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- Title
Therapeutic potential of cyanobacteria against streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.
- Authors
Pandurangan, Muthuraman; Doo Hwan Kim
- Abstract
Hypoglycemic effect of cyanobacteria has evaluated in the normal and streptozotocin-induced diabetic male albino rats as a mammalian model. Normal and streptozotocin-diabetic rats were orally administered cyanobacteria for 60 consecutive days, and their blood levels of glucose, insulin, C-peptide, lipid peroxidation, body weight and enzyme changes were determined using standard methods. Cyanobacteria administration reduced blood glucose level, and increased plasma insulin, C-peptide levels and restored the body weight. Cyanobacteria administration significantly reduced lipid peroxidation in the diabetic rats. Hexokinase enzyme activity was increased, whereas glucose-6-phosphatase enzyme activity decreased in streptozotocin-diabetic rats compared to their respective controls. Cyanobacteria administration caused significant renormalization of serum hepatic enzymes in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. In conclusion, cyanobacteria have a protective effect on anti-oxidant and anti-diabetic in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.
- Subjects
CYANOBACTERIA; STREPTOZOTOCIN; BLOOD sugar; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of hypoglycemic agents; BLOOD sugar measurement; NITROGEN-fixing cyanobacteria; ANIMAL models of diabetes
- Publication
3 Biotech, 2016, Vol 6, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2190-572X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s13205-016-0411-0