Md. Salim Uddin, Md. Zaidul Islam Sarker, Sahena Ferdosh, Md. Jahurul Haque Akanda et al.
Phytosterols provide important health benefits: in particular, the lowering of cholesterol. From environmental and commercial points of view, the most appropriate technique has been searched for extracting phytosterols from plant matrices. As a green technology, supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) ...
Mohammad Mizanur Rahman, Mohammad A. Wahed, George J. Fuchs, Abdullah H Baqui et al.
Background Zinc deficiency limits the bioavailability of vitamin A. Because zinc and vitamin A deficiency often coexist in malnourished children, simultaneous zinc and vitamin A supplementation may improve the vitamin A deficiency in these children. Objective A randomized, double-blind, placebo-cont...
Md. Omar Faruque, Moududur Rahman Khan, Md. Mostafizur Rahman, Faruk Ahmed
The present study was designed to investigate the relationship between smoking and antioxidant nutrient intake and status. Smoker (n 44) and non-smoker (n 44) male students attending Dhaka University, aged between 22 and 28 years and living in a University Hall of Residence, were selected for the pr...
Sheikh Nazrul Islam, Tania Nusrat, Parveen Begum, Monira Ahsan
The present study, in line with a plant-food-based approach to address vitamin A deficiency, reports the analysis of total carotenoids, and trans- and cis-β-carotenes, in different varieties of raw and boiled orange-fleshed sweet potatoes (OFSP). Carotenoids were isolated using acetone-petroleum eth...
Yi Zhao, Muzi Li, Yue Shen, Jia Lin et al.
As a plasticizer, di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) is the most usually used phthalate. Leydig cell is a male-specific cell, which plays a principal role in spermatogenesis and masculinization by the androgens of synthesis and secretion. Numerous researchers have indicated that DEHP can result in te...
Suzanne Filteau, Amy L. Rice, Jennifer J Ball, J. Chakraborty et al.
Background Vitamin A supplementation of mothers postpartum may improve infant health, not only by increasing vitamin A delivery to the infant through breast milk but also by increasing delivery of milk immune factors. Our hypothesis was that postpartum supplementation with vitamin A increases milk c...
MJ Haskell, GJ Handelman, JM Peerson, A. Daniel Jones et al.
Hepatic stores of vitamin A were estimated in 31 Bangladeshi surgical patients (15 males and 16 females) by the deuterated-retinol-dilution (DRD) technique and by analysis of the vitamin A concentration of a liver biopsy specimen obtained during previously scheduled abdominal surgery. Patients range...
Mahshid Dehghan, Andrew Mente, Sumathy Rangarajan, Viswanathan Mohan et al.
BACKGROUND Eggs are a rich source of essential nutrients, but they are also a source of dietary cholesterol. Therefore, some guidelines recommend limiting egg consumption. However, there is contradictory evidence on the impact of eggs on diseases, largely based on studies conducted in high-income co...
Monjurul Haq, Raju Ahmed, Yeon‐Jin Cho, Byung‐Soo Chun
Md Ashraful Alam, Mahbubur Rahman
Co-enzyme Q10 (Co-Q10) is an essential component of the mitochondrial electron transport chain. Most cells are sensitive to co-enzyme Q10 (Co-Q10) deficiency. This deficiency has been implicated in several clinical disorders such as heart failure, hypertension, Parkinson's disease and obesity. The l...
Mohammad Mizanur Rahman Khan, MM Rahman, Md. Shahidul Islam, Shameem Ara Begum
Roy Sk, Md. Ariful Islam, Ayesha Molla, S. M. Akramuzzaman et al.
Objectives To evaluate the effect of vitamin A supplementation 24 h after delivery on breastmilk retinol concentration. Methods Fifty low income women were randomly assigned to a single oral dose of 209 micromol of Vitamin A or none at delivery. Maternal serum and breastmilk retinol levels and infan...
Sahadat Hossain, Shakhaoat Hossain, Fahad Ahmed, Md. Rabiul Islam et al.
INTROUDUCTION: Tobacco smoking is considered to be the key preventable risk factor for morbidity and mortality at the global level. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of tobacco smoking and factors associated with the initiation of smoking among university students in Dhaka, Bangl...
Eshak I. Bahbah, Sherief Ghozy, Mohamed A. O. Abdelfattah, Ahmed Negida et al.
Neurological disorders are diseases of the central and peripheral nervous system that affect millions of people, and the numbers are rising gradually. In the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases, the roles of many signaling pathways were elucidated; however, the exact pathophysiology of neurol...
Faruk Ahmed
OBJECTIVE: This article provides a comprehensive review of the change in vitamin A status and the extent of vitamin A deficiency among different population groups in Bangladesh up to the present time. The result of experience with different strategies and interventions designed to improve vitamin A ...