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ArticleOxidative medicine and cellular longevity2011

Date fruit extract is a neuroprotective agent in diabetic peripheral neuropathy in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats: a multimodal analysis.

Nasser Zangiabadi, Majid Asadi-Shekaari, Vahid Sheibani, Mandana Jafari, Mohammad Shabani, Ali Reza Asadi, Hale Tajadini, Morteza Jarahi

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Article in Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nasser ZangiabadiDepartment of Basic Neuroscience, Neuroscience Research Center, Kerman Medical University, Kerman 76198-13159, Iran.
Majid Asadi-Shekaari
Vahid Sheibani
Mandana Jafari
Mohammad Shabani
Ali Reza Asadi
Hale Tajadini
Morteza Jarahi
Kerman University of Medical Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo study the effects of an aqueous extract of date fruit (Phoenix dactylifera L. Arecaceae) diet on diabetic polyneuropathy (DPN) in streptozotocin- (STZ-) induced diabetic rats.

methodsThe effects of a date fruit extract (DFE) diet on diabetic neuropathy in STZ-induced diabetic rats were evaluated and compared with a nondiabetic control group, diabetic control group (sham), and vehicle group with respect to the following parameters: open field behavioral test, motor nerve conduction velocity (MNCV), and morphological observations.

resultsIn the model of STZ-induced of diabetic neuropathy, chronic treatment for 6 weeks with DFE counteracted the impairment of the explorative activity of the rats in an open field behavioral test and of the conduction velocity of the sciatic nerve (MNCV). In addition, pretreatment with DFE significantly reversed each nerve diameter reduction in diabetic rats.

conclusionDFE treatment shows efficacy for preventing diabetic deterioration and for improving pathological parameters of diabetic neuropathy in rats, as compared with control groups.

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Chronology as TopicFruitAnimalsBehavior, AnimalDiabetes Mellitus, ExperimentalDiabetic NeuropathiesMaleMotor NeuronsNeural ConductionNeuroprotective AgentsPlant ExtractsRatsRats, WistarSciatic NerveNeuroprotective AgentsPlant Extracts

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PMID22191015
PMCPMC3236446
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