Endocrine Abstracts

The oral antidiabetic drug, glibenclamide, stimulates the insulin producing β-cells constantly through a harsh mechanism which eventually may permanently reverse its endocrinofunction. The study investigates the protective effects from Swietenia seed and endocarp aqueous-methanol extract on pancreatic islets histology in rats of type 2 DM model. Phytochemical analyses were performed prior to the in vivo study to screen the aqueous-methanolic extract of the combin...