Aims and Objectives: To detect and compare salivary glucose with plasma glucose level and PPBS(Postprandial ) and FBS (Fasting blood sugar) in diabetic and non-diabetic subjects. Material and Method: A total of 100 patients were participated in the study. They were divided into 2 groups, each group consist of 50 patients. Unstimulated saliva and blood were collected and investigated for glucose levels. Results and conclusion: FBS, PPBS, Plasma glucose levels and salivary glucose levels were…
Human beings in the past hunted and gathered for subsistence. This culture, also known as the “foraging culture” included strategies like hunting, trapping, fishing, and gathering, in order to obtain supplies. These behaviours placed demands on the body that are similar to vigorous exercises and were practiced by all humans, until 12,000 to 11,000 years ago, “when agriculture and animal domestication emerged in southwest Asia and in Mesoamerica”. Innovations such as agriculture and animal…
What is biodiversity? Introduction Biodiversity is defined as the variety of life on Earth at all its levels and includes genes to ecosystems, as well as the ecological and evolutionary processes that sustain it (Cardinale, 2012). The Earth’s biodiversity has long been a source of wonderment and scientific curiosity, but is increasingly becoming a source of concern. The sheer diversity of life is of inestimable value. Biodiversity has a number of functions on Earth, from providing a foundation…