Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Pharmacy -- IIUM Summary: Digestive enzymes and free radical inhibitors are used to control hyperglycemia and prevent diabetes complications. With the aim of continuous search for plant derived inhibitors, two medicinal plants that are well known in herbal medicine due to its various tradition

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences -- IIUM Summary: Given the beneficial roles of adiponectin protein on body metabolism and its profound protective effects against metabolic diseases, a better understanding of the protein's secretion and regulation is very important. The objectives of this study were

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Biotechnology -- IIUM Summary: Kuantan River is a major river, which is playing a very important and life-sustaining role in providing 350,000m3 daily freshwater for many peoples in Kuantan settlement. Monsoonal rain cause surface runoff that may affect water quality, nutrient concentration a

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Medicine -- IIUM Summary: A variety of evidences of genetic factors had been implicated in schizophrenia but the identification of specific gene has proven to be difficult. Based on the dopaminergic hypothesis in schizophrenia, most of the research conducted has focused on genes regulating dop

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Nursing -- IIUM Summary: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the most important medical and socioeconomic problem and is the top cause of death in the young adult. Severe TBI survivors show physical and functional improvement but remain with cognitive and psycho-social problem throughout recovery.

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Biotechnology -- IIUM Summary: Peat swamp forests provide significant ecological role in the environment, yet remain as poorly studied biotypes. They are mostly under enormous threats of peatland degradation and drainage for development and agriculture. In the South-East Pahang Peat Swamp Fo

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Nursing -- IIUM Summary: Preventing smoking among adolescents is critical to end the epidemic of smoking in Malaysia. Despite the implementation of several smoking prevention programs, the prevalence of adolescent smoking and experimenting with tobacco in Malaysia is still increasing. Therefor

Subject(s): Foot -- Diseases | Diabetes -- Complications | Diabetics -- Care | Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Family Medicine -- IIUM Summary: Introduction: Foot complications are considered to be a serious consequence of diabetes mellitus, posing a major medical and economic threat. The diabetic foot at risk is the diabetic foot whic

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Pharmacy -- IIUM Summary: Wogonin has been reported to exert antihyperglycemic effect and has potential to enhance the current therapy options against type 2 diabetes mellitus. However, the structure-activity relationships (SAR) studies of wogonin against this disease have not been carried out

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology -- IIUM Summary: Raloxifene is a second-generation selective oestrogen receptor modulator (SERM) used in treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women as well as in the prevention of invasive breast cancer. This drug has a poor bioavailability, which is limited t