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To investigate the protective effect of Curcuma longa [CL] against carbon tetrachloride [CC1[4]] induced liver injury in adult male Wistar rat model. Study Experimental/Analytical study Place and Duration of Study: Animal House, Isra University Hyderabad from March to December 2013. Forty five adult male Wistar rats were divided into three groups; Group 1. controls received 0.9% isotonic saline, Group 2. received CC1[4] orally [1.9mg/kg] mixed in olive oil, and Group 3. received the CC1[4]+CL [250mg/kg] Blood samples were collected for liver biochemical assays. The animals were sacrificed, liver tissue, after fixation in 4% formaldehyde, was embedded in paraffin. Tissue sections of 5 micro thickness were subjected to haematoxylin and eosin staining and were assessed by light microscopy. The data was analyzed on SPSS 21.0 using one-way ANOVA, Fischer's LSD and Chi-square tests. A p-value of
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To evaluate the effect of high dose thiamine on postprandial blood glucose [PPBG] and hemoglobin A 1C levels in induced diabetic albino rat model. Experimental/Analytical study. Animal House, Isra University Hyderabad from March to October 2013. Forty adult albino rats were divided into four groups; Group I. Controls receiving normal diet, Group II. Controls receiving thiamine fortified diet, Group III. Diabetics receiving normal diet and Group IV. Diabetics receiving thiamine fortified diet. Diabetes mellitus was induced using Streptozocin. Thiamine was given at a dose of 1.6 g/kg body weight. Venous blood samples were drawn from animal's tail with a small bore cannula before and after 12 weeks of experimentation. The PPBG levels and Glycosylated HbA [HbA1c] were measured. The data was converted into database and analyzed on SPSS version 21.0 by ANOVA and Tukey-Kramer's test. A p-value of
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To investigate the protective effect of Pentoxifylline [PTX] in carbon tetrachloride [CC1[4]] induced liver injury in adult male Wistar rat model. Experimental/Analytical study. Animal House, Isra University Hyderabad from May to December 2012. Forty five adult male Wistar rats were divided into three groups; Group A. controls received 0.9% isotonic saline, Group B. received CC1[4] orally [I.9mg/kg] mixed in olive oil, and Group C. received the PTX+ CC1[4]. Blood samples were collected for liver biochemical assays. The animals were sacrificed, liver tissue, after fixation in 4% formaldehyde, was embedded in paraffin. Tissue sections of 5micro thickness were subjected to haematoxylin and eosin staining and were assessed by light microscopy. The data was analyzed on SPSS 21.0 using one-way ANOVA, Tukey-Cramer and Chi-square tests. A p-value of
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To investigate the effects of orally administered monosodium glutamate [MSG] on the fallopian tube histology in adult female Wistar rat model. Experimental/Analytical study. Animal House, Isra University Hyderabad from May to November 2013. Forty adult male Wistar rats were divided into three groups; Group A. controls received 0.9% isotonic saline, Group B. received MSG orally [1.5 mg/kg], and Group C. received MSG orally [3 mg/kg]. The animals were sacrificed after six weeks. Fallopian tubes were fixed in 4% formaldehyde, and were embedded in paraffin. Tissue sections of 5micro thicknesses were subjected to haematoxylin and eosin staining and were assessed by light microscopy. The fallopian tubes [FT] of the control group A showed normal histological features. The fallopian tubes of the treated groups showed some cellular hypertrophy of the columnar epithelium, distortion of the basement membrane separating the endosalpinx from the myosalpinx. There were degenerative and atrophic changes observed in some parts; these were more pronounced in those that received 3 mg/kg body weight of MSG. There were marked vacuolations and lysed red blood cells, [3 mg/kg body weight treated rats] appearing in the stroma cells. The monosodium glutamate may have deleterious effects on the fallopian tube histology in adult female Wistar rats particularly in high dose. Therefore caution must be taken for its frequent use in female because of possibility of female infertility