CONTEXT
Oral vanadyl sulfate (vanadium) has potent hypoglycemic effects in diabetes animals, but data about its actions on pancreatic beta-cells (BC) ultrastructure is limited.
OBJECTIVE
Partial diabetic rats were treated with vanadium and insulin injection and their effects on BC ultrastructure are studied.
METHODS
Male rats were made diabetic with intravenous streptozotocin injection (STZ...