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Protective effect of Ginkgo biloba and magnetized water on nephropathy in induced type 2 diabetes in rat

مؤلف البحث
Ahmed E Zayed, Ahmed Saleh, Asmaa Gomaa, Mahmoud Abd-Elkareem, Mamdouh M Anwar, Khaled Hassanein, Mohsen M Elsherbiny, Ahmed M Kotb
تاريخ البحث
مجلة البحث
Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
المشارك في البحث
الناشر
Hindawi
عدد البحث
2018
سنة البحث
2018
صفحات البحث
10
ملخص البحث

We aimed in our current study to explore the protective effect of Ginkgo biloba (GB) and magnetized water (MW) against nephrotoxicity associating induced type 2 diabetes mellitus in rat. Here, we induced diabetes by feeding our lab rats on a high fat-containing diet (4 weeks) and after that injecting them with streptozotocin (STZ). We randomly divided forty rats into four different groups: nontreated control (Ctrl), nontreated diabetic (Diabetic), Diabetic+GB (4-week treatment), and Diabetic+MW (4-week treatment). After the experiment was finished, serum and kidney tissue samples were gathered. Blood levels of glucose, triglycerides, cholesterol, creatinine, and urea were markedly elevated in the diabetic group than in the control group. In all animals treated with GB and MW, the levels of urea, creatinine, and glucose were significantly reduced (all ). GB and MW attenuated glomerular and tubular injury as well as the histological score. Furthermore, they normalized the contents of glutathione reductase and SOD2. In summary, our data showed that GB and MW treatment protected type 2 diabetic rat kidneys from nephrotoxic damages by reducing the hyperlipidemia, uremia, oxidative stress, and renal dysfunction.