Blood chemical parameters were analyzed by Fourier-transform infrared spectrometry (notably for determining the concentrations of glucose, lactate, urea, glycerol, triglycerides, and proteins) in 14 top-class marathon runners (133.7+/-4.1 min at marathon, 10.1% difference between extremes) who performed a 10-km run at their individual marathon velocity. Marathon performance level was correlated...

BACKGROUND Psychoactive substances affect mainly central nervous system and brain function causing changes in behavior. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of different psychoactive substances on serum biochemical parameters. PATIENTS AND METHODS The study included 324 drug dependents, and 69 controls. The patient group was determined according to DSM-IV (The d...

Objective(s): Titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles (NPs) are widely used in commercial food additives and cosmetics worldwide. Uptake of these nanoparticulate into humans by different routes and may exhibit potential side effects, lags behind the rapid development of nanotechnology. Thus, the present study designed to evaluate the toxic effect of mixed rutile and anatase TiO2 NPs on serum bioc...

in the present study, the age- and sex-specific changes of various haematological and blood serum biochemical blood parameters of beluga ( huso huso ) were investigated. blood samples were collected from 4-, 6-, 7-, and 8-year-old beluga (n = 7 for each sex and age). the specimens were fed at a rate of 0.5-3% body weight per day. ast and ldh levels in 7- and 8-year-old fish of both sexes were s...

the effects of dietary nucleotide (nt) were evaluated on some serum biochemical parameters and acute stress responses of the catfish (pangasianodon hypophthalmus). five experimental diets including 0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, and 1% nt were supplied to catfish fry for 10 weeks. at the end of the experiment, fish fed the control and 1% nt diets were subjected to handling and crowding stress. the results...