The causes and control of type 2 diabetes mellitus are not clear, but there is strong evidence that dietary factors are involved in its regulation and prevention. We have shown that extracts from cinnamon enhance the activity of insulin. The objective of this study was to isolate and characterize insulin-enhancing complexes from cinnamon that may be involved in the alleviation or possible preve...

We examined social influences on food choices of Norway rats choosing between pairs of diets that differed in their relative palatabilities. We found in two experiments that prior interaction with a demonstrator rat fed either a cayenne-flavoured diet (experiment 1) or a cinnamon-flavoured diet (experiment 2) significantly affected the observer rats' intake of their respective demonstrators' di...

Malaria is responsible for estimated 584,000 deaths in 2013. Researchers are working on new drugs and medicinal herbs due to drug resistance that is a major problem facing them; the search is on for new medicinal herbs. Cinnamon is the bark of a tree with reported antiparasitic effects. Metabonomics is the simultaneous study of all the metabolites in biological fluids, cells, and tissues detect...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effects of a dried aqueous extract of cinnamon on antioxidant status of people with impaired fasting glucose that are overweight or obese. METHODS Twenty-two subjects, with impaired fasting blood glucose with BMI ranging from 25 to 45, were enrolled in a double-blind placebo-controlled trial. Subjects were given capsules containing either a placebo or 250 mg of an a...

Abstract The research aimed to determine the best concentration from combination of edible coating green grass jelly powder and cinnamon essential oil extend shelf life water rose apple var. Merah Delima. experiment was conducted in Postharvest Laboratory, University Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta December 2019 January 2020. This with a single factor trial design arranged Completely Randomized Design ...

We studied the reproductive ecology of the Ringed Warbling-Finch Poospiza torquata and the Cinnamon Warbling-Finch P. ornata during four breeding seasons in the Reserve of Ñacuñán, western Argentina. We described the breeding biology of both species, examined temporal variation in reproductive parameters under contrasting weather conditions, and compared reproductive traits of these sympatric P...

To investigate the effects of atorvastatin and cinnamon on serum lipid profile, oxidative stress, antioxidant capacity, hepatic enzymes activities, nitric oxide (NO) as well as homocysteine (Hcy) in hypercholesterolemic rats, 48 male albino rats, weighing 130-190 gm were divided into 2 groups, normal group fed on basal rat chow diet (n=12) and high cholesterol group (HCD) were fed on 1% cholest...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the antibacterial activity of 21 plant essential oils against six bacterial species. METHODS The selected essential oils were screened against four gram-negative bacteria (Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Proteus vulgaris) and two gram-positive bacteria Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus at four different concentrations (1:1, 1:5...

Introduction: Lead is one of the toxic heavy metals. This study investigated the antioxidant effect of cinnamon on lead poisoning in reproductive system in order to find a solution for the people exposed to lead. Materials and Methods: Forty-tow Wistar rats were divided into 7 groups of 6 each: one control group which received no treatment, sham group 1 (distilled water with alcohol for 14 days...

The chitosan-based coating with antimicrobial agent has been developed recently to control the decay of fruits. However, its fresh keeping and antimicrobial mechanism is still not very clear. The preservation mechanism of chitosan coating with cinnamon oil for fruits storage is investigated in this paper. Results in the atomic force microscopy sensor images show that many micropores exist in th...