The Level of Sex Hormones and Corticosterone in Female Rats during Modeling of Visceral Obesity, Subsequent Physical Activity, and Normalization of the Diet.

The effects of diet-induced visceral obesity and non-drug options of its correction on the level of sex hormones and corticosterone were evaluated in 84 female Wistar rats. During stage I, the rats received either a standard diet (STD) or a high-calorie diet (HCD) for 8 weeks. During stage II, the animals were divided into subgroups depending on obesity correction: without correction (STD control and HCD), transition from HCD to STD (HCD/STD) and/or physical activity (treadmill exercise) for the next 8 weeks (HCD/STD+exercise, STD+exercise, and HCD+exercise).

[Enzymatic conversion of torulene and torularhodine into retinal].

The enzymatic conversion of torulene to retinal is demonstrated in in vitro tests using beta-carotene 15,15'-dioxygenase (EC 1.13.11.

[Conditions for porphyrin formation by propionic acid bacteria].

Porphyrin production by seven species of propionic acid bacteria (Propionibacterium shermanii, its mutant P. shermanii M-82, P. technicum, P.