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A Short Overview on Anti-Diabetic Natural Products: Reviewing the Herbotherapeutic Potentials
Published in Debarshi Kar Mahapatra, Cristóbal Noé Aguilar, A. K. Haghi, Natural Products Pharmacology and Phytochemicals for Health Care, 2021
Mojabir Hussen Ansari, Debarshi Kar Mahapatra
The effect of Piper betle on fasting blood glucose levels were reported by the scientific study (Figure 1.10). It was found that the P. betle are very effective in reducing significantly blood glucose concentration upto 4 hours except lowest dose, which impaired blood glucose concentration only upto 2 hours. Also, leaves of Piper betle shows anti-oxidant, gastroprotective, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-diabetic, anti-inflammatory, radioprotective, hepatoprotective, anti-fertility in male rats, anti-motility and wound healing. Paan is also used to chewing as a mouth freshener, digestive, stimulant, and carminative. P. betle is used for curing wind-cold cough, bronchial asthma, rheumatism, and pregnancy edema in the Chinese folk medicine system [49–53].
Use of psychoactive substances by goods carriage drivers associated with Kerala, India
Published in Traffic Injury Prevention, 2023
M. S. Siva Prasad, C. V. Priyatha, Jayesh K. Joseph, E. M. Aneesh
The use of oral fluid has been found to offer significant promise since it is a noninvasive method and allows on-site detection of drugs. It is pertinent to mention that in the majority of the participants during oral fluid collection using the NeoSal Oral Fluid Collection System, the Sample Volume Adequacy Indicator (SVAI) formed a distinct blue line in the clear window after 10–15 min. However, in six participants, the line in the clear window of the Sample Volume Adequacy Indicator (SVAI) of the NeoSal Oral Fluid Collection System did not turn blue even after 20–30 min since the mouth was dry. The lowered salivary flow rate may be due to the perceived stress as the participants were stopped by the law-enforcement officers or due to xerostomia (Gholami et al. 2017). This may be due to the consumption of smokeless tobacco, such as paan and gutkha was very common among the participants and oral dryness may happen due to these habits (Scully Cbe 2003; Niaz et al. 2017).