Original article English Green CH, Hall MJ, Fergiani M, Chirico J, Husni M. Tsetse Research Laboratory, ODA/Bristol University, Langford, U.K. Med Vet Entomol. 1993 Jan;7(1):59-65. Abstract A field study in Libya investigated aspects of Cochliomyia hominivorax behaviour relevant to the operation of a target-based control system. Flies were readily caught by electrified targets, but only …
Case report Italian Tozzi MC, Bruni L, Grisolia A, Lampariello S, Marcolongo P. Istituto di Clinica Pediatrica, Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza. Minerva Pediatr. 1993 Jan-Feb;45(1-2):35-9. Abstract The authors report the case of an 8-year-old Libyan boy who presented with hypertension, episodes of vomiting and headaches during the past year. Routine blood tests, …
Hypoplasia of the renal artery as a cause of renovascular hypertension. A case report Read More »
Original article English Mustafa AA, Abusowa M. FAO Representative, Khartoum, Sudan. Vet Res. 1993;24(5):422-9. Abstract The Chinese Brucella suis S2 vaccine was studied in a flock of sheep and goats in field conditions. The locally-produced vaccine was orally administered in the form of a drench to 446 ewes, 50 lambs and 20 adult goats. After …
Original article English Ali BH, Bashir AA. Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol. 1993 Jan;20(1):1-6. Abstract 1. The effects of graded doses of the alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonists clonidine, tizanidine and BHT-920, and the alpha 2-adrenoceptor antagonists yohimbine and idazoxan, on gastrointestinal transit were investigated in mice …
Original article English Gahukamble DB, Khamage AS, Gahukamble LD. Department of Paediatric Surgery, Al Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Ann Trop Paediatr. 1993;13(4):365-7. Abstract Of 66 children under 12 years of age treated for appendicular mass, seven underwent immediate surgery, and two of them developed post-operative wound infection. The remaining 59 children had conservative management …
Original article English Rao GM. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Great Al-Fateh University of Medical Sciences, Tripoli, Libya. Indian J Med Sci. 1992 Oct;46(10):301-3. Abstract Fasting plasma glucose levels, serum osmolality and serum concentrations of sodium and potassium were determined in 73 Libyan diabetic patients attending the outpatient clinic of the Diabetes Hospital, Tripoli, …
Serum electrolytes and osmolality in diabetes mellitus. Read More »
Review English Sherif FM. Department of Pharmacology, University for Medical Sciences, Tripoli, Libya. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 1994 Dec;18(8):1219-33. Abstract Several lines of evidence suggest that the major inhibitory neuro-transmitter, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is involved, both directly and indirectly, in the pathogenesis of certain neurological and psychiatric disorders. The main enzyme responsible for GABA catabolism …
GABA-transaminase in brain and blood platelets: basic and clinical aspects. Read More »
Original article English Sharif SI, Ali BH. Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Al Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Food Chem Toxicol. 1994 Dec;32(12):1169-71. Abstract The effect of grapefruit juice on in vivo drug metabolism was investigated in rats. The juice (4 ml or 8 ml/kg) was given orally once daily for 2 consecutive days …
Effect of grapefruit juice on drug metabolism in rats. Read More »
Original article English el-Kadi AO, Sharif SI. Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Gen Pharmacol. 1994 Nov;25(7):1505-10. Abstract 1. Physical dependence was induced in mice by repeated injections of increasing doses of morphine for either 4 or 7 days. 2. Withdrawal symptoms induced by naloxone (1 mg/kg, i.p.) given 3 …
Original article English Elhwuegi AS. Department of Pharmacology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Fateh Medical University, Tripoli, Libya. Pharmacology. 1994 Nov;49(5):308-13. Abstract The hypnosis and hypothermia induced by phenobarbitone (100 mg/kg i.p.) were greatly potentiated by combined treatment with alpha-methylparatyrosine (alpha-MPT, 250 mg/kg i.p.). alpha-MPT per se produced sedation and hypothermia. Measurement of blood and …