https://www.selleckchem.com/products/17-AAG(Geldanamycin).html We hypothesized that AFR can also expedite antegrade crossing of the CTO after a wire has reached the distal vessel in a retrograde fashion. In this report, we present two cases in which we successfully achieved antegrade CTO crossing with AFR following retrograde advancement of a guidewire to the distal cap, in new variant of the technique, which we called "facilitated AFR".The antidiabetic properties of ferulic acid and its protective role against Fe2+ -induced oxidative pancreatic injury were investigated in this study using in vitro and ex vivo models. Induction of oxidative injury in the pancreas was achieved by incubating normal pancreatic tissue with 0.1 mM FeSO4 and treated by co-incubating with different concentrations of ferulic acid for 30 min at 37°C. Ferulic acid inhibited the activities of α-glucosidase, α-amylase, and pancreatic lipase significantly (p less then .05) and promoted glucose uptake in isolated rat psoas muscles. Induction of oxidative pancreatic injury caused significant (p less then .05) depletion of glutathione (GSH) level, superoxide dismutase (SOD), and catalase activities, as well as elevation of malondialdehyde (MDA) and nitric oxide (NO) levels, acetylcholinesterase and chymotrypsin activities. Treatment of tissues with ferulic acid significantly (p less then .05) reversed these levels and activities. LC-MS analysis of the extracted metaboTIONS There have been increasing concerns on the side effects associated with the use of synthetic antidiabetic drug, coupled with their expenses particularly in developing countries. This has necessitated continuous search for alternative treatments especially from natural products having less or no side effects and are readily available. Ferulic acid is among the common phenolics commonly found in fruits and vegetables. In this present study, ferulic acid was able to attenuate oxidative stress, cholinergic dysfunction, and proteolysi