Isolation, characterization and hypolipidemic activity of ferulic acid in high-fat-diet-induced hyperlipidemia in laboratory rats.

abstract：:Hepatitis C is a major global health burden and Egypt has the highest prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) worldwide. The current study was designed to evaluate the beneficial therapeutic effects of ethanolic extracts of Nigella sativa, Zingiber officinale and their mixture in Egyptian HCV patients. Sixty volunteer p...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Abdel-Moneim A,Morsy BM,Mahmoud AM,Abo-Seif MA,Zanaty MI

更新日期：2013-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:To date, a number of significant herbal drug interactions have their origins in the alteration of cytochrome P450 (CYP) activity by various phytochemicals. Among the most noteworthy are those involving St. John's wort and drugs metabolized by human CYP3A4 enzyme. This review article is the continued work from our prev...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Wanwimolruk S,Phopin K,Prachayasittikul V

更新日期：2014-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of phenyl-3-(thiophen-2-yl)-4, 5-dihydro-1H-pyrazole-1-carbothioamides (TTa-TTg) were synthesized by the ring closure reaction of phenyl-1-(thiophen-2-yl) prop-2-en-1-ones with thiosemicarbazide in alcoholic basic medium. All the final derivatives were evaluated for their antidepressant and neurotoxicity scre...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Mathew B,Suresh J,Anbazhagan S

更新日期：2014-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Some debates exist regarding the association of diabetes mellitus (DM) with COVID-19 infection severity and mortality. In this study, we aimed to describe and compare the clinical characteristics and outcomes of hospitalized COVID-19 patients with and without DM. In this single-centered, retrospective, observational s...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Mansour A,Sajjadi-Jazi SM,Kasaeian A,Khosravi B,Sorouri M,Azizi F,Rajabi Z,Motamedi F,Sirusbakht A,Eslahi M,Mojtabbavi H,Sima AR,Radmard AR,Mohajeri-Tehrani MR,Abdollahi M

更新日期：2020-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep deprivation affects all aspects of health. Adverse health effects by sleep deviation are still underestimated and undervalued in clinical practice and, to a much greater extent in monitoring human health. We hypothesized that sleep deprivation-induced mild organ injuries; oxidative stress and inflammation might ...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Periasamy S,Hsu DZ,Fu YH,Liu MY

更新日期：2015-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic syndrome (MS) is a condition associated with metabolic abnormalities that are characterized by central obesity (e.g. waist circumference or body mass index), hypertension (e.g. systolic or diastolic blood pressure), hyperglycemia (e.g. fasting plasma glucose) and dyslipidemia (e.g. triglyceride and high-dens...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Worachartcheewan A,Schaduangrat N,Prachayasittikul V,Nantasenamat C

更新日期：2018-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Aromatase is a rate-limiting enzyme for estrogen biosynthesis that is overproduced in breast cancer tissue. To block the growth of breast tumors, aromatase inhibitors (AIs) are employed to bind and inhibit aromatase in order to lower the amount of estrogen produced in the body. Although a number of synthetic aromatase...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Shoombuatong W,Schaduangrat N,Nantasenamat C

更新日期：2018-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii is a common protozoan parasite, which infects warm-blooded mammals, including mice and humans, throughout the world. The negative effects of T. gondii infection on the human reproductive system have been documented, especially in females. However, only few studies have examined the effects of T. gond...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Saki J,Sabaghan M,Arjmand R,Teimoori A,Rashno M,Saki G,Shojaee S

更新日期：2020-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:To our knowledge, in spite of several trials exploring the beneficial effect of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) on polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), no comprehensive evidence has investigated the effects of n-3 PUFA consumption on PCOS complications. Therefore, our aim was to conduct a review to investigate the...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Salek M,Clark CCT,Taghizadeh M,Jafarnejad S

更新日期：2019-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA and chromosomal damage in peripheral blood leukocytes of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) were investigated by using the single cell gel electrophoresis assay /comet and cytokinesis- block micronucleus (CBMN) assays, respectively. The case-control study comprised patients with CAD (n = 46; average age 5...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Bhat MA,Mahajan N,Gandhi G

