Freeze-drying is a method of removing water by sublimation of ice crystals from frozen material. Suitable parameters of process application allow us to obtain best quality products compared to products dried with traditional methods. In pharmaceutical field lyophilization has become important subject to ongoing development and its expansion. Lyophilization is common, but cost intensive and henc…
Vitamin, any of several organic substances that are necessary in small quantities for normal health and growth in higher forms of animal life. Vitamins are distinct in several ways from other biologically important compounds such as proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids. Although these latter substances also are indispensable for proper bodily functions, almost all of them can be synthesized by a…
Healing of wounds, whether from accidental injury or surgical intervention, involves the activity of an intricate network of blood cells, tissue types, cytokines, and growth factors. This results in increased cellular activity, which causes an intensified metabolic demand for nutrients. Nutritional deficiencies can impede wound healing, and several nutritional factors required for wound repair…
The assessment of nutritional status in patients with cirrhosis is problematic. In addition there are significant sex-related differences in body composition and in the characteristics of tissue loss which limit the usefulness of techniques based on measures of muscle mass and function in women. Techniques which combine subjective and objective variables provide reasonably accurate information…
Mammalian fetal skin regenerates perfectly, but adult skin repairs by the formation of scar tissue. The cause of this imperfect repair by adult skin is not understood. In contrast, wounded adult amphibian (urodeles and anurans) skin is like mammalian fetal skin in that it repairs by regeneration, not scarring. Scar-free wound repair in adult Xenopus is associated with expression of the paired …
The metabolicsyndromeisamultiplexriskfactorforatheroscleroticcardiovasculardiseaseandtype2diabetes.Itiscomposed of atherogenicdyslipidemia,elevatedbloodpressure,insulinresistanceandelevatedglucose,apro-thromboticstate,anda pro-inflammatorystate.Excessenergyintakeandconcomitantobesityarethemajordriversofthesyndrome.Lifestyle intervention canreversemetabolicriskfactors,butattimes,drugtherapies…
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) represents a cluster of metabolic abnormalities that include hypertension, central obesity, insulin resistance, and atherogenic dyslipidemia, and is strongly associated with an increased risk for developing diabetes and atherosclerotic and nonatherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD). The pathogenesis of MetS involves both genetic and acquired factors that contribut…
Insulin is the gold standard for treatment of hyperglycemia during pregnancy, when lifestyle measures do not maintain glycemic control during pregnancy. However, recent studies have suggested that certain oral hypoglycemic agents (metformin and glyburide) may be safe and be acceptable alternatives. There are no serious safety concerns with metformin, despite it crossing the placenta.
The objective is to formulate clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of diabetes in older adults.
Hiperglikemia adalah suatu kondisi medik berupa peningkatan kadar glukosa dalam darah melebihi batas normal. Hiperglikemia merupakan salah satu tanda khas penyakit diabetes mellitus (DM), meskipun juga mungkin didapatkan pada beberapa keadaan yang lain. Saat ini penelitian epidemiologi menunjukkan adanya kecenderungan peningkatan angka insidensi dan prevalensi DM tipe-2 di berbagai penjuru du…