in the present work, the effect of milk supplementation on viability of yogurt bacteria (streptococcus thermophilus and lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus) and probiotic bacteria (lactobacillus acidophilus and bifidobacteria) was studied during yogurt manufacture and thirty three days storage. incubation time to reach ph value of 4.5 was greatly affected by the addition of casein fract...

introduction: boron possesses widespread properties and is important for human and animal nutrition. since boron is rapidly bioavailable, the objective of the present study was to determine whether acute (hourly or daily), and weekly supplementationcould have any significant biological effects on the synthesis of steroids as well as inflammatory biomarkers. methods: eight male volunteers partic...

the aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of in vitro supplementation of selenium on fresh and frozen spermatozoa quality of buffalo (bubalus bubalis) bulls. five healthy buffalo bulls (5 ejaculates from each bull) were used. each ejaculate was diluted at 37 ˚c with tris-based extender containing 0 (control), 0.5, 1, 2, 4 and 8 μg ml-1 sodium selenite and the sperm motility and...

purpose: in this study the effect of iron supplmentation on hemoglobin and hematocrit in pregnant women with hb>13.2 g/dl was investigated. material and methods: in this experimental clincal study, the effect of iron supplementation on hemoglobin and hematocrit in pregnant women with hb>13.2 g/dl and ferritin> 14.3 μg/l during the 13th- 18th pregnancy week was studied. eighty seven women havin...

in the present study, the effects of milk supplementation on growth and viability of yogurt (streptococcus thermophilus and lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus) and probiotic bacteria (lactobacillus acidophilus and bifidobacteria) were studied during yogurt production and 33 days of refrigerated storage. the incubation time to reach ph = 4.5 was greatly affected by the addition of milk ...

conclusions there is not enough evidence to support or refute the routine use of fish oil supplements during pregnancy for the prevention or treatment of diabetes. it is suggested that further randomized controlled trials be conducted to evaluate the role of fish oil supplementation in pregnancy. context one of the most common complications of pregnancy is gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm), w...

background: hypercholesterolemia is one of the risk factors of cardiovascular diseases. it affects general health and increases cardiovascular mortality rate. diet with high cholesterol increases ldl that, inturn, decrease ldl receptors activity in liver. oxidation of vessel wall lipoproteins increases development of atherosclerosis. several evidences suggest that antioxidants consumption decre...

background: improvement in complications of antitumor agents and surgery is important to enhance life quality and survival among patients with colon and colorectal cancer. it has been reported that some dietary components such as glutamine (gln) have beneficial effects on these complications of cancer therapies. however, the results of studies are inconsistent in this area. we performed a revie...

this research was carried out to investigate the effects of various levels of dietary organic selenium supplementation (0, 0.1,  0.2 and  0.3 mg/kg) on reproductive traits of rooster. semen was collected using abdominal massage and samples were mixed together. sperm characteristics including percentage of motile, viable and abnormal sperms were assessed. this experiment was carried out based on...

to investigate the effect of vitamin e supplementation on the response of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (icam-1) to exhaustive exercise, 16 active men were selected and divided into supplementation and placebo groups based on vo2max. the subjects in each group completed 65 minutes of exhaustive exercise after14 days of supplementation. blood samples were collected before supplementation and...