Changes in Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Enzyme Activities in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetes Mellitus in Rats: Role of Alhagi maurorum Extracts
Table 1
Changes in levels of liver function markers, blood glucose levels, and lipid profile in plasma of diabetic rats treated with either water or ethanolic extract of Alhagi maurorum.
Parameters
Animals treatments
Control
STZ-group
STZ-WE-group
STZ-EE-group
AST (U/L)
18.67 ± 1.41
503.46 ± 29.61
24.33 ± 2.62
21.57 ± 1.23
ALT (U/L)
6.141 ± .079
103.63 ± 12.563
9.64 ± 1.479
8.62 ± 1.216
Bilirubin (mg/dL)
0.51 ± 0.03
6.982 ± .18
0.43 ± 0.04
0.72 ± 0.04
Cholesterol (mg/dL)
104.76 ± 7.6
203.14 ± 9.03
63.92 ± 4.76
90.47 ± 7.90
LDL-C (mg/dL)
83.58 ± 7.01
173.18 ± 8.47
54.60 ± 6.41
56.51 ± 4.88
HDL-C (mg/dL)
88.26 ± 8.15
40.246 ± 1.774
73.965 ± 6.927
63.499 ± 7.549
LDL/HDL ratio
1.1 ± 0.14
4.35 ± 0.23
0.76 ± 0.08
0.99 ± 0.13
VLDL-C (mg/dL)
24.37 ± 2.15
97.52 ± 12.51
10.14 ± 1.60
16.70 ± 2.24
Triglyceride (mg/dL)
121.83 ± 10.7
487.60 ± 62.57
50.68 ± 8.02
83.52 ± 11.21
Glucose (mg/dL)
90.81 ± 5.36
437.6 ± 14.10
106.83 ± 8.57
82.24 ± 7.09
Values are expressed as mean ± SE of 10 rats in each group. Mean values within a row not sharing the same superscript letters were significantly different, .
