiographic characteristics in female and male mongrel rats. In experiments on anesthetized rats (ketamine 100 mg / kg, iv), it was shown that rats, size volume left ventricle are smaller than males, but compared with their ventricular ejection fraction, which characterizes its inotropic function, statistically significantly higher.

objective(s):in the present study, we evaluated immunological and immunomodulatory properties of royal jelly (rj) in 2,4,6 trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (tnbs)-induced colitis in rats. materials and methods: eighteen adult female wistar albino rats were divided into three groups of six animals each: a control group that received only saline solution, a tnbs-induced colitis group, and a tnbs-col...

we have studied the ulcerogenic effect of indomethacin in stretozocin. induced diabetic rats. streptozocin (65 mg kg-1) was injected intraperitoneally to male wistar rats. the blood glucose concentration was determined continuously. blood glucose level increased significantly (p<0.001) after 30 days. gastric erosions were induced by intraperitoneal injection of indomethacin (50 mg kg-1) in fast...