Surprisingly low infertility rate in married type 2 diabetic women: A rather curious paradox to the current opinion of insulin resistance as the joint pathogenesis of poly cystic ovary syndrome and type 2 diabetes mellitus

By Abbas Tavakolian Arjmand 1, Mahnaz Nouri 2,  Shima Tavakolian Arjmand 3     Affiliations 1 Reproductive Endocrinologist, Department of Internal Medicine, Shahrood Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrood, Iran. 2 Obstetrics and Gynecologist,Department Of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Sharood Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrood, Iran. Electronic address: m_nouri@iau-shahrood.ac.ir. 3 Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mazandaran University of Medical […]

Retention of saffron bioactive components by spray drying encapsulation using maltodextrin, gum Arabic and gelatin as wall materials

Highlights Saffron bioactive components were encapsulated using different wall materials. A mixture of maltodextrin, Arabic gum and gelatin resulted in highest encapsulation efficiency. Total solids significantly affected microcapsule properties and saffron components retention. Over 80% retention of crocin, picrocrocin and safranal was achieved during spray drying encapsulation. Hamid Rajabi a, Mohammad Ghorbani a, Seid Mahdi Jafari a, Alireza Sadeghi Mahoonak a, Ghadir Rajabzadeh b a Department of […]