Hypoglycemic effects of date seed extract. Possible mechanism of action, and potential therapeutic implications.

Objective: To investigate the possible mechanism, by which an extract from date seeds exert its hypoglycemic effect.

Methods: This study was performed at the Anatomy Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from May to December 2012. Eighty rats were divided into 4 groups.

Radiate ligament shortening and idiopathic scoliosis.

Objective: To investigate the possible role of radiate ligament in idiopathic scoliosis.

Methods: This study was designed as a case-control study adapted to cadavers. Eighteen human cadavers, 12 males and 6 females of Caucasian race, with a mean age of 55 years were studied at the Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from November 2010 to February 2012.

An extract from date seeds having a hypoglycemic effect. Is it safe to use?

Objective: To investigate the safety of date seed extract administration, and to compare between toxic effects of diabetes on rats treated with insulin versus rats treated with insulin-seed extract.

Methods: This study was performed in the Anatomy Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from August to December 2010. One hundred rats were divided into 5 groups.

Hypoglycemic effect of an extract from date seeds on diabetic rats.

Objective: To investigate the efficacy of an aqueous extract from date seeds on diabetic rats.

Methods: The study was performed in the Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between November 2008 and December 2009. Eighty adult albino rats were divided into 4 groups.

Perforation of the inferior alveolar nerve by the maxillary artery: an anatomical study.

The infratemporal fossa is a clinically important anatomical area for the delivery of local anaesthetic agents in dentistry and maxillofacial surgery. We studied the infratemporal fossas in white cadavers, and in particular the topographical relations of the inferior alveolar nerve and the maxillary artery. In 3 of the 50 fossas dissected the maxillary artery passed through the inferior alveolar nerve, splitting it into superficial and deep divisions.