Background and Objective: Diabetes causes fertility disorders by interfering with the endocrine gland function. There are reports that, green tea and catechins could have anti-oxidant and hypoglycemic properties. Therefore, in the present study, we evaluated the effects of green tea aqueous extract and catechin influence on pituitary-gonadal axis in rat models of type 1 diabetes. Materials & M...

PURPOSE Echinochrome is a pigment present in the shells and spines of sea urchins. It has been reported to have several biologic protective effects, including in experimental models of myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury, for which the proposed mechanisms are scavenging reactive oxygen species (ROS) and chelating iron. Endotoxin-induced uveitis (EIU) is an animal model of acute anterior segm...

OBJECTIVE To achieve a primary pharmacological screening contained in the aqueous extract of Berberis vulgaris (B. vulgaris) and to examine the hypoglycaemic effect and biochemical parameters of aqueous and saponins extract on groups of rats rendered diabetic by injection of streptozotocin. METHODS The phytochemical tests to detect the presence of different compounds were based on the visual ...

BACKGROUND An increasing number of plant components and their extracts have been shown to have beneficial health effects in humans. We aimed to explore the antioxidant effects of the aqueous extract of Asparagus cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr. shoot in vivo and in vitro. METHODS A total of 80 Kun Ming mice were randomly divided into four groups (20/group). The mice in the control group received...

BACKGROUND The Thai traditional herbal formula-Mathurameha, consisting of 26 medicinal plants, has been used as an alternative and complementary medicine for diabetes treatment in Wangnamyen Hospital, Thailand. To provide scientific evidences on the efficacy and safety of this herbal formula, in vivo hypoglycaemic activity, effect on serum biochemical profiles and acute toxicity were investigat...

Green tea extract (GTE) ingested by rats exerted anti-oxidative activities in various ocular tissues as shown in our previous studies. The present work investigated anti-inflammatory effects of GTE on endotoxin-induced uveitis (EIU). EIU was generated in adult rats by a footpad injection of 1 mg/kg lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Oral administration of GTE (550 mg/kg) was given one, two or four times...

BACKGROUND Mondia whitei and Guibourtia tessmannii are used in Cameroon traditional medicine as aphrodisiacs. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the pro-ejaculatory effects of the aqueous and organic solvent extracts of these plants in spinal male rats. METHODS In spinal cord transected and urethane-anesthetized rats, two electrodes where inserted into the bulbospongiosus muscles an...

walnut is a medicinal plant that its different parts such as leaf, seed, root and green husk was shown to reduce blood glucose. in iranian traditional medicine, septum of walnut shell (sws) was recommended to reduce blood glucose. but this effect should be determined with scientific researches. therefore, the aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of the aqueous extract of sws on blood glu...

This study aims at improving the knowledge on effects of gas injection, bubbles sizes and contaminants oxygen transfer in microbubble clouds. First injection are studied linked to several parameters that change together with changes flow rate, namely bubble rise velocities. Oxygen is then presence shown affect size distribution, modify dynamics interfacial mass transfer. efficiencies also measu...