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Antioxidant potential of the methanol–methylene chloride extract of Terminalia glaucescens leaves on mice liver in streptozotocin-induced stress

AIM: The antioxidant effect of the methanol–methylene chloride extract of Terminalia glaucescens (Combretaceae) leaves was investigated in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced oxidative stress. METHODS: Oxidative stress was induced in mice by a daily dose of STZ (45 mg/kg body weight i.p.) for five days. Fr...

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Autores principales: Njomen, Guy Bertrand Sabas Nya, Kamgang, René, Oyono, Jean Louis Essame, Njikam, Njifutie
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Publicado: Medknow Publications 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3025144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21279183
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.45153
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author Njomen, Guy Bertrand Sabas Nya
Kamgang, René
Oyono, Jean Louis Essame
Njikam, Njifutie
author_facet Njomen, Guy Bertrand Sabas Nya
Kamgang, René
Oyono, Jean Louis Essame
Njikam, Njifutie
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description AIM: The antioxidant effect of the methanol–methylene chloride extract of Terminalia glaucescens (Combretaceae) leaves was investigated in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced oxidative stress. METHODS: Oxidative stress was induced in mice by a daily dose of STZ (45 mg/kg body weight i.p.) for five days. From day one, before STZ injection, normal and diabetic-test mice received an oral dose of the extract (100 or 300 mg/kg b.w.) daily. Plasma metabolites, lipid peroxidation, and antioxidant enzymes in the liver were assessed and gain in body weight recorded. RESULTS: In normal mice the plant extract reduced food and water intake, blood glucose and LDL-C level and body weight gain, did not affect the lipid peroxidation in the liver, while the antioxidant enzyme activities seemed increased. Blood glucose was decreased (P < 0.05) in normal mice treated with 300 mg/kg extract. Diabetic mice pretreated with 100 mg/kg extract as diabetic control mice (DC) showed significant (P < 0.001) body weight loss, polyphagia and polydipsia, high plasma glucose level, decrease in the liver catalase, peroxidase, and superoxide dismutase activities, and increase in lipid peroxidation. The HDL-C level was lowered (P < 0.05) whereas LDL-C increased. In 300 mg/kg extract-pretreated diabetic mice the extract prevented body weight loss, increase of blood glucose level, lipid peroxidation in liver, food and water intake, and lowering of plasma HDL-C level and liver antioxidants; this extract prevented LDL-C level increase. CONCLUSION: These results indicate that T. glaucescens protects against STZ-induced oxidative stress and could thus explain its traditional use for diabetes and obesity treatment or management.
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spelling pubmed-30251442011-01-28 Antioxidant potential of the methanol–methylene chloride extract of Terminalia glaucescens leaves on mice liver in streptozotocin-induced stress Njomen, Guy Bertrand Sabas Nya Kamgang, René Oyono, Jean Louis Essame Njikam, Njifutie Indian J Pharmacol Research Article AIM: The antioxidant effect of the methanol–methylene chloride extract of Terminalia glaucescens (Combretaceae) leaves was investigated in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced oxidative stress. METHODS: Oxidative stress was induced in mice by a daily dose of STZ (45 mg/kg body weight i.p.) for five days. From day one, before STZ injection, normal and diabetic-test mice received an oral dose of the extract (100 or 300 mg/kg b.w.) daily. Plasma metabolites, lipid peroxidation, and antioxidant enzymes in the liver were assessed and gain in body weight recorded. RESULTS: In normal mice the plant extract reduced food and water intake, blood glucose and LDL-C level and body weight gain, did not affect the lipid peroxidation in the liver, while the antioxidant enzyme activities seemed increased. Blood glucose was decreased (P < 0.05) in normal mice treated with 300 mg/kg extract. Diabetic mice pretreated with 100 mg/kg extract as diabetic control mice (DC) showed significant (P < 0.001) body weight loss, polyphagia and polydipsia, high plasma glucose level, decrease in the liver catalase, peroxidase, and superoxide dismutase activities, and increase in lipid peroxidation. The HDL-C level was lowered (P < 0.05) whereas LDL-C increased. In 300 mg/kg extract-pretreated diabetic mice the extract prevented body weight loss, increase of blood glucose level, lipid peroxidation in liver, food and water intake, and lowering of plasma HDL-C level and liver antioxidants; this extract prevented LDL-C level increase. CONCLUSION: These results indicate that T. glaucescens protects against STZ-induced oxidative stress and could thus explain its traditional use for diabetes and obesity treatment or management. Medknow Publications 2008 /pmc/articles/PMC3025144/ /pubmed/21279183 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.45153 Text en © Indian Journal of Pharmacology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Njomen, Guy Bertrand Sabas Nya
Kamgang, René
Oyono, Jean Louis Essame
Njikam, Njifutie
Antioxidant potential of the methanol–methylene chloride extract of Terminalia glaucescens leaves on mice liver in streptozotocin-induced stress
title Antioxidant potential of the methanol–methylene chloride extract of Terminalia glaucescens leaves on mice liver in streptozotocin-induced stress
title_full Antioxidant potential of the methanol–methylene chloride extract of Terminalia glaucescens leaves on mice liver in streptozotocin-induced stress
title_fullStr Antioxidant potential of the methanol–methylene chloride extract of Terminalia glaucescens leaves on mice liver in streptozotocin-induced stress
title_full_unstemmed Antioxidant potential of the methanol–methylene chloride extract of Terminalia glaucescens leaves on mice liver in streptozotocin-induced stress
title_short Antioxidant potential of the methanol–methylene chloride extract of Terminalia glaucescens leaves on mice liver in streptozotocin-induced stress
title_sort antioxidant potential of the methanol–methylene chloride extract of terminalia glaucescens leaves on mice liver in streptozotocin-induced stress
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3025144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21279183
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.45153
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