Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Treculia Africana (TA) has been used as an anti-inflammatory agent by the Yoruba people of West Africa and is also known to be a component of an ancient anti-diabetic remedy used in the Western and Middle belt areas of Nigeria. This study was conducted to investigate the anti-hyperglycemic property of the aqueous seed extract of Treculia Africana (TAE) and also to evaluate the potential of this extract in reversing the toxicity inflicted by expe...

Introduction: Garcinia cambogia is a plant with reported spermatogenic properties. ciprofloxcin is an antibiotic used in the treatment of of various bacterial infection but with reported toxic effects on the testes. The modulatory effects of Garcinia cambogia on ciprofloxacin-induced testicular toxicity was evaluated in this study.Method: Twenty one (21) male Wistar rats were randomly divided into four (4) groups. Group A was given ciprofloxacin...

Anacardium occidentale is a multi-purpose tree of the anacardae family with great economic and medicinal value. The leaf of the tree has been reported to possess hypoglycaemic and anti-diabetic properties. However, literature is devoid of any molecular basis for the potent effects observed. This study evaluated the molecular mechanisms underlying the efficacy and safety of the leaves by investigating glucagon-like peptide 1, insulin and kidney injury molecule genes us...

Anacardium occidentale (cashew tree) belongs to the Anacardiaceae family and has been well used in folklore medicine for the treatment of various ailments such as gastrointestinal disorders, hypertension and diabetes. Literature is replete with reported anti-diabetic actions of cashew leaf. The molecular mechanism of the hypoglycemic activity of A. occidentale was investigated in this study. Insulin, Glucagon like peptide-1 (GLP-1), dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DP...

Aim: Chromolaena odorata and Tithonia diversifolia have been combined as folkloric treatment for pediatric anemia. However, the underlying molecular mechanism of this pharmacology has not been established. This study sought to establish the effects of these plants on erythropoietin (kidney), and erythropoietin receptor (bone marrow) expression and to monitor cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors, and FasL/FAS signaling mechanism therefrom....