Angiogenesis is necessary for the growth of adipose tissue. Dietary polyphenols may suppress growth of adipose tissue through their antiangiogenic activity and by modulating adipocyte metabolism. We investigated the effect of curcumin, the major polyphenol in turmeric spice, on angiogenesis, adipogenesis, differentiation, apoptosis, and gene expres...
Forty hyperlipidemic patients, smokers and non-smokers, were studied. Subjects received 15 g young barley leaf extract (BL) or 60 g adlay daily for four weeks. Overnight fasting blood samples were drawn immediately prior to and after four weeks of supplementation. Blood samples were analyzed for plasma lipid profiles and their susceptibility to low...
AIM: This randomized clinical study was designed to evaluate the effect of probiotic intervention using lactobacilli on the periodontal condition of volunteers without severe periodontitis. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Freeze-dried Lactobacillus salivarius WB21 (WB21)-containing tablets or a placebo were given to volunteers in a double-blind randomized st...
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Impact of gamma-radiation on antigenic properties of cow's milk beta-lactoglobulin.
Kaddouri H, Mimoun S, El-Mecherfi KE, Chekroun A, Kheroua O, Saidi D.
Laboratory of Physiology of the Nutrition and Food Safety, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, U...
OBJECTIVE: To observe the effect of acupuncture and moxibustion on the conditional position preference (CPP) and prefrontal cortical ultrastructure in heroin re-addicted rats. METHODS: Thirty-two Wistar rats were randomly divided into normal, model, medication and acu-moxibustion (acu-moxi) groups, with 8 cases in each. Re-addiction model was estab...
OBJECTIVE: To observe the therapeutic effect of moxibustion in re-treatments patients of tuberculosis. METHODS: Fifty-three cases were randomly divided into an observation group (n = 31) and a control group (n = 22). They were treated with routine chemotherapeutic program of western medicine with garlic moxibustion on main points Feishu (BL 13), Ga...
OBJECTIVE: To observe the therapeutic effect of acupuncture for treatment of patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. METHODS: Ninety-eight cases were randomly divided into an acupuncture group (n= 50) and a medicine group (n=48). The acupuncture group was treated with acupuncture at Shenshu (BL 23), Guanyuan (CV 4), Taixi (KI 3), Sanyinjiao (SP...
OBJECTIVE: To compare therapeutic effects of acupuncture and medication on primary simple premature ejaculation. METHODS: One hundred and eleven cases were randomly divided into an acupuncture group (n = 56) and a medication group (n = 55). The acupuncture group was treated by acupuncture with acupoint group I Xinshu (BL 15), Ganshu (BL 18), Pishu ...
OBJECTIVE: To observe the effect of acupuncture on fracture in the ovariectomized rat and the mechanism. METHODS: Sixty SD female rats were randomly divided into 4 groups: normal group (group A), model group (group B), acupuncture group (group C) and Nilestriol group (group D). In all the groups, except the group A which received sham operation, th...
OBJECTIVE: To compare therapeutic effects of pecking moxibustion therapy and common acupuncture on irritable bowel syndrome (diarrhea type). METHODS: Fifty cases of irritable bowel syndrome were randomly divided into a pecking moxibustion group (n=30) and an acupuncture group (n=20). The pecking moxibustion group was treated by pecking moxibustion ...