P. Bose, Diabetes Research Worker, Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, who remarks that the method has undergone several modifications in Mie hands of Lewis, Benedict, Meyers, Baily and others, but has never yet obtained universal acceptance. The main objection to this method is that the picric acid reagent employed in fhe test reacts with the creatinin of the blood, and this tends to make th...

Although regular exercise is known to promote health, it is also well known that competetive sports can lead to an increase of free radical production, and thus to a drop in antioxidative potential. Thus, the present study examined the effect of competetive sports on the antioxidative potential (AOP). Using chemoluminescence, the AOP was measured in the spontaneous urine of leisure and semi-pro...

inhalant anaesthetics are used widely for producing general anaesthesia in animals and humans.. approximately 20% of halothane uptake is metabolised via oxidative and reductive pathways during and following halothane anaesthesia in humans. fifteen clinically healthy dogs were assigned in three groups (group 1, 2and 3) randomly. all dogs were anesthetized with halothane three times that was repe...

BACKGROUND Hyperglycemia and insulin resistance often develop cardiovascular and nephrological dysfunction in diabetic patients. Sitagliptin is used to treat diabetes and showed potential benefit in lowering increased blood glucose level in diabetes. This investigation reports the effect of sitagliptin treatment on oxidative stress in kidney and heart of 2K1C rats. METHODS Male Long Evans rat...

Nghiên cứu nhằm đánh giá tác dụng của Metformin kết hợp bài thuốc Bát tiên trường thọ trong cải thiện 1 số chỉ cận lâm sàng trên bệnh nhân đái tháo đường type 2 (theo YHHĐ) và Tiêu khát thể Hạ tiêu YHCT). tiến 30 nhân, so sánh quả trước sau điều trị. Kết cho thấy: Sau 90 ngày trị, nồng độ Glucose máu lúc đói, HbA1c giảm với trị có ý nghĩa thống kê p < 0,05; các Ure, Creatinin, AST, ALT đều n...