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Original article English Mukhtar MS, Rao GM, Gamra NS, Afan AM, Zendah MI. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Great Al-Fateh University of Medical Sciences, Tripoli, Libya. Respiration. 1991;58(5-6):271-6. Abstract The ventilatory capacities of 195 tobacco factory workers exposed to tobacco dust and 190 Libyan men not exposed to tobacco dust were measured. In both …

Respiratory effects of occupational exposure to tobacco dust. Read More »

Original article English Sheriff DS. Department of Biochemistry, Al Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Reprod Toxicol. 1991;5(6):513-5. Abstract Keywords: Effect of vanadium on rat liver and testicular glutathione (GSH) and lipid peroxide levels. Link/DOI: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TC0-475CH3M-7&_user=10&_coverDate=12%2F31%2F1991&_rdoc=8&_fmt=summary&_orig=browse&_srch=doc-info(%23toc%235156%231991%23999949993%23357608%23FLP%23display%23Volume)&_cdi=5156&_sort=d&_docanchor=&_ct=18&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=18252e307f39ec06a7216e797d1da0dd

Original article English Abbas HL. Department of Zoology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Garyounis, Benghazi, Libya. Acta Physiol Hung. 1991;78(3):235-9. Abstract Osteomyelitis was induced artificially by injecting Staphylococcus aureus culture in the tibiae of young rabbits. Weekly estimations of hydroxyproline in urine were done for six weeks. It was found that the osteomyelitic rabbits excreted …

Excretion of urinary hydroxyproline in correlation with severity of induced osteomyelitis in rabbits. Read More »

Original article English Baccush MM, Nayak CS. Great Al-Fateh University of Medical Sciences, Tripoli. Acta Stomatol Croat. 1991;25(1):11-5. Abstract Seven hundred and twenty school children of primary school grades 5 and 6 in Hadba Sargia area in Tripoli were examined for dental caries. The mean DMFT index for the whole sample of children was 1.58. …

Prevalence of dental caries in school children from a suburban area in Tripoli, Libya. Read More »

Original article English Sebetan IM. Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar. Hum Hered. 1991;41(2):138-40. Abstract The genetic polymorphism of human plasminogen (PLG) was investigated in Libyans using wide-scale ultrathin-layer polyacrylamide isoelectric focusing with subsequent immunoblotting. The 2 common alleles, PLG*A and PLG*B, and 4 previously reported rare ones, PLG*A3, PLG*M4, …

Plasminogen polymorphism in Libyans: description of a new rare variant. Read More »

Original article English Elwaer OR, Elowni EE. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Al-Fateh University, Tripoli, Libya. Parasitol Res. 1991;77(1):48-9. Abstract The American screwworm fly Cochliomyia hominivorax has recently been reported in Libya (El-Azazy 1989). Fly larvae were cultured on blood agar at different temperatures (-5 degrees, 5 degrees, 18 degrees, 20 degrees, 30 degrees, 37 degrees, …

Studies on the screwworm fly Cochliomyia hominivorax in Libya: effect of temperature on pupation and eclosion. Read More »

Original article English Haider SS, el-Fakhri M. Department of Biochemistry, Al Arab Medical University, Faculty of Medicine, Benghazi, Libya. Neurotoxicology. 1991 Spring;12(1):79-85. Abstract Sodium metavanadate (2.5, 3.5 or 5.0 mg/kg) administration to rats, intraperitoneally, for 7, 3 or 2 consecutive days was found to enhance lipid peroxidation in various rat brain fractions. However, administration of …

Action of alpha-tocopherol on vanadium-stimulated lipid peroxidation in rat brain. Read More »

Original article English Ali BH. Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Pharmacology. 1991;42(1):49-53. Abstract The present experiments examined the protective effect of the nitrofuran drugs, furazolidone (FZ) and nitrofurazone (NF), on duodenal ulceration induced by cysteamine or indometacin in rats. FZ at oral doses of 25, 50 or 100 mg/kg …

Effect of nitrofurans on duodenal ulceration induced by cysteamine or indometacin. Read More »

Original article English El-laithi S. New Egypt J Med. 1991;6(1):161-5. Abstract PIP: The practice of breast feeding is rapidly declining among Libyan mothers. A study was therefore conducted in Libya to determine the prevalence and duration of breast feeding in relation to mothers’ age, parity, education, employment, and other factors; to learn why women stop …

Breast feeding in Libya: an epidemiologic study. Read More »

Original article English Balo NN, Ishaq M. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Garyounis, Benghazi, Libya. Pak J Pharm Sci. 1991 Jan;4(1):43-8. Abstract Sialic acid is a common conjugate of some serum glycoproteins and glycolipids. Elevated levels of serum sialic acid and alterations in serum glycoproteins have been observed in certain types of …

Serum sialic acid and glycoprotein levels in some Libyan cancer patients. Read More »