objective: to evaluate the prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm) and its risk factors in tehran. materials and methods: from march 2002 to october 2004, screening for gdm was performed on 1804 women in tehran. all pregnant women were referred for a 50 g oral glucose challenge test (ogct) between 24th and 28th week of gestation. all subjects with an abnormal gct (blood glucose level ...

the aqueous leaves extract of sesbania sesban (l) merr. (family: fabaceae) was evaluated for its antidiabetic potential on normal and streptozotocin (stz)-induced diabetic rats. in the chronic model, the aqueous extract was administered to normal and stz- induced diabetic rats at the doses of 250 and 500 mg/kg body weight (b.w.) p.o. per day for 30 days. the fasting blood glucose levels (bgl), ...

allium elburzense ( a. elborzense , alliaceae), a plant rich in saponins, is an edible vegetable in northern iran with a folk background use as antidiabetic which has not yet been examined for this indication. to evaluate the antidiabetic potential of a. elburzense , its hydroalcoholic (hdae) and butanolic extracts (bue) were examined. the acute (1, 2, 3, 4, 8 h) and sub-acute (11 days) effects...

use of medicinal plants for attenuation of hyperglycemia and restoration of lipids disorder to normal level is clinically very important. the aim of present study was to evaluate the effects of berberis integerrima bge. fruit aqueous extract (bifae) on blood glucose and lipid profile in streptozotocin (stz) - induced diabetic rats. the stz-induced diabetic rat were treated by fruit aqueous extr...

Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) should be part of a regular management plan for patients with diabetes. Self-monitoring of blood glucose provides information regarding an individual's dynamic blood glucose profile. This information can help with the appropriate scheduling of food, activity, and medication. It is also required for understanding of the timing of blood glucose variations. ...

OBJECTIVE: Social belief and experimental evidences indicate that opium and its alkaloids, morphine, produced hypoglycemic effects in animal models. This study was conducted in order to determine the role of morphine on blood glucose and insulin. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This is an empirical analysis investigating the laboratory albino male rats weighing 200-250 g. Rats in the control group recei...

Introduction: Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus could lead to neuropathy in central and peripheral nerve tissues and one of its main signs can be hyperalgesia and motor coordination defect. Due to the blood glucose lowering effect of Thymus species and the presence of polyphenolic compounds with high antioxidant capacity, in this study the effect of Thymus caramanicus jalas extract was investig...