Animal models of diabetic microvascular complications: Relevance to clinical features.

Diabetes has become more common in recent years worldwide, and this growth is projected to continue in the future. The primary concern with diabetes is developing various complications, which significantly contribute to the disease's mortality and morbidity. Over time, the condition progresses from the pre-diabetic to the diabetic stage and then to the development of complications.

Starch-Mucilage Composite Films: An Inclusive on Physicochemical and Biological Perspective.

In recent years, scientists have focused on research to replace petroleum-based components plastics, in an eco-friendly and cost-effective manner, with plant-derived biopolymers offering suitable mechanical properties. Moreover, due to high environmental pollution, global warming, and the foreseen shortage of oil supplies, the quest for the formulation of biobased, non-toxic, biocompatible, and biodegradable polymer films is still emerging. Several biopolymers from varied natural resources such as starch, cellulose, gums, agar, milk, cereal, and legume proteins have been used as eco-friendly packaging materials for the substitute of non-biodegradable petroleum-based plastic-based packaging materials.

The Impact of Long-and Short-Term Strontium Treatment on Metabolites and Minerals in .

The impact of long-term exposure to Sr (LTE, four doses, 43.5 mg Sr per pot, with a total of 174 mg Sr per pot during the entire period of cultivation) and short-term exposure to Sr (STE, one dose, 870 mg Sr per pot four days before harvest) on the content of phytoestrogens and allantoin in soybeans were compared. Sr accumulation, the effect on the concentration of macroelements, and basic physiology were also analyzed.