Ann N. Kanu, Joseph S. Alakali, Michael O. Eke, Abraham T. Girgih, J. A. Bosha & Solomon N. Ijioma·Asian Food Science Journal·2018
Background and Aim: Diabetes mellitus is a chronic and very prevalent metabolic disease condition characterized by the abnormally high blood sugar level that eventually gives rise to diabetic complications affecting human and animals. Insulin deficiency increases free fatty acid...
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Research Article10.9734/AFSJ/2018/41180
Aims: Diabetes mellitus is a significant health problem worldwide and type II diabetes is one of the main health problems facing Saudi society, which is often caused by obesity and increased cholesterol in the blood. Due to the seriousness of diabetes and its complications, the p...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/41805
Aim: The study sought to ascertain the performance of first trimester fasting blood glucose as a screening tool for diabetes mellitus (gestational or pre-gestational), to justify its introduction as one of the booking blood tests in the first trimester and to determine the associ...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/39385
Aims: The study was conducted between March 2015 and June 2017 to determine the prevalence of cardiometabolic risks in adult men from Dschang Health District in Cameroon. Methodology: After obtaining the ethical clearance, a simplified questionnaire was used for 254 volunteer par...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/39781
Alternatively known as grape sugar, Glucose, a monosaccharide (C6H12O6) is often found in honey and the juices of many fruits. It is the sugar most often produced by hydrolysis of complex compounds from plants (natural glycosides) and forms a major constituent of the blood of ani...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/37955
Aims: The aim of current study to examine percentage inhibition of α-glucosidase by synthesized transition metal complexes of 1,6-diaminohexane. Study Design: Current study is based on given experimental methodology. Place and Duration of Study: Faculty of Science and Environment...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/31219
Mainasara Abdullah Sulaiman, Dahiru Shafi’u Gumel, Umar Zayyanu Usman, Anaja Peter Ocheni, Yakubu Abdulmumini, Rosemary Nwaelugo Adanze & Yeldu Mohammed Haruna·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2016
Leptin is a peptide hormone produced mainly by white adipose cells. It helps to regulate appetite, fat stores and predispose individual to type 2 diabetes mellitus and its complications. We aim to establish the variations in serum levels of Leptin in subject with type 2 diabetic...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/29570
Globally diabetes mellitus has become a medical problem with an increase in prevalence, morbidity and mortality. To date, it has no cure yet, however, medical care, healthy life style and exercise programme are provided to the patients to alleviate the diabetic symptoms and avoid...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/17404
Aims: Effect of the Gymnema sylvestre 100 mg/kg and 500mg/kg) on the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of (20 mg/kg and 40 mg/kg) Gliclazide. Study Design: Acute and Chronic study Place and Duration of Study: Vaageswari Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Beside LMD Police...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/8166
Objectives: The present investigation was aimed to study the effect of water extract of Zataria multiflora (Z. multiflora) on microvascular permeability in streptozocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats. Place and Duration of Study: Physiology Research Center, Kerman University of Medi...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/9463
Praveen Kumar Devarbhavi, Kishan Ashok Bhagwat, Tammarao Patil, C. R. Vasudeva Murthy & Srikumar Chakravarthi·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2014
There have been reports of several developmental anomalies of the pancreas in the past two decades, and among these, one of the rare entities is dorsal agenesis of the pancreas [1]. Our report is on an 18-year-old male patient who presented with total agenesis of the dorsal pancr...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/9509
Context: Telfairia occidentalis Hook (Cucurbitaceae), a popular vegetable in West Africa, has been reported to have antidiabetic property. But the active components are not yet known. Aims: This study was carried out to determine the hypoglycemic potentials and the antidiabetic p...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/8476