Abstract: A filter housing assembly for fluid filtration which may be attached to, and removed from, a filter base by a push-actuated release. The filter housing assembly has a top portion with an ingress port and egress port extending therefrom, and a protrusion extending from the filter housing longitudinally axial center. The ingress and egress port are formed in an hourglass shape. A filter key having a base with a groove for mating with said projection, at least one finger extending from said base, and an electronic circuit component housing attached thereto for receiving a printed circuit board, is connected to the filter housing top portion by mating said top portion protrusion with the filter key groove. Both of said ingress and egress port have at least one cavity for the passage of fluid therethrough, where each cavity is exposed in a direction facing away from the printed circuit board.

Abstract: Pinitol and derivatives and metabolites thereof are useful in nutritional and medicinal compositions for lowering plasma free fatty acid levels and for treating conditions associated with insulin resistance, such as diabetes mellitus and its chronic complications; obesity; hyperlipidemias and dyslipidemias atherosclerosis; hypertension; cardiovascular disease; AIDS; cancer; wasting/cachexia; sepsis; trauma associated with burns, malnutrition, and stress; aging; lupus and other autoimmune diseases; endocrine disease; hyperuricemia, polycystic ovary syndrome and complications arising from athletic activity.

Abstract: Pinitol and derivatives and metabolites thereof are useful in nutritional and medicinal compositions for treating conditions associated with insulin resistance, such as diabetes mellitus and its chronic complications; obesity; hyperlipidemias and dyslipidemias atherosclerosis; hypertension; cardiovascular disease; AIDS; cancer; wasting/cachexia; sepsis; trauma associated with burns, malnutrition, and stress; aging; lupus and other autoimmune diseases; endocrine disease; hyperuricemia, polycystic ovary syndrome and complications arising from athletic activity or inactivity.