Molecules, Vol. 28, Pages 3996: Food Polyphenols and Type II Diabetes Mellitus: Pharmacology and Mechanisms
ad S. Mubarak Type II diabetes mellitus and its related complications are growing public health problems. Many natural products present in our diet, including polyphenols, can be used in treating and managing type II diabetes mellitus and different diseases, owing to their numerous biological properties. Anthocyanins, flavonols, stilbenes, curcuminoids, hesperidin, hesperetin, naringenin, and phenolic acids are common polyphenols found in blueberries, chokeberries, sea-buckthorn, mulberries, turmeric, citrus fruits, and cereals. These compounds exhibit antidiabetic effects through different pathways. Accordingly, this ...
Source: Molecules - May 10, 2023 Category: Chemistry Authors: Rabia Naz Fatima Saqib Samir Awadallah Muqeet Wahid Muhammad Farhaj Latif Iram Iqbal Mohammad S. Mubarak Tags: Review Source Type: research

Sensitivity to imidacloprid insecticide varies among some social and solitary bee species of agricultural value
by Blair Sampson, Ale š Gregorc, Mohamed Alburaki, Christopher Werle, Shahid Karim, John Adamczyk, Patricia Knight Pollinator health risks from long-lasting neonicotinoid insecticides like imidacloprid has primarily focused on commercially managed, cavity-nesting bees in the generaApis,Bombus, andOsmia. We expand these assessments to include 12 species of native and non-native crop pollinators of differing levels of body size, sociality, and floral specialization. Bees were collected throughout 2016 and 2017 from flowering blueberry, squash, pumpkin, sunflower and okra in south Mississippi, USA. Within 30 –60 minutes o...
Source: PLoS One - May 3, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Blair Sampson Source Type: research