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Ammar Boudaka

Publications 3

Review article Open access

Evidence-Based Human Clinical Trials on Antidiabetic Herbal 6 Remedies Commonly Used in the Middle East

Shihab Al-Makhmari, Abir Al-Aufi, Saleh Al-Kindi et al. · Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal · 2025 · 10.18295/2075-0528.2852

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a prevalent metabolic disorder with significant health and economic impacts. This review examined Middle Eastern herbs as alternative T2DM treatments in human randomised controlled trials and meta-analyses. A comprehensive PubMed search was conducted for human randomised controlled tr …

Review article Open access

Role of Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 4 Channel in Skin Physiology and Pathology

Ammar Boudaka, Mallak Al-Yazeedi, Intisar Al-Lawati · Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal · 2025 · 10.18295/squmj.2020.20.02.003

Transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) channel responds to temperature, as well as various mechanical and chemical stimuli. This non-selective cation channel is expressed in several organs, including the blood vessels, kidneys, oesophagus and skin. In the skin, TRPV4 channel is present in various cell types s …

Research article Open access

Physiological Intracranial Calcifications in Children: A computed tomography-based study

Faiza Al Hajri, Srinivasa R. Sirasanagandla, Ammar Boudaka et al. · Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal · 2025 · 10.18295/squmj.9.2022.058

Objectives: This study aimed to examined the frequency of physiological intracranial calcifications (PICs) in paediatric population using computed tomography (CT). Methods: The brain CT scans of consecutive patients (age range: 0–15 years) who had visited Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman, from January 20 …

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