Modulatory effect of garcinol in streptozotocin-induced diabetic Wistar rats.

Modulatory effect of garcinol in streptozotocin-induced diabetic Wistar rats.

Arch Physiol Biochem. 2017 Jun 09;:1-8

Authors: Madhuri K, Naik PR

Abstract
The objective of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of garcinol as an antidiabetic candidate in streptozotocin-induced diabetic Wistar rats. Diabetic rats showed a significant increase in the biochemical parameters such as fasting blood glucose, glycated haemoglobin, urea, alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase, malondialdehyde, total cholesterol, triglycerides, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, very low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, atherogenic index and a significant decrease in plasma insulin, HOMA-β-cell functioning index, glycogen, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, body weight and antioxidant enzyme activities, viz. superoxide dismutase, catalase and reduced glutathione. Oral administration of garcinol (10 and 20 mg/kg body weight/day) for 30 days improved the above-mentioned alterations. The effect produced by the drug was compared with that of glibenclamide, a standard hypoglycaemic drug. These findings reveal that garcinol can be a promising antidiabetic candidate in the future.

PMID: 28598692 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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