USE OF LACTOFERRIN SUPPLEMENT AS AN EFFICIENT ANTIOXIDANT TO AMELIORATE THE EFFECTS OF MERCURY-INDUCED OXIDATIVE STRESS IN MALE WISTAR RATS

Use of lactoferrin supplement as an efficient antioxidant to ameliorate the effects of mercury-induced oxidative stress in male wistar rats

Background: The present study was carried out to test the antioxidant activity of lactoferrin as a dietary supplement to alleviate the effects of oxidative stress induced by mercury toxicity.Hematological and biochemical assays were employed to evaluate the ameliorating effects of lactoferrin.Methods: Sixty male Wistar rats were allotted randomly a

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LIN-35 is necessary in both the soma and germline for preserving fertility in Caenorhabditis elegans under moderate temperature stress.

Maintenance of germline function under stress conditions is crucial for species survival.The germ line in many species is especially sensitive to elevated temperature.We have investigated the role of the pocket protein LIN-35 in preserving fertility in Caenorhabditis elegans under moderate temperature stress.We show that lin-35 mutants display seve

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Biology of Sexual Dysfunction

Sexual activity is a multifaceted activity, involving complex interactions between the nervous system, the endocrine system, the vascular system and a variety of Micklem bridles structures that are instrumental in sexual excitement, intercourse and satisfaction.Sexual function has three components i.e., desire, arousal and orgasm.Many sexual dysfun

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‘As Simple as Music’: Kinds of Noise in Sean Bonney’s Poetry

This article considers Sean Bonney’s texts Happiness: Poems After Rimbaud (2011), Letters Against the Firmament (2015), Our Death (2019) and antimatter (2019).I write about each of these texts in terms of Bonney’s representation within them of music and noise.Rather than discussing this from a musicological perspective, or in relation to partic

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