Research Article

Protective Effects of the Mushroom Lactarius deterrimus Extract on Systemic Oxidative Stress and Pancreatic Islets in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats

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The effect of L. deterrimus extract administration on the content of free –SH (a), level of protein bound glutathione (GSSP) (b), and activities of antioxidative enzymes (c) in the circulation. NDM: control rats; NDM + Ld: control rats treated daily with L. deterrimus extract for four weeks; DM: STZ-induced diabetic rats; DM + Ld: STZ-induced diabetic rats treated with L. deterrimus extract for four weeks. The values are presented as the mean ± S.E.M.; values not sharing a common superscript letter differ significantly at .
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