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The effect of dimethoate at two dosage levels (6.25 and 12.50 mg/kg b. wt.) on male reproduction tissues and their tissue residues in rats were studied. The tested doses were given orally to male rats for 65 consecutive days. Sex organs weight analysis, semen picture, testosterone levels and histopathology of the male genital organs were the criteria used to evaluate the reproductive efficiency of the treated rats. There was a dose-related decrease in the weights of most genital organs and sperm motility associated with an increase in the percentages of dead and morphologically abnormal spermatozoa of treated rats. A decrease in plasma testosterone levels was observed in the treated groups. Histological examination revealed that dimethoate caused testicular lesions characterized by moderate to severe degenerative changes of spermatogonial cells and by partial arrest of spermatogenesis. Sections from liver revealed that the central veins and hepatic sinusoids appeared dilated, with some areas of haemorrhage. The highest concentrations from dimethoate were found in liver and tests and the lowest in skeletal muscle. Dimethoate and its metabolite analog were still present in a detectable concentration 21 days after stopping its oral administration.

1. Disposition kinetics were compared in healthy chickens and in chickens naturally infected with E. coli following the intravenous, intramuscular and oral administration of chloramphenicol in a single dose of 20 mg/kg body weight. 2. Lower serum chloramphenicol concentration in diseased chickens were reported after intravenous injection, but they were higher than normal 30 min after intramuscular and oral administration. Following intravenous injection the volume of distribution was increased in diseased chickens. 3. The biological half-life in normal chickens was 8.32 +/- 0.5 h and was prolonged in diseased birds (26.21 +/- 0.2 h). The body clearance of chloramphenicol was reduced in diseased chickens. 4. The rate of absorption of chloramphenicol was delayed after administration via the oral route but the extent of absorption was increased. The maximum concentration was higher and it was reached after a longer time in diseased than in normal chickens after administration by both intramuscular and oral routes.

Haemodynamic effects of sodium taurocholate (S.T.) were studied on isolated guinea pig's auricles, rabbit's heart, rabbit's aortic strip, guinea pig's tracheal chain as well as the blood pressure and ECG pattern changes in pentobarbital anaesthetized dogs. S.T. induced significant negative inotropic and chronotropic effects on the isolated auricles of guinea pig's especially in higher concentrations. Using isolated rabbit's heart, the negative inotropic and chronotropic effects induced by S.T. were found to be depending on the concentration. Cardio-inhibitory actions of the salt are not due to either cholinergic beta 1-adrenergic blocking effect or nicotine like activity. S.T. in all tested concentrations had no effect on the contractile response of isolated rabbit's aortic strip or guinea pig's tracheal chain and did not prevent the contractile response induced by noradrenaline and histamine. In anaesthetized dogs, i.v. injections of the salt in a dose of 30 mg/kg b. wt. produced a significant decrease in systolic and diastolic pressure, but lower doses induced no significant changes. A dose of 30 mg/kg b. wt. of the salt potentiates the decrease in systolic and diastolic pressure when coadministered with the neuromuscular blocking agent, atracurium besylate. Atropine, propranolol and phentolamine did not alter the hypotensive effect of S.T. (neither cholinergic nor beta 1-adrenergic blocking effect). The electrocardiographic pattern induced by S.T. (20-30 mg/kg b. wt.) in dogs were mainly characterized by decrease in heart rate and prolongation of P-T interval.

