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Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders Unit
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The main research activities are in areas of diabetes and in natural products with emphasis in compounds that affect the endocrine systems. The current research is on palm vitamin E to determine its beneficial effects on diabetic subjects. Kacip Fatimah and Hempedu Bumi are two natural products that are currently being studied. Tissue culture and animals are used as experimental models to determine whether Kacip Fatimah has oestrogenic and/or androgenic activities as traditionally claimed and in the case of Hempedu Bumi, whether the extract has glucose-lowering effects. The Centre functions as the central laboratory for the Clinical Trial Phase I of Kacip Fatimah.
