Objectives. To assess the efficacy and safety of berberine in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Methods. Randomized trials of berberine compared with lifestyle modification, placebo, and/or oral hypoglycaemics intervention on treating T2DM were included. Study population characteristics and outcome results were extracted independently by two reviewers. Meta-analyses were perform...

The objective of the present study was to develop a rat model that replicates the natural history and metabolic characteristics of human type 2 diabetes and is also suitable for pharmacological screening. Male Sprague-Dawley rats (160-180 g) were divided into two groups and fed with commercially available normal pellet diet (NPD) (12% calories as fat) or in-house prepared high-fat diet (HFD) (5...

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is commonly diagnosed in cats. In humans, treatment regimens for non–insulin-dependent DM include various combinations of dietary modification, exercise, insulin administration, and one or more oral antidiabetic drugs, which have been extensively evaluated in humans but not in cats. Glucose toxicity is a phenomenon of chronic hyperglycemia and must be understood before in...