...Mohammed Al Za’abi; Suhail Al Salam; Yousuf Al Suleimani; Priyadarsini Manoj; Abderrahim Nemmar; Badreldin H. Ali Background/Aims: The effect of treatment with gum acacia (GA), a prebiotic shown previously to ameliorate chronic kidney disease (CKD), in diabetic and non – diabetic rats with adenine...

... to particulate air pollution. However, mechanisms underlying these effects are not fully understood. Methods: Presently, we assessed the effect of prolonged exposure to diesel exhaust particles (DEP) on chronic renal failure induced by adenine (0.25% w/w in feed for 4 weeks), which is known to involve...

...Badreldin H. Ali; Mohammed Al Za''abi; Sirin A. Adham; Javed Yasin; Abderrahim Nemmar; Nicole Schupp Background/Aims: To study the therapeutic effect of chrysin, a flavonoid with strong antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities, on adenine-induced chronic kidney diseases (CKD) in rats. Methods...

... dysfunction. Previous studies have revealed a number of alterations in the kidneys and heart during CKD. However, unbiased quantitative studies on these structures in this disease have so far not been addressed. Materials and Methods: We induced CKD in rats by feeding adenine (0.75% w/w , four weeks...