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Maternal levels of alpha-fetoprotein in African women.
(East African medical journal, 1991-08)
In a prospective and cross-sectional study, 147 serum samples from normal antenatal indigenous Kenyan women were analysed for alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) concentrations between 8 and 28 weeks gestation. There was progressive ...
Experimental kwashiokor and obesity
(1991)
Obesity and kwashiorkor syndrome were experimentally simulated in sprague
dawley weaning rats to investigate the changes in energy metabolism and relative organ
body weight ratios during over nutrition and under ...
Changes in the concentrations of testosterone, luteinising hormone and progesterone associated with administration of embelin
(Elsevier, 1991-10-01)
The mode of action of embelin, a naturally occurring plant benzoquinone with male
fertility regulating potential, was investigated. Sexually mature white New Zealand male
rabbits were injected intra-muscularly with ...
In vitro interstitial (Leydig) cell response to LH and concentrations of plasma testosterone and LH in the naked mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber, Ruppell)
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1991-03-01)
Summary Reproductive endocrinology of the male naked mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber)
caught in the wild was studied. In vitro treatment of isolated Leydig cells using either normal
dose of LH capable of stimulating ...
Defects in resting metabolic rates and mitochondrial respiration in Kwashiorkor and dietary obese rats
(Springer-Verlag, 1991-07-01)
Resting metabolic rates have been measured and compared with hepatic
mitochondrial respiration in Kwashiorkor and diet-induced obese weaned rats. In
Kwashiorkor, resting metabolic rate was 21% lower than the value of ...