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Preeclampsia is a pregnancy-related disorder and considered as one of the major reasons for infants and mothers death in developed nations. HELLP disorder is a problem related to child birth that usually happens in women with intense preeclampsia and associated with different features, including hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelet count. Due to normal hepatic markers during pregnancy, our purpose is to examine these factors in pregnant women and their association with disorders such as preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome. This case-control study included 99 Iranian pregnant women that divided two groups including preeclamptic and normotensive pregnant women. Samples were collected from Ahvaz city. We measured liver enzymes activity (ALT, AST, and ALP), total bilirubin and direct bilirubin and blood platelets by calorimetry methods in both groups. The results showed that there was no significant difference in the platelet level in both groups. However, we found a significant difference in the serum level of ALT, AST, ALP and total bilirubin between two groups (p<0.05), while the result related to direct...
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Posted by admin on Aug 2, 2016 in |
Fruits are considered as the wonder source of nutrition that are being obtained from the Plants. Fruits contain various bio active compounds that helps someone to fight against illness. A study has been conducted to evaluate the carbohydrate levels in various fruits. The fruits such as Malus domestica, Carica papaya, Psidium guajava, Ziziphus jujuba, Citrus sinensis, Punica granatum, Musa paradisiaca were tested and found to possess 0.38%, 0.48%, 0.5%, 0.5%, 0.885, 1.16% and 1.24% of carbohydrate levels respectively. In this study we found that same amount of Carbohydrate levels present in the Psidium guajava, Ziziphus jujuba. Musa paradisiaca shown highest amount of carbohydrate level (1.24%) and Psidium guajava, Ziziphus jujuba shown least amount of carbohydrate level...
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Posted by admin on Aug 2, 2016 in |
Polygonum flaccidum commonly known as Lalbishkatali is an annual herb, native to Bangladesh, and well known for its analgesic, anti-inflammatory, diuretic, purgative and insecticidal properties, and also for its use against snake-bites. This article provides the collective information about the phytochemical constituents isolated from this plant used in the modern scenario for the treatment of various ailments like acylflavone, α-santalene, caryophyllene oxide, borneol, sitosterin, naphtha, and stigmasterol. Here, we have reviewed all the reported pharmacological properties such as analgesic, anti-inflammatory, diuretic, purgative, insecticidal, antidiarrhoeal, antimotility and antidepressant properties, and some other...
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Posted by admin on Jul 21, 2015 in |
The supply of non-renewable energy sources from fossil fuel is depleting day by day, and it has become one of the greatest challenges to find alternative sources. Bioethanol as alternative biofuels has stimulated the worldwide interest. The use of bioethanol as fuel will minimize the amounts of fossil-derived carbon dioxide (CO2) to the Earth’s atmosphere. Yeast is the most acceptable of all organisms for ethanol production because of its diverse substrate specificity and ease of production of ethanol. Temperature is one of the most important environmental factors affecting microbial activity and production cost. The main objective of this research work was to isolation, characterization, and process optimization of ethanol-producing thermotolerant yeast strains. In total, 5 yeast isolates have been characterized based on morphological and physicochemical characters. Most of the strains were thermotolerant, ethanol tolerant, pH tolerant, as well as osmotolerant. All the strains were formed pseudo mycelium under stress condition. They were resistant to chloramphenicol, but growth was inhibited in the presence of 1% acetic Acid. The strains C...
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Posted by admin on Jul 20, 2015 in |
Objective: To explore the effects of glucose concentration on the growth of Wharton’s jelly mesenchymal stem cells from umbilical cords of gestational diabetic mothers (DWJMSCs) and normal mothers (NWJMSCs). Methods: NWJMSCs and DWJMSCs were treated at passage 3 with low (5.5mM) or high glucose. Cells’ growth was evaluated by methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium uptake and cytotoxicity by LDH release. Status of oxidative stress was estimated by the release of stress enzymes, i.e., glutathione s transferase (GSH) and catalase. Results: The results of cells’ growth assays indicated a significant increase in proliferation in DWJMSCs when treated with high glucose as compared to low glucose while the opposite was found in NWJMSCs. Conversely, cytotoxicity was lower in DWJMSCs treated with 25mM glucose while it was increased in NWJMSCs at the same concentration and vice-versa. Both groups of cells exhibited similar behavior in the release of antioxidant enzymes, i.e., GSH reduced in both cell types at 25mM glucose while no difference was observed in catalase activity. Conclusion: Growth of DWJMSCs is enhanced at...
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