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Nutraceuticals and dyslipidaemia: Beyond the common therapeutics
2014
Dyslipidaemia accelerates the atherosclerotic process and its morbid consequences; statins represent the evidence-based treatment of choice for reducing low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and decreasing cardiovascular events. Unfortunately, statins are frequently not available for several reasons, including intolerance, side effects or, simply, patient preference. Nutraceuticals and functional food ingredients that are beneficial to vascular health may represent useful compounds that are able to reduce the overall cardiovascular risk induced by dyslipidaemia by acting parallel to statins or as adjuvants in case of failure or in situations where statins cannot be used. The mechanisms…
The effect of temperature fluctuations on oxygen consumption and ammonia excretion of underyearling Lake Inari Arctic charr
1998
Underyearling Lake Inari Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus were acclimated to 11·0) C for 3 weeks, and then one group was maintained at 11·0) C and others were exposed to 14·4) Cconst, 17·7) Cconst or a diel fluctuating temperature of 14·3° C ± 1° C (14·3° Cfluc). Routine rates of oxygen consumption and ammonia excretion were measured over 10 days before the temperature change and over 31 days following the change. Measurements were made on fish that were feeding and growing. The temperature increase produced an immediate increase in oxygen consumption. There was then a decline over the next few days, suggesting that thermal acclimation was rapid. For groups exposed to constant temperature th…
Retarded Elimination of a High-Molecular Enzyme-Substrate-Complex after Hydroxyethyl-Starch-Infusion
1978
During a pharmacokinetic study with hydroxyethyl starch we found, that this plasma substitute induces a regular increase of serum amylase. In 54 patients after infusion of 500 ml 6% hydroxyethyl starch (HES) an increase of serum amylase was observed, which in 51 cases exceeded the upper limit of normal (190 U/l). In most cases serum amylase reached values twice as high as the basal value. Renal function influenced duration of increased serum amylase values, but did not influence maximum increases (201 ±15 U/l; mean ± SEM). In patients with advanced renal failure (GFR = 2–10 ml/min) serum amylase was still markedly elevated after 72 hours (298 ± U/l; mean ± SEM). In patients with normal rena…
Xenobiotic Metabolism
1999
Publisher Summary This chapter reveals that one's body takes up significant amounts of material that are used neither as energy substrates nor as building blocks for biological matrices. Uptake of such xenobiotica occurs mainly with the food but also by inhalation or transdermally. If these compounds accumulated in the organism, the resulting body burden would have been enormous. Thus, efficient mechanisms for the excretion of such compounds that have their roots very early in the evolution of life have developed. The two major elimination pathways in humans are excretion via bile and excretion via urine. For volatile compounds, exhalation can represent the dominant mechanism of excretion. …
Metabolism and fate of triazophos in rats
1976
The excretion patterns and tissue residues were determined after single and repeated oral dosing of rats with triazophos-14C Within 4 days after a single oral dose 76.3 % of the 14C was excreted in the urine and 21.0% in the faeces. After daily application for 12 days 69.5–83.4% of the label was eliminated in urine and 30.9–18.1 % in the faeces. Following prolonged application, however, elimination is distinctly slower. Distribution of radioactive residues in organs and tissue in both test series showed no appreciable or critical concentrations of radioactivity, with the exception of the gastrointestinal tract (contents and walls). Unchanged triazophos and l-phenyl-1,2,4-triazol-3-ol-3-14C …
1976
Poly[sulfadiazineacrylamide] (5), labeled with 14C in the main chain, was synthesized and its molecular weight viscosimetrically determined by comparison with unlabeled samples of poly[sulfadiazineacrylamide] with similar molecular weights which were determined by membrane osmometry. The material showed a polymer-specific prolongation of its systemic behaviour in mice. Rates of excretion of the polymer were negligibly low, whereas the toxicity was considerable. It was concentrated in the liver during the course of the experiment, but no affinity toward the PC6 plasmacytoma in mice could be detected. Poly[sulfadiazinacrylamid] (5) mit 14C-Hauptkettenmarkierung wurde synthetisiert und sein Mo…
Role of Individual Enzymes in the Control of Genotoxic Metabolites
1999
Excretion of abundant compounds is an essential property of living organisms. Each day, a vast amount of material is taken up by the body that is of no nutritional value. Up take of such xenobiotics occurs mainly with the food but also by inhalation or transder-mally. Accumulation of these compounds would result in an enormous body burden. Thus, efficient mechanisms for the excretion of such compounds developed that have their roots very early in the evolution of life.
Determination of N-acetyl-l-glutamine in urine by HPLC
1986
The determination of N-acetyl-l-glutamine (AC-GLN) in urine of rats after derivatization with xanthydrol by HPLC is described. The urine samples were collected from two groups of rats, one group fed normal nutrition, the other treated with AC-GLN. About 5 mM/l AC-GLN was detected in urine of untreated animals, whereas the excretion of the other group was in the range of 50 mM/l corresponding to about 50 wt.-% of the given AC-GLN.
Pharmakologisch-aktive polymere, 18. Körperverteilung und ausscheidungsverhalten von monomerem und polymerem sulfadiazinacrylamid
1979
Sulfadiazinacrylamid was absorbed after oral and intraperitoneal application in rats to a high extent; the absorption from the intraperitoneum was retarded. Glucose treatment delayed the absorption after both application forms. At comparatively high renal and enteral excretion rates the biological half life time of the monomer was estimated to 8 h. A tumouraffinity was not found but there were indications for a preferred storage in the RES. Poly[sulfadiazinacrylamide] was absorbed after intraperitoneal injection to a clear extent, where at the beginning of the treatment under simultaneous glucose load the absorption was delayed. 24 h after injection higher concentrations in metabolic organs…