conclusions this investigation revealed that berberis fruit extract has beneficial metabolic effects in patients with type ii diabetes. barberry may improve glucose catabolism via glycolysis pathway, stimulate insulin secretion or improve insulin function and finally decrease glucose uptake. our results indicated that berberis fruit regulates glucose metabolism in patients with type 2 diabetes....

in the present paper, challenges and prospects of the european railways, along with a proposal for a new strategy policy and specific measures are presented. the declining course of european railways concerning traffic and revenues is first analyzed. conditions to introduce intra - modal competition are surveyed, among them separation of infrastructure from operation as it has been applied in a...

the european :union: has aspired to create an “ever closer :union:” among its people since the articulation of the european :union: citizenship has been an important instrument towards it. however, attempts at creating this “ever closer :union:” have focused on homogenizing european citizens as a single entity without taking into account the heterogeneous differentials among such citizens. gend...

At the moment, 14 European Talent Centres belong to the recently formed European Talent Support Network, which, in the long run, can bring new dimensions to pan-European cooperation in supporting young talented people all over Europe.  Exchange and adaptation of best practices, spread and application of scientific results, possibilities of mutual visits of young talents, their teachers, me...

alfalfa is the best known fodder crop with high ability of biological nitrogen fixation and drought tolerance in dry, pannonian region of east austria. different morphological and physiological characteristics of 18 alfalfa genotypes from different geographical origins, 8 iranian ecotypes and 10 european cultivars were evaluated under irrigated and rainfed conditions during 2006-08 cropping sea...

at present, most of iran is free of bovine tuberculosis (tb). the strategy of control and eradication in iran involves a tuberculation test and slaughter of reactors, a procedure transformed the present-day prevalence of tb into a sporadic occurrence. this paper describes the first report of bovine tuberculosis in a european fallow deer ( dama dama dama ) in iran. the deer was emaciated and fou...

this paper discusses whether european institutions should devote so much attention and funding to cross-border healthcare or they should instead prioritise guaranteeing universal health coverage (uhc), inequalities and tackling the effects of austerity measures. the paper argues through providing the evidence in both areas of research, that the priority at european level from a public health an...

background: tissue protective effect of compounds with antioxidant properties has been demonstrated. the alkaloids found in barberry root are considered as antioxidants. objective: according to barberry protective effects in different tissues, in this study, the protective effect of berberis integerrima bge. root )mebir) was evaluated against ccl4-induced testicular damages in wistar rats. mate...

BACKGROUND Leishmaniasis has been identified as a major public health problem in tropical and sub-tropical countries. The present study was aimed to investigate antileishmanial effects of various extracts of Berberis vulgaris also its active compoenent, berberine against Leishmania tropica and L. infantum species on in vitro experiments. METHODS In this study in vitro antileishmanial activity...