The disposition kinetics of tylosin was studied in goats after intravenous or intramuscular injection of 15 mg/kg b. wt. Following i.v. injection, tylosin was rapidly and widely distributed in goats (half life of distribution: 0.2 h and volume of distribution: 1.7 l/kg). It was slowly eliminated with a mean elimination half life of 3.04 h and a total body clearance rate of 6.8 ml/kg/min. Following i.m. injection, tylosin was slowly absorbed (T1/2ab of 1.82 h). Tylosin concentration in serum was greater than 1 microgram/ml after 1 h and persisted up to 12 h post-injection. The peak concentration (Cmax, 2.38 micrograms/ml) was obtained after 4.19 h. The systemic bioavailability of tylosin injected intramuscularly was 72.6% and the serum protein bound fraction was 37.6% of the total drug. Tylosin was excreted in milk and urine at concentrations much higher than that in serum. Low concentrations of tylosin were reported in ruminal juice of goats. In conclusion tylosin should be injected every 15 hours to obtain an appreciable concentration in serum, milk and urine.

Murine schistosomiasis is usually associated with hepatic granulomatous lesions together with high serum and granuloma angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) activity. Praziquantel (PRZ) which is known to reduce granuloma size was studied to show whether this effect is related to changes in ACE activity. Furthermore, captopril was studied to show whether by inhibiting ACE activity, the drug could also affect granuloma size. PRZ, captopril, and their combination led to significant reduction in liver granuloma. However, in normal mice, captopril was shown to increase rather than decrease serum ACE. The decrease in ACE activity by PRZ was correlated with its curative effect in infected mice. However, in experimentally induced pulmonary granulomata, the drug reduced granuloma size without affecting ACE activity of either serum or granuloma. It may be concluded that reduction in ACE activity may be beneficial as far as diminution of granuloma size is concerned and irrespective of whether there is an active infection or not. The possible use of Captopril as an antihypertensive in bilharzial infections associated with hypertension would probably not adversely affect the granulomatous lesions.

Murine schistosomiasis is usually associated with hepatic granulomatous lesions together with high serum and granuloma angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) activity. Praziquantel (PRZ) which is known to reduce granuloma size was studied to show whether this effect is related to changes in ACE activity. Furthermore, captopril was studied to show whether by inhibiting ACE activity, the drug could also affect granuloma size. PRZ, captopril, and their combination led to significant reduction in liver granuloma. However, in normal mice, captopril was shown to increase rather than decrease serum ACE. The decrease in ACE activity by PRZ was correlated with its curative effect in infected mice. However, in experimentally induced pulmonary granulomata, the drug reduced granuloma size without affecting ACE activity of either serum or granuloma. It may be concluded that reduction in ACE activity may be beneficial as far as diminution of granuloma size is concerned and irrespective of whether there is an active infection or not. The possible use of Captopril as an antihypertensive in bilharzial infections associated with hypertension would probably not adversely affect the granulomatous lesions.

Murine schistosomiasis is usually associated with hepatic granulomatous lesions together with high serum and granuloma angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) activity. Praziquantel (PRZ) which is known to reduce granuloma size was studied to show whether this effect is related to changes in ACE activity. Furthermore, captopril was studied to show whether by inhibiting ACE activity, the drug could also affect granuloma size. PRZ, captopril, and their combination led to significant reduction in liver granuloma. However, in normal mice, captopril was shown to increase rather than decrease serum ACE. The decrease in ACE activity by PRZ was correlated with its curative effect in infected mice. However, in experimentally induced pulmonary granulomata, the drug reduced granuloma size without affecting ACE activity of either serum or granuloma. It may be concluded that reduction in ACE activity may be beneficial as far as diminution of granuloma size is concerned and irrespective of whether there is an active infection or not. The possible use of Captopril as an antihypertensive in bilharzial infections associated with hypertension would probably not adversely affect the granulomatous lesions.

Correlation of the molecular structure and thermal study of the electrical conductivity of benzaldazine (BA) and its NO 2-derivatives were carried out. The values of the activation energies, obtained from the electrical conductivity measurements, as well as the energy gaps calculated from ultra violet (u.v.) and visible spectra obtained either in liquid or in solid forms indicate that all compounds behave like a semiconducting material. Both nπ*′s and ππ*′s were found to be the main sources participatiog in the cooduction processes. © 1991 Chapman and Hall Ltd.