The changes in plasma glucose concentration and in interstitial glucose concentration, determined with a miniaturized subcutaneous glucose sensor, were investigated in anesthetized nondiabetic rats. Interstitial glucose was estimated through two different calibration procedures. First, after a glucose load, the magnitude of the increase in interstitial glucose, estimated through a one-point cal...

background: the presence of chemical compounds has different effects on the rate of degradation of materials and on changing dominant microorganisms in the biological degradation processes. these effects are related to the type and concentration of compounds. this study was to evaluate the effect of different concentrations of glucose as a growth substrate on phenol removal efficiency and micro...

Background and objectives: Calamus rotang is used in traditional medicine. Regarding the previous phytochemical screening of methanol extract of Calamus rotang L. fruits (MCR), this study was performed to find out the antidiarrheal and hypoglycemic effects of the experimented extract in rodents. Methods: Castor oil induced diarrheal test...

background and objective: lowering serum glucose and lipid levels in diabetic patients by using natural materials is of great importance. in this study, the effect of oral consumption of fumaria parviflora lamwas was assessed on serum glucose and lipid levels in streptozocin diabetic rats. materials and methods: in this experimental study, 32 male wistar rats were divided into four groups of co...

BACKGROUND Ingested proteins are known to stimulate a rise in insulin and glucagon concentrations. In our effort to explain this effect, we have begun to measure the effect of individual amino acids. OBJECTIVES The objectives were to determine the effect of lysine ingestion on insulin and glucagon concentrations and whether the effect is moderated by glucose ingestion. DESIGN Thirteen healt...

We evaluated the possible autocrine modulatory effect of insulin on glucose metabolism and glucose-induced insulin secretion in islets isolated from normal hamsters. We measured 14CO2 and 3H2O production from d-[U-14C]glucose and d-[5-3H]glucose, respectively, in islets incubated with 0.6, 3.3, 8.3, and 16.7 mM glucose alone or with 5 or 15 mU/ml insulin, anti-insulin guinea pig serum (1:500), ...

objective: diabetes mellitus is defined as a group of metabolic diseases characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both or insulin resistance. curcumin inhibits nf-κb signaling pathway. the aim of this study is evaluation of the effect of nano-curcumin on hba1c, fast blood glucose and lipid profile in diabetic patients. materials and methods:...

non-enzymatic glycosylation of proteins is one of the key mechanisms in the pathogenesis of diabetic complications. glycation of igg is of special interest due to its possible influence on the functionality of immunoglobulins and overall immuno-competence. the aim of this study was to clarify more details of in vitro glycation of igg and to study the effect of this modification on its interatio...