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Drug Res (Stuttg) 2019; 69(01): 46-52
DOI: 10.1055/a-0646-3803
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© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

In vivo Evaluation of Anti-Hyperglycemic, Anti-hyperlipidemic and Anti-Oxidant Status of Liver and Kidney of Thymol in STZ-Induced Diabetic Rats

Bijan Ghorbanpour Oskouei
1   Food and Drug Affairs, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, Iran
2   Student Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, Iran
,
Soheil Abbaspour-Ravasjani
3   Immology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
,
Seyed Jamal Musavinejad
4   Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Tabriz, Iran
,
Seyed Ahmad Salehzadeh
5   Department of Medicinal Biotechnology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
,
Alireza Abdolhosseinzadeh
6   Young Researchers and Elite Club, Bonab Branch, Islamic Azad university, Bonab, Iran
,
Hamed hamishehkar
4   Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Tabriz, Iran
,
Kazem Ghahremanzadeh
8   Department of Pathology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
,
Behrooz Shokouhi
8   Department of Pathology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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received 05 October 2017

accepted 14 June 2018

Publication Date:
13 August 2018 (online)

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Correction: In vivo Evaluation of Anti-Hyperglycemic, Anti-hyperlipidemic and Anti-Oxidant Status of Liver and Kidney of Thymol in STZ-Induced Diabetic RatsDrug Res (Stuttg) eFirst
DOI: 10.1055/a-0692-2171

Abstract

Aim The evaluation of the positive and protective effects thymol as a natural compound on the STZ -induced diabetic rats.

Materials and methods In this study, seven groups of the streptozotocin induced diabetic and normal rats (overall 42 males) were tested through various biochemical and histopathological factors such as: serum glucose, insulin, creatinine, lipids, lipoproteins, liver function-related enzymes, and antioxidant status in liver and kidney.

Results The obtained results in this work indicated that thymol had a significant anti-hypoglycemic, anti-hypolipidemic activities on the STZ-induced diabetic rats. Further, the assessment different biochemical parameters revealed that the levels of creatinine, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, very low density lipoprotein cholesterol, and liver function-related enzymes such as aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase were decreased in the treated diabetes rats under 20 and 40 mg/kg thymol compared to the control diabetes group. Considerably, the anti-oxidant enzymes status that were achieved from the liver and kidney organs were modulated after treatment with thymol in the diabetic rats.

Conclusion The results of this research has brough a new aspect concerning the proteevtive and positive effects of thymol on the diabetic complications in the animal model.

Key words

Thymol - Diabetes - Anti-hyperglycemic - Streptozotocin - Anti-oxidant
 

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