Qiliqiangxin (QLQX) is a specific traditional Chinese medicine extracted from 11 distinct herbs, including ginseng radix et rhizoma, astragali radix, aconiti lateralis radix preparata, semen descurainiae lepidii, salvia miltiorrhiza radix et rhizoma, alismatis rhizoma, cinnamomi ramulus, polygonati od...
Diabetic nephropathy, characterized by inflammation and oxidative stress, poses a management challenge. This study investigates the effect ofPolygonum hyrcanicumextract on diabetic nephropathy in alloxan-induced diabetic mice. In this experimental animal study, theP. hyrcanicumextract was prepared using c...
stability of messenger RNA (mRNA) and/or translational efficiency14. For example, diabetes associated risk alleles have been reported in genes that regulate pancreatic beta cell development and function, insulin gene expression, secretion and action15,16,17,18....
Earlier boar puberty can provide economic benefits because boar exposure can accelerate the utilization of replacement gilts by stimulating sexual maturation. The age at puberty determines the lifetime performance of female pigs because it affects the age at first mating, the farrowing rate and the ...
We found that QL has a significant beneficial effect in the treatment of heart failure in terms of improving the levels of markers of heart failure. Compared to benazepril, QL provides unique therapeutic benefits with respect to regulating metabolites related to inflammation and cardiac hypertrophy in...
As such, play behaviour is often most common in young animals under the care of adult conspecifics30. Many benefits of early-life play experience have been proposed, including training for unexpected situations both cognitively and physically (training for the unexpected hypothesis35), the ...