Background and aim: Diabetic nephropathy results from an increasing in oxidative stress. The phenolic components of mulberry (Morus nigra L.) leaves extract have antioxidant components and may modulate oxidative stress. In this study, the beneficial effects of mulberry leaves extract were assessed in diabetic nephropathy. Materials and methods: Diabetes induced by high-fat diet and injection of...

Background & Aim: Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease characterized by elevated blood glucose levels and disturbances in carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism. The objective of the present investigation was to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of Morus alba leaves in an animal model of diabetes. Martial & Methods: 30 adult male Wistar strain rats (200-250 g) were divided randoml...

Turkey is one of the most significant countries in the world from the point of view of both fruit genetic resources and amount of fruit production. Around 100 fruit species, including almost all the deciduous fruit species, most of the subtropical and some tropical fruit are grown in Turkey. Among fruits, berry fruits including grapes share 25% of total fruit production of the country. The most...

BACKGROUND High sugar and refined carbohydrate intake is associated with weight gain, increased incidence of diabetes and is linked with increased cardiovascular mortality. Reducing the health impact of poor quality carbohydrate intake is a public health priority. Reducose, a proprietary mulberry leaf extract (ME), may reduce blood glucose responses following dietary carbohydrate intake by redu...

background: to ascertain the effects of tropical leaf meals on semen production and semen quality. objective: this study was conducted with the main objective of investigating the effect of neem leaf meal on physiological responses of rabbit bucks fed graded levels of neem leaf (azadirachta indica a. juss) meal. materials and methods: the varying levels of neem leaf meal (nlm) in the different ...

Background & Aim: Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease characterized by elevated blood glucose levels and disturbances in carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism. The objective of the present investigation was to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of Morus alba leaves in an animal model of diabetes. Martial & Methods: 30 adult male Wistar strain rats (200-250 g) were divided randoml...