Short-term bioaccumulation of vanadium when ingested with a tea decoction in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

The multiple nutrition properties of some exotic fruits: Biological activity and active metabolites

“…The availability of litchi is June and July. Sodium orthovanadate suspended in a lychee black tea decoction effectively regulates blood glucose levels in rats with insulindependent, streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes (Edel et al, 2006). Volatile components of nine litchi cultivars (10 samples) with high compositional value from Southern China were investigated by means of GC-MS combined with headspace solid phase microextraction.…”

Influence of Vanadium–organic Ligands Treatment on Selected Metal Levels in Kidneys of STZ Rats

“…Some of them have already been tested on patients in clinical trials [26, 27]. Trace elements supplementation in case of vanadium can influence not only biochemical parameters but also other element level in organs [29, 30]. This work focuses on a recondite effect of vanadium treatment on other levels of elements in the kidney of diabetic STZ rats.…”

Speciation in aqueous vanadate–ligand and peroxovanadate–ligand systems

“…Although such potential of this transition metal has already been documented more than a 100 years ago [4], it has only generated much interest over the past decades [5][6][7][8][9]. Since then, insulin-like effects of vanadium compounds have been described both in vitro [10][11][12][13][14] and in vivo [3,[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]. Importantly, these effects have not been the results of a stimulated insulin secretion by vanadium [16,19] as plasma insulin levels did not increase during the treatments.…”