Volume 5 Issue 1
Published: 2005-12-01
Contents
Article
Effects of zinc and allopurinol in ameliorating oxidative stress in lead-exposed workers
Dawser Khalil Ismaiel
Background: Oxidative stress has been recently implicated in the pathogenesis of acute and chronic exposure to lead. Consequently, the potential role of using antioxidants of various types to...
The effect of carbamazepine on biochemical bone profile in epileptic patients
Deena K. Al-Samman, Faris A. Ahmed
Objectives: To assess the biochemical bone profile in epileptic patients treated with carbamazepine monotherapy which include serum total calcium, phosphorus levels and alkaline phosphatase...
Evaluation of anti bacterial activity of punica granatum peels extracts, on growth of gram-positive bacteria isolated from clinical samples
M. Y. Bane, Hassan J. Mohammad, Hamoudi A. Hameed, Siham S. Shaokat
Thirty samples were collected from patients (10-45) years old, suffered from tonsillitis,pharyngitis, infected wounds, acne & Bronchitis.Gram positive bacteria were isolated from these samples,...
Biochemical risk markers for ischemic heart diseases in diabetic patients
Ihsan Hassan Al-Dabbagh, Raad Yahya Al-Hamdani
Fasting blood samples were collected from 142 diabetics (57males, 85 females) included 10(7%) with type 1 and 132(93%) with type 2 diabetes, age ranged 10-80 with mean SD 51.7 12.2 years. They...
Effect of melatonin on oxidative stress markers in patients with alopecia areata
AL- Gaff AN, Humadi S, Wohaieb S.A
Alopecia areata is an autoimmune, nonscarring, multifocal disorder of hair growth characterized by circular bald areas, which occur on any hair bearing site of the body. The exact cause of alopecia...
The effect of atenolol and combination of atenolol and thiazide diuretic on the lipid profile in hypertensive patients
Jawna Khalid Mamdoh, Faris A. Ahmed
Objectives: To assess the effect of atenolol and combination of atenolol and diuresam (hydrochlorthiazide, 25 mg and amiloride, 5 mg) on the lipid profile including serum total cholesterol,...
Lipid profile in type 2 diabetic patients in Mosul
Samir B. Al-Mukhtar
Objectives: (a)To examine the effects of diabetes and its duration on lipid profile. (b)To determine the prevalence of dyslipidaemia on lipid profile. Design: Case-control study. Setting: The study...
Ranitidine reversed the hyperaemic response in the stomach of rats exposed to immobilization stress
M.K. Shindala, S.M. A. AL-Nuimi
The immobilization stress has been recently recognized to produce marked increase of gastric acid secretion and cause hyperaemia in the stomach . Since ranitidine reduced corpus mucosal blood flow...
