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Effects of fish oil and sunflower oil supplementations on gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity in rat.

Original article English Abdel-Gayoum AA, Bashir AA, el-Fakhri MM. Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya (SPLAJ). Hum Exp Toxicol. 1995 Nov;14(11):884-8. Abstract 1. Nephrotoxicity was induced in rats by intramuscular administration of gentamicin (80 mg k-1 d-1) for 6 days. 2. Oral supplementation with fish oil (5 ml kg-1 d-1), …

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Immune responses of the camel (Camelus dromedarius) to contagious ecthyma (Orf) virus infection.

Original article English Azwai SM, Carter SD, Woldehiwet Z. Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of Liverpool, UK. Vet Microbiol. 1995 Nov;47(1-2):119-31. Abstract An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed together with a western blotting technique for the detection of total and specific IgG and IgM antibodies to the contagious ecthyma (orf) virus in camel (Camelus …

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Modification by muscimol of naloxone-precipitated withdrawal symptoms in morphine-dependent mice.

Original article English El-Kadi AO, Sharif SI. Department of Pharmacology, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Gen Pharmacol. 1995 Nov;26(7):1579-81. Abstract 1. In morphine-dependent mice, muscimol, a GABAA agonist when given i.p. 30 min before naloxone, attenuated the naloxone-precipitated withdrawal symptoms of jumping, “wet dog” shakes and burrowing, but not body weight loss. 2. Muscimol produced …

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Macroscopic and microscopic characteristics of an African Blastomyces dermatitidis strain.

Case report English Mercantini R, Marsella R, Moretto D, Mercantini P, Balus L, Mastroianni A, Ferraro C. Laboratory of Experimental Microbiology, S. Maria and S. Gallicano Dermatological Institute, Rome, Italy. Mycoses. 1995 Nov-Dec;38(11-12):477-80. Abstract This report describes the macro- and microscopic characteristics of a strain of Blastomyces dermatitidis isolated in an Italian hospital from a …

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An open study of mupirocin in Libyan patients with skin infections.

Original article English El Ferghani N. Department of Dermatology, Central Hospital, Tripoli, Libya. J Int Med Res. 1995 Nov-Dec;23(6):508-17. Abstract In an open study in Libya 48 patients suffering from skin infections, usually caused by staphylococci and streptococci, were treated with a new topical antibiotic, mupirocin, applied three times daily for 7 days. By day …

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Oxytocin induces intimate behaviors.

Review English Rao GM. Great AI-Fateh University of Medical Sciences, Tripoli, Libya. Indian J Med Sci. 1995 Nov;49(11):261-6. Abstract After decades of classic research on its secretion from the neurohypophysis and its potential effects in the uterus and the gland, oxytocin has, in the last 15 years, been proven to be centrally distributed neuropeptide with …

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Colonic carcinoma metastasis to ovary having serous cystadenocarcinoma — an unusual case of double ovarian malignancy.

Case report English Visweswara RN, Prabhu VM. Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. Cent Afr J Med. 1995 Nov;41(11):357-9. Abstract The ovary is a common site of both primary and secondary tumours. It may be the seat of simultaneous presence of more than one tumour. Often a combination of a malignant tumour is seen within the …

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Some pharmacological studies on Artemisia herba-alba (Asso.) in rabbits and mice.

Original article English Marrif HI, Ali BH, Hassan KM. Department of Pharmacology and Microbiology, Al Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya. J Ethnopharmacol. 1995 Nov 17;49(1):51-5. Abstract The aqueous extract of Artemisia herba-alba Asso. (Compositae) produced an initial hyperglycaemia which was followed by hypoglycaemia in normoglycaemic and alloxan-treated rabbits and mice. The extract (0.39 g/kg) significantly …

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Effect of the GABA-transaminase inhibitor vigabatrin on exploratory behaviour in socially isolated rats.

Original article English Sherif F, Oreland L. Department of Pharmacology, Al-Fateh Medical University, Tripoli, Libya. Behav Brain Res. 1995 Dec 14;72(1-2):135-40. Abstract Elevation of the brain levels of the major inhibitory neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) by inhibiting the GABA-catabolizing enzyme GABA-transaminase (GABA-T) is known to induce a number of functional effects including changes in behaviour. …

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