THE EFFECTS OF TUALANG HONEY ON FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS, TIBIA BONE AND HORMONAL PROFILE IN OVARIECTOMISED RATS - ANIMAL MODEL FOR MENOPAUSE

The effects of tualang honey on female reproductive organs, tibia bone and hormonal profile in ovariectomised rats - animal model for menopause

Abstract Background Honey is a highly nutritional natural product that has been widely used in folk medicine for a number of therapeutic purposes.We evaluated whether Malaysian Tualang honey (AgroMas, Malaysia) was effective in reducing menopausal syndrome in ovariectomised female rats; an animal model for menopause.Methods The rats were divided in

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Exceedingly biocompatible and thin-layered reduced graphene oxide nanosheets using an eco-friendly mushroom extract strategy

Kasturi Muthoosamy,1 Renu Geetha Bai,1 Ibrahim Babangida Abubakar,2 Surya Mudavasseril Sudheer,1 Hong Ngee Lim,3 Hwei-San Loh,2,4 Nay Ming Huang,5 Chin Hua Chia,6 Sivakumar Manickam1 1Manufacturing and Industrial Processes Research Division, Faculty of Engineering, 2School of Biosciences, Faculty of Science, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus

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Extracellular Vesicle-Based Detection of Pancreatic Cancer

Due to a grim prognosis, there is an urgent need to detect pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) prior to metastasis.However, reliable diagnostic imaging methods or biomarkers for PDAC or its precursor lesions are still scarce.ADAM8, a metalloprotease-disintegrin, is highly expressed in PDAC tissue and negatively correlates with patient survival.

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