更新日期：2013-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin D deficiency, common in the population with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), can induce the main factors that lead to IBS clinical symptoms, such as depression, anxiety, and inflammation. Serotonin (5-HT) plays an important role in the pathophysiology of IBS, and its production and secretion are increased from ...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Khalighi Sikaroudi M,Mokhtare M,Shidfar F,Janani L,Faghihi Kashani A,Masoodi M,Agah S,Dehnad A,Shidfar S

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimentally-induced total sleep deprivation (TSD) and chronic partial sleep restriction (CPSR) leads to the emergence of cognitive impairments. This is hypothesized to result from a consequent neuroinflammation which may also hasten the neurodegenerative processes. Neuroinflammatory markers such as tumor necrosis f...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Torabi-Nami M,Nasehi M,Zarrindast MR

更新日期：2013-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme-coupled colorimetric assay for quantification of urinary sarcosine was developed. The proposed method is a specific reaction based on hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) formation via sarcosine oxidase (SOX). The liberated H2O2 reacts with Amplex Red in the presence of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) to produce the red-fl...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Yamkamon V,Phakdee B,Yainoy S,Suksrichawalit T,Tatanandana T,Sangkum P,Eiamphungporn W

更新日期：2018-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the effects of caffeine and chlorogenic acid supplementation on gut microbiota, and metabolic disturbances in patients with NAFLD and diabetes. In this randomized, placebo-controlled, clinical trial, 26 patients with diabetes and NAFLD were randomly assigned to four groups to rec...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Mansour A,Mohajeri-Tehrani MR,Karimi S,Sanginabadi M,Poustchi H,Enayati S,Asgarbeik S,Nasrollahzadeh J,Hekmatdoost A

更新日期：2020-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Hypovitaminosis D is reported to be associated with several medical complications. Recent studies have reported a high worldwide prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency in the general population (up to 80 %). This is even higher in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and increases with advancing stages o...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Rozita M,Noorul Afidza M,Ruslinda M,Cader R,Halim AG,Kong CT,Nor Azmi K,Shah SA

更新日期：2013-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma or Liver cancer (LC) is the sixth most common cancer and the fourth cause of death worldwide in 2018. There has not been a comprehensive study on the survival rate of patients with LC in Asia yet. Therefore, the present study was conducted to evaluate the survival rate of patients with LC in A...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Hassanipour S,Vali M,Gaffari-Fam S,Nikbakht HA,Abdzadeh E,Joukar F,Pourshams A,Shafaghi A,Malakoutikhah M,Arab-Zozani M,Salehiniya H,Mansour-Ghanaei F

更新日期：2020-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:R273H mutant p53 is a DNA-contact mutant that renders p53 dysfunctional due to a single substitution of Arg273 for His273. Rescuing R273 mutant p53 implies that a competent molecule would have to bind to the site of DNA-contact hot spots to complement the loss of contact with the DNA-binding domain. Here, curcumin, fl...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Malami I,Muhammad A,Etti IC,Waziri PM,Alhassan AM

更新日期：2017-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, bioinformatics has advanced to the level that it allows almost accurate prediction of molecular interactions that hold together a protein and a ligand in the bound state. For instance, the program AutoDock has been developed to provide a procedure for predicting the interaction of small molecules with macrom...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Rizvi SM,Shakil S,Haneef M

更新日期：2013-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Presently, functional foods and nutraceuticals are gaining immense importance in the prevention of various maladies through dietary regimen module. Consumption of fruits and vegetables based diet has pursuit a range of bioactive components, especially phytochemicals targeting life threatening ailments. In this context...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Naz A,Butt MS,Sultan MT,Qayyum MM,Niaz RS

