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Anti-hypertensive Herbs and their Mechanisms of Action: Part I
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Frontiers Media
, 2016 , Article)
The use of herbal therapies for treatment and management of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) is increasing. Plants contain a bounty of phytochemicals that have proven to be protective by reducing the risk of various ailments ...
Anti-Hypertensive Herbs and Their Mechanisms of Action: Part II
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Frontiers Media
, 2016 , Article)
Traditional medicine has a history extending back to thousands of years, and during the intervening time, man has identified the healing properties of a very broad range of plants. Globally, the use of herbal therapies to ...
Oxidative Stress Markers In Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
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De Gruyter
, 2015 , Conference Paper)
Oxidative stress is typically the result of an imbalance between the reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the antioxidant. The increased production of ROS could lead into some serious physiological problems on the cell, such ...
Impact of physical exercise on gut microbiome, inflammation, and the pathobiology of metabolic disorders
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Society for Biomedical Diabetes Research
, 2019 , Article)
BACKGROUND: The gastrointestinal tract (GIT) harbors a complex and diverse microbial composition that outnumbers our own body cells and their gene contents. These microbes play a significant role in host metabolism and ...
Colorimetry-Based Detection of Biomarkers in Exhaled Breath for Predicting COVID-19 Disease
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Qatar University Press
, 2021 , Poster)
Exhaled breath is the biological medium that carries relevant medical information and can be used to analyse biomarkers characteristic for detecting abnormal health status. Thus, by systematically analysing the interaction ...
Therapeutic potential of flavonoids in cancer: ROS-mediated mechanisms
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Elsevier
, 2022 , Article)
Cancer is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality around the globe. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play contradicting roles in cancer incidence and progression. Antioxidants have attracted attention as emerging therapeutic ...
Phytochemicals as Micronutrients: What Is their Therapeutic Promise in the Management of Traumatic Brain Injury?
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Springer Singapore
, 2022 , Book chapter)
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the key causes of deaths and disabilities worldwide. TBI progresses in two phases. The primary phase of injury is the direct result of the physical damage caused by the external force ...
Phytochemicals as Micronutrients: What Is their Therapeutic Promise in the Management of Alzheimer’s Disease?
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Springer Singapore
, 2022 , Book chapter)
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a debilitating neurodegenerative disease with devastating outcomes to patients and exhaustive burdens to healthcare systems. Alzheimer’s disease has always been the focus of extensive research ...
Mitochondrial dysfunction and cell death in neurodegenerative diseases through nitroxidative stress
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2016 , Article)
Mitochondria are important for providing cellular energy ATP through the oxidative phosphorylation pathway. They are also critical in regulating many cellular functions including the fatty acid oxidation, the metabolism ...
Vascular cells proteome associated with bradykinin and leptin inflammation and oxidative stress signals
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MDPI
, 2020 , Article)
Among the primary contributors to cardiovascular diseases are inflammation and oxidative imbalance within the vessel walls as well as the fibrosis of rat aortic smooth muscle cell (RASMC). Bradykinin (BK) and leptin are ...