abstract          background and objective: according to iranian, asian, indian, and chinese traditional medicine, basil is used in the treatment of different diseases. in this study, the effect of basil on lowering the blood glucose was examined in healthy and diabetic rats.         methods: sixty wistar rats were divided into a control group(n=10), a basil receiving group (n=20) and a diabeti...

conclusions vitamin d repletion for 12 weeks increased serum vitamin d concentrations and improved β-cell activity in vitamin d-deficient type ii diabetes with no significant changes in hba1c or insulin sensitivity. results median [iqr] 25(oh)d levels increased significantly in the vitamin d group as 58.1 [48, 67.3] nmol/l (p = 0.002). there was no significant difference in the change of hba1c ...

background and objective: cardiovascular disorders continue to constitute major causes of morbidity and mortality in diabetic patients. in this study, the effect of chronic administration of tribulus terrestris (tt) feeding was studied on aortic reactivity of streptozotocin (stz)-diabetic rats and some underlying mechanisms were investigated.    materials and methods: male diabetic rats receive...

diabetes mellitus is a progressive disease. most investigators have focused on glomerular changes in diabetic kidney and non-glomerular alterations have been less attended. the present study has been conducted to find early non-glomerular histological changes in diabetic renal tissue. twenty male wistar rats weighting 200-250 g were used for the diabetic group. diabetes mellitus was induced by ...

background diabetes is a common problem with severe complications. the control of diabetes needs a close and honest relationship between patients and health professionals. the views of these two groups might influence the professional relationship. objectives the purpose of this study was to identify the views of diabetic patients versus the views of diabetic care professionals on the content o...

background in quran, the great, surah baghareh, verse 255, it is stated: “ who is he aware of everything and the limited knowledge of humankind originates in his unending and unlimited knowledge”. one of these sciences is the science of pharmaceutical plants. recognizing these plants plays an important role in the improvement of human society health. herbal therapy is one of the supplement meth...

objective: medical plants, as rich sources of natural antioxidants with antidiabetic effects, are used worldwide to diminish a variety of symptoms and many diseases. r. ribes l., which belongs to the family of polygonaceae, can provide symptomatic relief and assist in the prevention of the secondary complications of the diabetes. material and methods: 36 female adult rats were randomly divided ...

introduction a heart tumor in children is rare and the most primary tumor of the heart is rhabdomyoma. we report a case of cardiac mass diagnosed at 32th weeks of pregnancy while the mother had gestational diabetes mellitus. serial echocardiography revealed regression of the tumor; then follow up of the patient confirmed tuberous sclerosis.

results this study shows the prepared gene construct is inducible by glucose. gene expression of preproinsulin was observed in muscle tissue of rabbits. conclusions these finding indicated that research in diabetes mellitus gene therapy could be performed on larger animals. objectives the purpose of this study was to construct glucose inducible insulin gene plasmid and use it in the muscle tiss...

conclusions therapeutic dose of vitamin d can improve vitamin d status and glycemic indicators. but it seems that an 8-week intervention period was not sufficient to reveal the possible effects of vitamin d on serum adiponectin levels. results after 8-week intervention, serum 25-hydroxyvitamin d significantly increased and reached the normal levels in patients receiving vitamin d (p < 0.001) an...