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ArticleAsian Pacific journal of tropical biomedicine2014

Effect of methanolic extract of Tetrapleura tetraptera (Schum and Thonn) Taub leaves on hyperglycemia and indices of diabetic complications in alloxan-induced diabetic rats.

Sunday Ene-Ojo Atawodi, Ojochenemi Ejeh Yakubu, Mubarak Labaran Liman, Dorothy Uju Iliemene

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Article in Asian Pacific journal of tropical biomedicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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  9. Phenolic Compounds from Water-Ethanol Extracts ofTheScientificWorldJournal · 2019
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Sunday Ene-Ojo AtawodiDepartment of Biochemistry, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
Ojochenemi Ejeh YakubuDepartment of Biochemistry, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
Mubarak Labaran LimanDepartment of Biochemistry, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
Dorothy Uju IliemeneDepartment of Biochemistry, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.

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Abstract

objectiveTo investigate the ameliorative role of Tetrapleura tetraptera (Schum and Thonn) Taub (T. tetraptera) leaf in hyperglycemia with associated conditions like oxidative stress, kidney damage and disorders in lipid metabolism.

methodsFive groups of five rats each intraperitoneally received the following treatment schedules for 7 d: untreated normal control, untreated alloxan-diabetic control, diabetic treated with glibenclamide, normal rats treated with extract (50 mg/kg) and diabetic rats treated with the extract. Evaluations were made for fasting blood sugar, body weight changes, malondialdehyde, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, bilirubin, superoxide dismutase, catalase, lipid profile, packed cell volume, hemoglobin, urea and creatinine in all the rats.

resultsWhereas the untreated diabetic rats showed a significant decrease (P<0.05) in packed cell volume, superoxide dismutase, catalase and high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol with a concomitant increase in the levels of malondialdehyde, fasting blood sugar, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, bilirubin, urea and creatinine, administration of methanolic extract of T. tetraptera leaf or glibenclamide alleviated these altered parameters in the treated rats.

conclusionsMethanolic extract of T. tetraptera leaves possesses a potent capacity for treatment of diabetes and the accompanying complications, including oxidative stress and hyperlipidemia.

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Alloxan-induced diabetesAntidiabeticAntioxidantDisease chemopreventionHepatoprotectionTetrapleura tetraptera

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PMCPMC3929789

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