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ArticleEXCLI journal2015

Effect of Momordica charantia fruit extract on vascular complication in type 1 diabetic rats.

Razif Abas, Faizah Othman, Zar Chi Thent

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Article in EXCLI journal, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Therapeutic Potential of Momordicine I fromInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Razif AbasDepartment of Anatomy, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Yaacob Latif, 56000 Cheras, Malaysia ; Department of Human Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor.
Faizah OthmanDepartment of Anatomy, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Yaacob Latif, 56000 Cheras, Malaysia.
Zar Chi ThentDepartment of Anatomy, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Yaacob Latif, 56000 Cheras, Malaysia.
University Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre · MYUniversiti Putra Malaysia · MY

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is one of the risk factors in the development of vascular complications. Decreased nitric oxide (NO) production and increased lipid peroxidation in diabetes mellitus are the dominant exaggerating factors. Mormodica charantia (MC) was proven to be useful in improving diabetes mellitus and its complications. In the present study, a total of 40 male Sprague-Dawley rats were used. Diabetes was induced by a single dose (50 mg/kg) of streptozotocin (STZ), intramuscularly. Following 4 weeks of STZ induction, the animals were equally divided into five groups (n = 8); Control group (Ctrl), control group treated with MC (Ctrl-MC), diabetic untreated group (DM-Ctrl), diabetic group treated with MC (DM-MC) and diabetic group treated with metformin 150 g/kg (DM-Met). Oral administration of the MC fruit extract (1.5 g/kg) was continued for 28 days. DM-MC group showed a significant decrease (P < 0.05) in blood pressure, total cholesterol and triglyceride levels compared to the DM-Ctrl group. Aortic tissue NO level was significantly increased and malondialdehyde level was decreased in the DM-MC group. Immunohistochemical staining showed an increase in eNOS expression in the endothelial lining of the DM-MC group. Similarly, morphological deterioration of the aortic tissues was reverted to normal. In summary, treatment with the MC fruit extract exerted the significant vasculoprotective effect in the type 1 diabetic rat model.

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diabetes mellitusfruit extractMomordica charantiavascular complication

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PMCPMC4553902
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