Pakistan Journal of Physiology

CONTENTS

Original Articles

Antioxidant activity of Citrullus colocynthis pulp extract in the RBC’s of alloxan-induced diabetic rats                                      1

Dallak M, Bin-Jaliah I

Resting heart rate and its relationship with general and abdominal obesity in young male Saudi University students               6

Talay Yar

Pattern of cardiovascular diseases in pilgrims admitted in Al-NoorHospital Makkah during Hajj 1429H                                 14

Abdulhalim Salim Serafi

Haematological and electrocardiographic variations during menstrual cycle                                                                                   18

Rajnee, Vinod Kumar Chawla, Raghuveer Choudhary, Bijendra Kumar Binawara, Sunita Choudhary

Understanding of cardiovascular phenomena in medical students                                                                                                        22

Dullo P, Chaudhary R

Pulmonary Function Tests in three wheeler diesel taxi drivers in Bikaner City                                                                              28

Bijendra Kumar Binawara, Sushila Gahlot, Kamlesh Chandra Mathur, Ashok Kakwar, Reshu Gupta, Rajnee

Assessment of Oxidized Low Density Lipoprotein as atherosclerosis risk marker in Type 1 Diabetic children

 with short history of Diabetes Mellitus                                                                                                                                                     32

Aqeela Hamad, Hamid Javaid Qureshi, Shahid Hasan, Waqas Sami

Seminal fructose in various classes of infertile patients                                                                                                                         36

Zahoor Ahmed, Muhammad Shoaib Khan, Mudassir Ahmad Khan, Amin ul Haq, Jamil ur Rahman

Garlic used as an alternative medicine to control diabetic mellitus in alloxan-induced male rabbits                                             39

Mahesar H, Bhutto MA, Khand AA, Narejo NT

Principal inspiratory muscle of Uromastix Hardwickii                                                                                                                         42

Muhammad Abdul Azeem, Saima Gul, Sadaf Ahmed, Waheeb Dakheelullah Al-Harbi, Nabeeh Ibrahim Ali Rakkah

Comparison of Body Mass Index and waist circumference in predicting incident diabetes                                                             47

Anjum Humayun, Arbab Sher Shah

REVIEW ARTICLE

Importance of Immunonutrients                                                                                                                                                                  50

Puja Dullo, Neeraj Vedi

Ion channels and channelopathies                                                                                                                                                               54

Amina Nadeem, M. Mazhar Hussain

Guidelines for Authors                                                                                                                                                                                  58