Effect of honey bee products on normal albino rats

The aim of this work was to study the effect of bee products administration [honey, pollen and royal jelly] on blood sugar and liver function of normal rats. An experiment was conducted for a period of 16 weeks. Blood samples were collected before treatment, then after 8 and 16 weeks. Serum glucose, proteins, lipids and liver enzymes were determined. The results revealed that bee products did not cause harmful significant effects on the previous biochemical parameters and prevented the biochemical disorders during the course of the experiment

Prophylactic effect of honey bee products against hepatotoxicity in albino rats

In this study, rats were subjected to different bee products for 16 weeks, then treated with hepatotoxic agents in order to study the protective effect of these products against hepatotoxicity. Chosen biochemical parameters in serum concerning liver function, liver nucleic acids and mitochondrial enzymes were carried out. Data revealed that the pretreated rats with different bee products for 16 weeks, then treated with hepatotoxic agents were significantly improved

Diagnostic value of adenosine deaminase enzyme activity in lymphocytic pleural effusion

To evaluate the usefulness of Adenosine deaminse [ADA] activity in aetiological diagnosis of lymphocytic pleural effusion, ADA activity was estimated colorimetrically in pleurals fluid and sera of 50 patients. Thirty patients had tuberculous effusion [group I] and the remaining 20 patients had malignant pleural effusion [group II]. Compared to patients with malignant pleural effusion tuberculous, effusion patents showed significant increase in mean values +/- SD of pleural fluid ADA activity [81.75 +/- 25 02 u/L vs 20.06 +/- 11.35 u/L, P < 0.001], serum ADA activity [32.34 +/- 8.25 vs 20.58 +/- 4.73, P < 0.001] and effusion ADA/ serum ADA ratio [2.51 +/- 0.65 vs 1.01 +/- 0.59, P < 0.001]. In patients with tuberculous effusion, pleural fluid ADA activity correlated significantly positive with serum ADA activity [r = 0.6001, P < 0.001], while there was no such significant correlation between the two parameters in patients with malignant pleural effusion. Determination of ADA activity is simple, easy and cheap test and it must he taken into consideration in the early routine study of patients with pleural effusion. High pleural fluid ADA activity usually favours tuberculous etiology

hypocholesterolaemic effect of B-pyridyl carbinol [ronicol]

The daily administration of beta-pyridyl carbinol to normal Buscat male rabbits at a dose of 30 mg/Kg body weight for 8 weeks, gave marked decreases on serum total lipids, triglycerides and phospholipids Slightly decreases noticed in serum total cholesterol levels of these animals. The action of Ronicol administration on the induced-hypercholesterolaemic rabbits was highly significant in reduction of the elevated serum lipid constituents. Marked decreases on serum lipoprotein fractions were also found after Ronicol administration and the lowest levels obtained at the end of the experimental period