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Acetaminophen Protects Against Iron-Induced Cardiac Damage In Gerbils, Ernest M. Walker Jr., Christopher P. Epling, Cordel Parris, Silvestre Cansino, Protip Ghosh, Devashish H. Desai, Ryan G. Morrison, Gary L. Wright, Paulette Wehner, Elsa I. Mangiarua, Sandra M. Walker, Eric R. Blough Jan 2007

Acetaminophen Protects Against Iron-Induced Cardiac Damage In Gerbils, Ernest M. Walker Jr., Christopher P. Epling, Cordel Parris, Silvestre Cansino, Protip Ghosh, Devashish H. Desai, Ryan G. Morrison, Gary L. Wright, Paulette Wehner, Elsa I. Mangiarua, Sandra M. Walker, Eric R. Blough

MIIR Faculty Research

There are few effective agents that safely remove excess iron from iron-overloaded individuals. Our goal was to evaluate the iron-removing effectiveness of acetaminophen given ip or orally in the gerbil iron-overload model. Male gerbils were divided into 5 groups: saline controls, iron-overloaded controls, iron-overloaded treated with ip acetaminophen, iron-overloaded treated with oral acetaminophen, and iron-overloaded treated with ipdeferoxamine. Iron dextran was injected iptwice/wk for 8 wk. Acetaminophen and deferoxamine treatments were given on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays during the same 8 wk and continued for 4 wk after completion of iron-overloading. Echocardiograms were performed after completion of the iron-overloading and …


The Effect Of Walnuts Compared To Fatty Fish On Plasma And Erythrocyte Fatty Acid Composition, Lymphocyte Subsets And Inflammatory Mediators, Yu-Lan Ching Jan 2007

The Effect Of Walnuts Compared To Fatty Fish On Plasma And Erythrocyte Fatty Acid Composition, Lymphocyte Subsets And Inflammatory Mediators, Yu-Lan Ching

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of walnuts vs. fatty fish on circulating inflammatory markers, on lymphocyte subsets, on plasma concentrations of eicosanoids precursor polyunsaturated fatty acid and on erythrocyte membrane fatty acid composition. Under controlled metabolic feeding conditions and randomized crossover (3x3 Latin-square) design, 27 subjects alternately consumed a control diet, a walnut diet (1.5 oz (42.5g) /day of walnuts, 6 times/week) or a fish diet (8 oz (226g) /week of salmon) for 4 weeks each. Consumption of the walnut diet (ALA 5.43 g/day) compared to the fish diet (EPA 170 mg/day and DHA 590 …