Plasma was obtained by centrifugation at 4,000 rpm for 10 min and stored at −80 °C until analysis. For excretion study, six rats were administered orally with a single dose of berberine chloride ...

2006;2(3):136-148. Hypophosphatemia associated with primary hyperparathyroidism is usually of moderate severity; increased urinary phosphate excretion is balanced by mobilization of phosphate from ...

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Endothelin (ET) is a recently discovered 21-amino acid peptide that has potent physiologic and pathophysiologic effects that appear to be involved in the development of heart failure. These ...

This "secretory-reserve hypothesis" may be tested by examination of the plasma insulin response to ingested glucose in subjects with normal and abnormal results on the tests. Since the fractional ...

Correspondence to Professor Lee-Yan Sheen, Institute of Food Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan; lysheen{at}ntu.edu.tw and Professor Ming-Shiang Wu, Department of ...