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Artemisia vulgaris leaves are known to have anectodatal evidence of antioxidant activity which can be of use as an anti – stress remedy. However, this claim is yet to be proven and no available data on its adaptogenic potential hence, this study aimed to determine the adaptogenic potential of Artemisia vulgaris leaf extract on male albino rats using acute restraint stress. Six male albino rats were used as test animals and were subdivided into the following: control group, untreated normal group, negative group, and three doses of the test solution [500mg/200g rat (T1), 250mg/200g rat (T2), and 150 mg/200g rat (T3)]. T3 rats exhibited the highest adaptogenic activity of -3,111.11% based on cholesterol levels and -1916.67% based on glucose levels. Moreover, glucose levels of T2 and T1 rats were -345.41% and -6.60%, respectively while for their cholesterol levels, T2 exhibited -277.78% and T1 exhibited -90.05%. The median effective dose of the test suspension based on cholesterol levels and glucose levels is 169.70 mg/200g rat and 151.81mg/200g rats, respectively. From...
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Pharmacists in all practice settings are in a key position to start providing care to people, who have diabetes or are at risk of developing it, or to expand and improve their care. Pharmacy programs for patients with diabetes involve activities ranging from identifying and referring at-risk patients, to supporting American Diabetes Association recognized multi-disciplinary diabetes care programs. Pharmacists can help identify patients with diabetes through screening and should target patients at high risk, people with a family history of the disease, and women with a history of gestational diabetes or who delivered a baby weighing more than nine pounds. Patient education should be provided immediately after diagnosis, at a second stage at which time a patient assessment can be performed, and at a third stage during which patients can receive continuing education to reinforce concepts and motivational boost. One of the pharmacist’s most important roles is the referral of patients to the other members of the diabetes care team. The pharmacist can play an important role in diabetes...
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N-heterocyclic compounds have extensive biological and pharmaceutical applications. 8-Hydroxyquinoline (8-HQ) also plays a significant role in many fields of life. The excellent biological significance of the 8-HQ prompted us to extend the DFT based studies. The frontier molecular orbitals (FMOs), UV-VIS and solvation model based studies remained unknown. Therefore, we intended to study the natural bond orbital, FMOs, UV-VIS, thermodynamic properties and medium influence on solvation energies, dipole moment, FT-IR and FT-Raman using polarizable continuum model (PCM) and density-based solvation model (SMD). The electronic properties of molecule were calculated by M06-2X/6-31G (d,P) and B3LYP/6-31G (d,p) level of theories. The solvent influence on the geometric parameters, FT-IR and FT-Raman were studied by B3LYP /6-31G(d) method. A good correspondence is found between the optimized parameters and the reported X-ray data. Natural bond orbital reveals that the maximum stabilization energy reached up to 39.64kJ/mol which is responsible for extra stability of the molecule. In solvated 8-HQ, a significant medium effects on FT-IR and FT-Raman intensities is observed. The intensities enhanced from gas...
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Postpartum period is an important step because the mother’s body needs to heal and recover, after pregnancy period and childbirth. So taking good care and a balanced diet in the postpartum period, plays an important role in the women’s health. Thus, training of nutrition is so necessary at this period. The aim of this study was an evaluation the effect of the pregnancy period preparation classes on the nutritional behavior of the postpartum period. This research is a semi-experimental study. 230 number of the nulliparas admitted to the health centers selected by stratified-cluster sampling method and were placed in the intervention and control groups. Classes for the intervention group were held once every one week in the eight sessions and the duration of each session, was one hour. Collection of data was conducted through questionnaires and in order to its analysis, SPSS software was used. The results for this experiment showed that the groups of intervention and control, were similar in terms of the demographic characteristics but there was...
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Uric acid is the end-product of purine metabolism and a major antioxidant in humans. Most of the uric acid produced from the catabolism is readsorbed into the blood circulation system after primary filtration and partial secretion by the kidney. Uric acid levels in physiological fluids such as plasma and urine serve as valuable indicators for certain clinical conditions. An elevated uric acid in urine or serum can affect renal function and blood pressure, which is an indicator of gout, cardiovascular and renal diseases, hypertension, etc. Low uric acid levels may be associated with molybdenum deficiency, copper toxicity and worsening of multiple sclerosis. Therefore, detection of uric acid level dissolved in human physiological fluids is indispensable for diagnosis of patients suffering from these disorders associated with altered purine biosynthesis and catabolism. In this article the studies of detection methods for uric acid in biological samples in recent years are...
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