The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential beneficial effect of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) on cisplatin-induced alterations in anxiety levels in rats, by means of parameters of the exploratory activity obtained in the elevated plus maze (EPM) test. Animals were divided into four groups:...

Proper nutrition is fundamental to maintain the body's vital functions, physical and mental development in all stages of life, especially at the age of adolescence when it comes to rapid growth and development of the whole organism. During the entire life span, all the chemical components of food...

Fermented milk is the most popular group of functional food. This paper looks at the nutritional value and health benefits of fermented milk which include the improvement of lactose metabolism, the prevention and therapy of diarrhea and urogenital infections, the prevention of cardiovascular...

World health crises, especially in the prevention of infective diseases and as result of the spread of antibiotic resistance and the number of chronic diseases that disturb human health, have lead, since the 1980s, to the establishment of the functional food concept (FOSHU Food for specified health ...

A review of bacteria that colonize the human digestive tract is presented. The bacterial count is lowest in the stomach, increasing posteriorly through the duodenum and ileum until it reaches its peak of 10¹¹ to 10¹² colonies/ml in the large intestine. The anaerobic bacteria are predominant in the...

Chemical analyses of 7 commercial cheeses processed by heating indicated calcium:phosphorus ratios of 0.5:1 to 0.9:1, compared with 1.4:1 to 1.5:1 for Cottage cheese. Experiments on rats given 2 cheeses intended for children showed that utilization of Ca was lower in cheeses containing 2.8%...

Groups of male Wistar rats, average body weight 170 g, were fed on complete diets containing different amounts of vegetable oil and diazepam or alcohol or combinations of diazepam and alcohol. Nutritionally and energetically adequate diets with 20% edible oil and alcohol plus diazepam did not cause ...

Male Wistar rats 2 months old were fed for 6 months on a diet containing 5 or 20% sunflower oil and given a 25% solution of sucrose without or with 32% alcohol or hydrocortisone sodium succinate 0.5 mg/kg or both alcohol and hydrocortisone. Total lipids and cholesterol in liver and serum were...

In 169 male and 83 female outpatients with moderately impaired glucose tolerance after consumption of a moderately low-energy diet for 1 year, blood triglyceride values, the ratio of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) to high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and of total cholesterol to HDL...