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View Post: Tea And EGCG Effects On Cataracts
9 Nov 2008
Tea and EGCG research on cataract risk reduction in diabetes, UV light, and antioxidant pathways. ... to lower blood sugar with Lichee black tea extract to reduce diarrhea (a side effect of vanadate medication for diabetics) found complete prevention of cataracts in an animal diabetic model (Clark TA, Codelivery of a tea extract prevents morbidity and mortality associated with oral vanadate therapy in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats, Metabolism, September 2004) ...
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View Post: fenugreek and diabetes
29 Dec 2007 by admin  
long-term effect of trigonella foenum graecum and its combination with sodium orthovanadate in preventing histopathological and biochemical abnormalities in diabetic rat ocular tissues. mol cell biochem. 2006 sep; 289(1-2):137-47. ...
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View Post: Vanadium Biochemistry: Toxicology and Pharmacology - SciTopics
14 Apr 2008 by M. Aureliano  
In spite of the emerging interest in the pharmacological effects of some vanadium compounds, for instance as an insulin-mimetic in the treatment of diabetes, the toxicology of vanadium constitutes an area of increasing interest (Aureliano, 2007). Recently, it was reviewed some ... Most of the biological importance of vanadium is associated with the +5 oxidation state (vanadate) probably due to similarities between the phosphate and vanadate chemistries in solution. ...
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View Post: Vanadium Chemistry: Insulin mimetic property of vanadium
11 May 2009 by Meenu  
The vanadyl V(IV) is less toxic to rats than the vanadate V(V) state [29] and hence vanadium(IV) state is proposed to be a possible active form of vanadium in mimicking or enhancing insulin action by interacting with the glucose transporter . ... Vanadium-dithiocarbamate complexes have been reported as potent orally active insulin-mimetic for the treatment of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in rats. Sakurai et al. [40], and Rehder et al. [41] have screened toxicity and ...
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View Post: vanadium
19 Aug 2009 by Doc Talbott  
supplemental forms of vanadium are usually vanadyl or vanadate forms and are generally marketed with claims to mimic insulin action, reduce blood sugar levels, improve glycogen synthesis, and increase muscle size and vascularity. ...
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View Post: Diabetes Reduces Autophosphorylation of Retinal Insulin Receptor ...
24 Feb 2009 by Rajala, RVS, Wiskur, B., Tanito, M., Callegan,...  
Pervanadate solutions were used within 5 minutes to minimize decomposition of the vanadate-hydrogen peroxide complex. IR-transfected HEK-293T cells were treated with 1 mM pervanadate for 30 minutes, washed with phosphate-buffered saline ...
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View Post: [mychickensoup] diabetes
9 Nov 2007 by King of poors  
a (free) medline search at the national library of medicine website ( http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed ) using the keywords vanadium + diabetes will bring up over 160 papers on the subject. vanadate + diabetes will get you nearly 200. ...
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View Post: adult onset diabetes doesn't have to be a life sentence
12 Nov 2007 by roy  
“in vivo andin vitro studies of vanadate in human & rodent diabetes mellitus,” molecular & cellular biology 1995; 153(1-2): 217-31. 4 foster ts. “efficacy & safety of alpha-lipoic acid supplementation in the treatment of symptomatic ...
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View Post: Vanadium - New World Encyclopedia
10 Jul 2007
Industrial production involves the heating of vanadium ore or residues from other processes with sodium chloride (NaCl) or sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) at about 850 °C, to give sodium vanadate (NaVO3). This product is dissolved in water and acidified to give a red solid, ... The water's vanadium pentoxide content ranges from about 80 to 130 μg/liter. It is marketed as being effective against diabetes, eczema, and obesity, but there is no mention of its toxicity. ...
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20 Oct 2008 by josephine  
... that defines type ii diabetes. recently, a derivative of vanadium, peroxovanadium, has been used in experimental animals. it was 50 times more potent than vanadate in normalizing blood sugar without the toxicity shown by vanadium. ...
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