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Fifty females, divided into three groups according to BMI, were studied to investigate the relationship of plasma Leptin with BMI. Plasma Leptin levels were significantly higher [P< 0.001] in obese female group III [BMI>30] than both normal weight group II [BMI > 20 <25] and under weight group I [BMI <20]. These results suggested that plasma Leptin was positively correlated with BMI and reflect the amount of the total body fat
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Humanos , Feminino , Feminino , Índice de Massa Corporal , GlicemiaRESUMO
The effects of 0.5% ginger [W / W] was studied in cholesterol fed adult male rat of wistar strain. The marked rise in plasma glucose, triacylglycerol, total cholesterol, and LDL cholesterol that followed 4 weeks of cholesterol feeding was significantly reduced by ginger, also in presence of ginger HDL- cholesterol was significantly elevated. Ginger failed to reduced the plasma glucose, triacylglycerol, total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol to normal levels of control group. These results indicate that ginger definitely has a hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic effect.
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Animais de Laboratório , Hipercolesterolemia , Modelos Animais , Colesterol , Triglicerídeos , Lipoproteínas HDL , Lipoproteínas LDL , RatosRESUMO
In this study, red blood cell [RBC] concentrations of reduced glutathione [GSH], serum selenium, zinc and copper levels were determined in 40 type II diabetic subjects with and without diabetic foot as well as 20 controls. In erythrocytes of diabetic patients with diabetic foot [group I], GSH levels were significantly lowered than both diabetic patients without infection [group I] and those of the control. Serum selenium and zinc levels were significantly lower in patients of group II than those of group I and the controls, whereas the levels of serum copper were higher in subjects of group I and group II than the healthy individuals. These results suggested that infection increased the impairment of glutathione metabolism in erythrocytes of diabetic patients