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Background & objectives: Diallyl disulphide (DADS) is an active component of garlic that has been claimed to have hypoglycemic effect and are beneficial in achieving glycemic control in diabetes mellitus (DM). The present study was conducted to assess the glucose utilization in erythrocytes in diabetic subjects after the exposure of DADS. Methods: The blood samples were collected from diabetic subjects; the plasma and erythrocytes were separated. The fasting plasma glucose levels were measured and the separated erythrocytes from diabetic blood samples were preincubated and posted incubated with DADS. The glucose utilized by erythrocytes and the percentage of glucose utilization were measured. Results: The present study results showed that diabetic erythrocytes exposed to DADS showed a significant rise of glucose utilization compared to untreated erythrocytes, which signifies the positive influence of DADS on glucose utilization in diabetic patients’ erythrocytes. Conclusion: DADS, through the formation of thiol derivatives, promotes glucose utilization by mimicking the actions of insulin in diabetic erythrocytes after post-incubation. This study can be concluded that DADS can be...
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The plant Salvia hispanica belongs to the family Lamiaceae, a highly valued medicinally important seed, commonly known as chia seeds. About 75% of the fats in chia seeds consist of omega-3 alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), while about 20% consist of omega-6 fatty acid. Omega-3s play an important role in sharpening memory and improving mood. Chia seeds also contain polyunsaturated fatty acids, dietary fiber, proteins, vitamins (A, C, E, niacin, thiamine), and minerals. Besides this, the seeds are an excellent source of polyphenols and antioxidants, such as caffeic acid, rosmarinic acid, myricetin, quercetin, and others. These antioxidants exhibit the capacity to scavenge free radicals. Chia’s health benefits as a dietary supplement and efforts are underway to promote it as ‘functional food’ owing to the presence of α-linolenic acid, an essential precursor fatty acid of physiologically significant polyunsaturated fatty acids. Chia seeds also possess various pharmacological activities like anti-inflammatory, antihypertensive, anti-diabetic, anti-cancer and it also reduces the risk factors of heart disease. It is commonly used for weight loss. And it also...
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Anorectal disorders are often perceived in surgery practice and often reside with pain with shifting vigour. Endeavour has been made to lessen pain and avoid ligature. Minuscule hospital stay with early return to work is the main aim of developing newer techniques in the management of anorectal diseases. Diverse modalities with the main tensity on surgical interceding for managing more common anorectal disorders are...
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Alcoholic peripheral neuropathy is a potentially incapacitating complication of long-term excessive consumption of alcohol characterized by pain and dysesthesias, primarily in the lower extremities. The neurological effects of ethanol consumption are complex, encompassing both the central and peripheral nervous systems. It breaks into acetaldehyde which impairs and destroys the majority of neuronal functions. As a result, signals become intensified from the injured neurons and the nearby surrounding neurons, resulting in a painful condition. The study aims to evaluate the different doses of Erythropoietin, i.e., 250U/kg and 500U/kg, in alcohol-induced peripheral neuropathy. The present study involved evaluating the neuroprotective activity of Epo in alcohol-induced PN in rats by assessing behavioral, biochemical and electrophysiological, liver function tests, parameters. This study concludes that the two doses of Epo improved sciatic nerve conduction, behavioral studies and antioxidant activity in sciatic nerve homogenate. Among the two different doses of Epo, 500U/kg was most effective besides showing neuroprotective properties against alcohol-induced...
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The medicinal plant Jasminum flexile is reported in traditional medicine as an antidiabetic and anti-inflammatory agent. There is no scientific report on the antibacterial and anti-inflammatory activity of extracts of Jasminum flexile. This study investigated the antibacterial and anti-inflammatory potential of the hydroethanol extract of leaves of Jasminum flexile, its column fractions and constituent compounds. The column fractions MF14, MF9 and MF5 expressed a zone of inhibition of 12 mm against Streptococcus mutans and the isolated compound JFLC1 showed a zone of inhibition of 10 mm against Streptococcus mutans, Escherichia coli, and Klebsiella pneumoniae comparable to that of the standards ampicillin, kanamycin and chloramphenicol respectively at the same concentration. The highest anti- inflammatory potential was found for the column fraction MF3 (55.14%) as assessed from the percentage of haemolysis. The results reveal that the isolated compounds and extracts of leaves of Jasminum flexile possess significant antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory...
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