Publications by authors named "D U Owu"
Purpose: Diabetes mellitus is a global health challenge that leads to severe complications, negatively impacting overall health, life expectancy, and quality of life. Herbal medicines, valued for their accessibility and therapeutic benefits with minimal side effects, have been promoted as potential treatments. Managing conditions like diabetes, characterized by free radical production and cytokine-driven inflammation, is vital due to the active components in plants that exert direct pharmacological effects.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: This study assessed the electrocardiographic pattern and cardiac inflammatory response of doxorubicin-induced myocardial injury in Wistar rats treated with ethanol extract.
Methods: Female Wistar rats (190-200 g) were assigned into five groups of seven rats each. The Group 1 (Control group) was given rat chow and drinking water while the Group 2 (doxorubicin group) received intraperitoneal administration of doxorubicin (2 mg/kg) once weekly for three weeks.
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- This study explored how acute moderate aerobic exercise affects blood pressure and ECG changes in healthy young adults over a 14-day period.
- Forty untrained individuals participated in a daily 20-minute treadmill exercise at 13 km/h, with measurements taken before and after the exercise.
- Results showed significant body weight and systolic blood pressure reductions in females and males, respectively, with unchanged ECG parameters but increased heart rates after exercise.
Respiratory disorders may be one of the adverse effects of sedentary lifestyle. This study investigated respiratory functions (FEV, FVC and PEFR) and anthropometric parameters (body weight and body mass index) of healthy young males and females participating in moderate aerobic exercise Forty young healthy untrained non-athletes, twenty males and twenty females (age, 25 ± 5.6 years; body weight, 65 ± 4.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Vitamin C has anti-oxidant benefits in the gastrointestinal tract and heart. This study investigated the effect of vitamin C on some gastric parameters in myocardial injury in rats.
Materials And Methods: Thirty Wistar rats were divided into five groups (n = 6).