更新日期：2014-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Healthcare professionals, especially nurses and pre-hospital emergency (PHE) staff, are influenced by many stressors due to their responsibility to provide comfort as well as care and treatment of patients. The aim of the present study was to identify and rank the occupational stressors in nurses and PHE staff using F...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Rajabi F,Jahangiri M,Molaeifar H,Honarbakhsh M,Farhadi P

更新日期：2018-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to investigate the mechanism of electro-acupuncture (EA) on the recovery of injured spinal cord. Rats were randomly divided into normal control, sham-operated, SCI, SCI+EA group and T10 segment spinal cord injury (SCI) rat model was established by the modified Allen's method. After 7 days, the...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Zhu Y,Wu Y,Zhang R

更新日期：2017-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim was to establish a cell culture of adult primary bovine hepatocytes obtained from liver following slaughter and to cultivate the cells in a sandwich culture. Cells and medium samples were taken after separation of cells (day 0), during monolayer (days 1, 2 and 3) and during sandwich culture (days 1, 2, 3, 4, 7...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Ehrhardt S,Schmicke M

更新日期：2016-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) form a rare population of multipotent stem cells, which give rise to all hematopoietic lineages. HSCs home to bone marrow niches and circulate between blood and bone marrow. Many factors, especially SDF1a, affect the circulation of HSCs, but these have not been fully recognized. SDF1a h...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Asri A,Sabour J,Atashi A,Soleimani M

更新日期：2016-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of acute and chronic physical and psychological stressors on the induction of oxidative stress in male rat liver. Male Wistar rats were randomly divided into 3 groups as following: control, physical and psychological stress groups. Stress was induced by communication bo...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Jafari M,Salehi M,Zardooz H,Rostamkhani F

更新日期：2014-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study is conducted to determine the potential mechanisms of Boron compounds, boric acid (BA) and borax (BX), on genotoxicity of zebrafish Danio rerio for 24, 48, 72 and 96-hours acute exposure (level:1, 4, 16, 64 mg/l BA and BX) in semi-static bioassay experiment. For that purpose, peripheral erythrocytes ...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Gülsoy N,Yavas C,Mutlu Ö

更新日期：2015-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:[This retracts the article DOI: 10.17179/excli2015-642.]. ...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Finelli C,Crispino P,Gioia S,La Sala N,D'amico L,La Grotta M,Miro O,Colarusso D

更新日期：2016-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Octyl gallate (OG) is an antioxidant commonly used in food, although there is no definition of its acceptable daily intake. There are reports in vitro and in vivo showing that food additives and drugs can alter lipid metabolism. Lipid droplet accumulation in hepatic cells is one of the main findings in the unregulated...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Lima KG,Schneider Levorse VG,Rosa Garcia MC,de Souza Basso B,Pasqualotto Costa B,Antunes GL,Luft C,Haute GV,Leal Xavier L,Donadio MVF,Rodrigues de Oliveira J

更新日期：2020-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous research has shown the beneficial effects of aqueous extract of Piper sarmentosum (P.s) on atherosclerosis. The first stage in atherosclerosis is the formation of foam cell. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the methanol extract of P.s on fatty streaks by calculating neointimal foam cell ...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Amran AA,Zakaria Z,Othman F,Das S,Al-Mekhlafi HM,Raj S,Nordin NA

更新日期：2012-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Bladder cancer (BC) is the sixth most common malignancy in men and 17th in women. Exosomal long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been defined as a novel biomarker for BC. The aim of this study is to evaluate the clinical significance of urine exosomal PVT-1, ANRIL and PCAT-1 as a biomarker in BC patients with tumors cla...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Abbastabar M,Sarfi M,Golestani A,Karimi A,Pourmand G,Khalili E

更新日期：2020-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of leaf essential oil of Hoslundia opposita (Vahl) on the haematological parameters of alloxan-induced diabetic rats was investigated. Forty-eight albino rats (Rattus norvegicus), of average weight 132.5 g, were randomly selected into normal and diabetic groups, each with four sub-groups. The rats were trea...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Muhammad NO,Akolade JO,Usman LA,Oloyede OB

更新日期：2012-09-25 00:00:00