Assessment of nutritional anemia on the basis of dietary pattern estimation among the population of Garhwal Himalayan region.

Background: Nutritional anemia has its prevalence at a global level. Unfortunately, the developing countries are at more risk due to the unavailability of resources and poor socio-economic conditions. According to the WHO, India has >40% prevalence of anemia, which is a severe public health concern.

N-acetylcysteine effectively mitigates cadmium-induced oxidative damage and cell death in Leydig cells in vitro.

Context: Cadmium (Cd) is known to cause severe damage to various organs including lung, liver, kidney, brain and reproductive system. Several studies have reported the induction of oxidative stress pathways following Cd exposure.

Objective: Since oxidative stress is also deemed responsible for inducing male infertility, a growing worldwide concern, we tried to understand whether the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine (NAC) can be a potential therapeutic agent to counter Cd toxicity using primary Leydig cells.

Molecular characterization of primary gene pool of chickpea based on ISSR markers.

Genetic diversity and relationships within and among members of the primary gene pool of chickpea, including 38 accessions of Cicer arietinum, six of C. reticulatum,, and four of C. echinospermum, were investigated using 31 ISSR markers.

Interplay of early biochemical manifestations by cadmium insult in sertoli-germ coculture: an in vitro study.

Cadmium is a common environmental and occupational hazard and its adverse effect on reproductive organ has been well documented. The present study is planned to delineate the mechanism of Cd toxicity in rat testes. Our study shows that Cd causes apoptosis in sertoli-germ cells which is governed by oxidative stress.