Mar Almar Galiana

MAR ALMAR-GALIANA
Contact information

Phone: 34 87 291260
Fax: 34 87 291267
E-mail: dffmag@unileon.es

Current research interests

Hepatology
Physiology of exercice
Environmental physiology

Academic education and postgraduate training

1976-1981. Biology, University of Valencia, Spain.
1987. Doctoral Thesis (Ph.D). University of Valencia, Spain.

Employment positions

1989-1994. Assistant Lecturer, Department of Physiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Leon, Spain.
1994-1996. Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Leon, Spain.
1996-present. Junior Lecturer, Department of Physiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Leon, Spain.

Representative publications

Antipyrine clearance in surgical patients maintained on hypocaloric parenteral peripheral nutrition. F. Jorquera, M.. Almar, C. Martinez, J. M. Culebras, J. Gonzalez-Gallego. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition: 18, 544-548, 1994.
Hepatobiliary alterations induced by biliary cirrhosis in the rat: effects of S-adenosyl-L-methionine. A. Pastor, M. M. Almar, P. S. Collado, J. Gonzalez-Gallego. In Methionine metabolism: molecular mechanisms and clinical implications. Ed. J. M. Mato, A. Caballero. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas. Madrid. 1994, pp. 199-204.
Effects of aging on antipyrine clearance: predictive factors of metabolizing capacity. F. Jorquera, M. M. Almar, M. Pozuelo, D. Sansegundo, M. Gonzalez-Sastre, J. Gonzalez-Gallego. Journal of Clinical Pharmacology: 35, 895-901, 1995.
Assessment of antipyrine kinetics from saliva or plasma: influence of age. F. Jorquera, M. M. Almar, A. Jimeno, M. Gonzalez-Sastre, J. Gonzalez-Gallego. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis: 13, 1141-1145, 1995.
Microsomal function in biliary obstructed rats: effects of S-adenosylmethionine. A. Pastor, P. S. Collado, M. M. Almar, J. Gonzalez-Gallego. Journal of Hepatology: 24, 353-359, 1996.
Accuracy of the one-sample method for determination of antipyrine clearance in elderly subjects. F. Jorquera, M. Almar, M. Gonzalez-Sastre, I. Suarez, J. Gonzalez-Gallego. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis: 15, 7-11, 1996.
Effects of S-adenosylmethionine and N-acetylcysteine on the histological changes induced by biliary obstruction in rats. A. Bravo, A. Pastor, M. Almar, P. S. Collado, J. Gonzalez-Gallego. Biomedical Research: 18, 279-286, 1997.
Antioxidant enzyme status in biliary obstructed rats: effects of N-acetylcysteine. A. Pastor, P. S. Collado, M. Almar, J. Gonzalez-Gallego. Journal of Hepatology: 27,367-370, 1997.
The effect of age and sex on metabolism and urinary excretion of antipyrine. F. Jorquera, M. Almar, M. Gonzalez-Sastre, J. Gonzalez-Gallego. Journal of Gerontology: 53, 14-19, 1998.
Liver glutathione content and glutathione-dependent enzymes of two species of freshwater fish as bioindicators of chemical pollution. M. Almar, L. Otero, C. Santos, J. Gonzalez-Gallego. Journal of Environmental Science and Health: B33, 769-784, 1998.
Enhancement of bile acid pool size, synthesis and secretion by epomediol in the rat. J.L. Mauriz, M.J. Cuevas, M.Y. El-Mir, M. Almar, P.S. Collado, J. González-Gallego. Digestive Diseases and Sciences: 45, 1431-1438, 2000.
Antipyrine clearance and metabolite formation in primary biliary cirrhosis. F. Jorquera, M. Almar, A. Linares, L. Rodrigo, J. González-Gallego. Digestive Diseases and Sciences: 46, 352-359, 2001.
The influence of epomediol on ethinylestradiol-induced changes in bile acid and cholesterol metabolism in the rat. M. J. Cuevas, J. L. Mauriz, M. Almar, P. S. Collado, J. González-Gallego. Clinical and Experimental Physiology and Pharmacology: 28, 637-642, 2001.
Impairment of metabolic function in chronic hepatitis C is related to factors associated with resistance to therapy. F. Jorquera, M. Almar, J.L. Olcóz, V. Díaz-Golpe, A. García-Fernández, J. González-Gallego. American Journal of Gastroenterology: 96, 2456-2461, 2001.
Effects of epomediol on ethynilestradiol-iduced changes in glutathione homeostasis in the rat. M. J. Cuevas, M. Almar, J. González-Gallego. Pharmacology & Toxicology 90, 121-126, 2002.
Intoxication of sheep with quebracho tannin extract.G. hervas, V. Perz, F. J. Giraldez, A. R. Mantecon, M. M. Almar, P. Frutos. Journal of Comparative Pathology 129, 44-54, 2003.
Changes in oxidative stress markers and NF-kB activation induced by sprint exercise. M. Almar, M. J. Cuevas, D. García-López, J. C. García-González, I. Alvear-Ordenes, J. A. De Paz, J. González-Gallego. Free Radical Research: 35, 63-69, 2005.

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