Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Enviromental factors such as life style changes and dieatary factors become more important on the background of coronary artery disease (CAD). The thiols were the main part of the non-enzymatic antioxidant system in the body and they are the first defensive molecules in elimination of oxidant agents. As a result, thiol levels may be an earlier indicator for CAD. There is limited data on the relation of dietary factors with thiol/disulfide homeostasis in patients wi...

Background: Despite the efforts to reduce smoking, unfortunately there is a common belief in society to avoid smoking cessation or quitting smoking for weight control. As well as many negative effects of smoking, people continue to smoke instead of diet and life change. Nicotine plus high fat diet (HFD) induces intramyocellular lipid accumulation and mitochondrial abnormalities in obese mice. There is limited data in the relation of dietary fat content and metabolic syndrome i...