Influence of treatment with quercetin on lipid parameters and oxidative stress of pregnant diabetic rats
Publication: Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
25 February 2013
Abstract
Among the numerous coadjuvant therapies that could influence the incidence and progression of diabetic complications, antioxidants and flavonoids are currently being tested in clinical trials. We investigated the effect of quercetin on biochemical parameters in streptozotocin-induced (60 mg/kg body mass, by intraperitoneal injection) diabetic rats. A total of 32 female Wistar rats were distributed among 4 groups as follows: control (G1); control treated with quercetin (G2); diabetic (G3); and diabetic treated with quercetin (G4). Quercetin administered to pregnant diabetic rats controlled dyslipidemia and improved lipid profiles in diabetes mellitus, regulated oxidative stress by reducing the generation of lipid hydroperoxides, and increased the activity of the antioxidant enzyme glutathione peroxidase.
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Parmi les nombreuses thérapies co-adjuvantes qui pourraient influencer l'incidence et la progression des complications diabétiques, les antioxydants et les flavonoïdes sont actuellement étudiés dans des essais cliniques. Nous avons examiné l'effet de la quercétine sur les paramètres biochimiques de rats rendus diabétiques par la streptozotocine (60 mg/kg, i.p.). Trente-deux rats Wistar femelles ont été distribués en quatre groupes : contrôle (G1) ; contrôle traité à la quercétine (G2) ; diabétique (G3) et diabétique traité à la quercétine (G4). La quercétine administrée à des rates gestantes diabétiques contrôlait la dyslipidémie et améliorait le profil lipidique du diabète sucré, régulait le stress oxydant en réduisant la génération d'hydroperoxydes lipidiques et augmentait l'activité de l'enzyme anti-oxydante GSH-Px.
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Pereira BragaCamila, MomenttiAna Carolina, Barbosa PeixotoFernando, de Fátima Ferreira BaptistaRafaela, dos SantosFelipe André, FavaFábio Henrique, and FernandesAna Angélica Henrique. 2013. Influence of treatment with quercetin on lipid parameters and oxidative stress of pregnant diabetic rats. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology.
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