Seeds of Zizyphus lotus: In Vivo Healing Properties of the Vegetable Oil

The present study has been undertaken in order to highlight the healing effect of Zizyphus lotus vegetable oil. The seeds of this plant contain an oil rate of 30%. The obtained results on the main elements composing the vegetable oil have shown that Zizyphus lotus vegetable oil has a low value of acidity index and it presents a not negligible degree of unsaturation. The value of the peroxide index of Zizyphus lotus vegetable oil is less than 10 which characterizes the most of conventional oils. Furthermore, the spectral analysis by gas chromatography has shown the presence of 53 majority and minority molecules. Thus, the evaluation of the healing activity of Z. lotus seed vegetable oil has demonstrated a highly significant effect against the negative control and silver sulfadiazine was used as conventional treatment for burns. Based on the obtained results, we can suggest that the oil extracted from the seeds of the studied plant could be used to cure wounds.

Time of initial detection of fetal structures and anatomic differentiation by using B-mode ultrasound examination in bitches

Ultrasonographic examinations of 10 pregnant bitches with known breeding dates were made on successive days to establish the identifiable characteristics of pregnancy. Subsequent serial examinations were made to sonographically characterize normal canine prenatal development based about the first mating. The initial detection of the fetal and extra-fetal structures were as follows: gestational sac at day 17.88 +/- 1.13 (16-21); zonary placenta in the uterine wall at day 23.70 +/- 0.78 (23-25); embryo initial detection at day 22.80 +/- 1.03 (21-24); heartbeat at day 23.0 +/- 0.94 (22-24); yolk sac membrane at day 24.8 +/- 0.78 (24-26); amnionic membrane at day 26.81 +/- 0.60 (26-28); fetal movement at day 30.40 +/- 1.64 (28-32); stomach at day 33.40 +/- 1.07 (32-35); urinary bladder at day 34.90 +/- 1.19 (33-37); skeleton at day 35.10 +/- 0.73 (34-36).