Roberstson Cooked Meat Medium

 

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 Robertson Cooked Meat Medium 

 

 Robertson’s cooked meat medium (liver variant) is a modification of the standard RCM where liver tissue (usually ox/sheep liver) replaces the usual beef muscle.

What’s different about the liver medium?

• Uses cooked liver pieces instead of muscle
• Liver is richer in:
  • Iron
  • Vitamins (especially B-complex)
  • Growth factors

The liver version provides an even more supportive environment for fastidious anaerobes, particularly toxin-producing species like:

• Clostridium perfringens
• Clostridium botulinum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Obeticholic Acid

 

Obeticholic acid (OCA) is a semi-synthetic derivative of Chenodeoxycholic acid.

It was chemically modified (6α-ethyl substitution) to make it a much more potent FXR agonist—about 100 times stronger than natural bile acids.

  Obeticholic Acid reduces Intrahepatic fat accumlation, inflammation and liver fibrosis

                                          Obeticholic Acid: Reduces Liver Fibrosis 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Alcohol And Liver

 

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Erythropoiesis In Liver

 

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                                                           Liver And Spleen : 6 Weeks  

 

 

 

 

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Coinauds Liver

 

                                                                        Claude Coinaud

Claude Couinaud (1922–2008) was a French anatomist and surgeon best known for describing the segmental anatomy of the liver, which revolutionized hepatobiliary surgery.

Couinaud Classification of the Liver

• Divided the liver into 8 functionally independent segments (I–VIII)
• Each segment has:
• Its own portal vein, hepatic artery, and bile duct
• Independent vascular inflow and outflow
• This made precise surgical removal (segmentectomy) possible without damaging the rest of the liver
• Forms the basis of:
• Modern liver surgery
• Radiological reporting (CT/MRI)
• Tumor localization (e.g., hepatocellular carcinoma)  

                                                                     

 

 

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