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Antidiabetic and antioxidant impacts of desert date (Balanitesa egyptiaca) and parsley (Petroselinum sativum) aqueous extracts: Lessons from experimental rats

مؤلف البحث
13. Nasser S. Abou Khalil, Alaa S. Abou-Elhamd, Ibtisam M. H. El Mileegy,SalwaI.A.Wasfy, Mohamed Y. Hamed, Hussein M. Ageely
مجلة البحث
Journal of Diabetes Research
المشارك في البحث
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تصنيف البحث
1
عدد البحث
2016
موقع البحث
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8408326
سنة البحث
2016
صفحات البحث
1-10
ملخص البحث

Medicinal plants are effective in controlling plasma glucose level with minimal side effects and are commonly used in developing countries as an alternative therapy for the treatment of type 1 diabetes mellitus. The aim of this study is to evaluate the potential antidiabetic and antioxidant impacts of Balanites aegyptiaca and Petroselinum sativumextracts on streptozotocin-induced diabetic and normal rats. The influences of these extracts on body weight, plasma glucose, insulin, total antioxidant capacity (TAC), malondialdehyde (MDA) levels, and liver-pyruvate kinase (L-PK) levels were assessed. Furthermore, the weight and histomorphological changes of the pancreaswere studied in the different experimental groups.Theherbal preparations significantly reduced the mean plasma glucose andMDA levels and significantly increased themean plasma insulin, L-PK, and TAC levels in the treated diabetic groups compared to the diabetic control group. An obvious increase in the weight of the pancreas and the size of the islets of Langerhans and improvement in the histoarchitecture were evident in the treated groups compared to untreated ones. In conclusion, the present study provides a scientific evidence for the traditional use of these extracts as antidiabetic and antioxidant agents in type 1 diabetes mellitus.