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ArticleJournal of diabetes and metabolic disorders2017

Effect of melatonin versus vitamin D as antioxidant and Hepatoprotective agents in STZ-induced diabetic rats.

Abdulmonim A Alqasim, Essam Eldin M Noureldin, Sami H Hammadi, Ghada E Esheba

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Article in Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Abdulmonim A AlqasimDepartment of Physiology, College of Medicine, Umm Alqura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Essam Eldin M NoureldinDepartment of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Umm Alqura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Sami H HammadiDepartment of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Umm Alqura university, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Ghada E EshebaDepartment of Pathology, College of Medicine, Umm Alqura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Umm al-Qura University · SA

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Abstract

backgroundDiabetes mellitus (DM) is a serious chronic disease, with multiple complications including hepatopathy associated with imbalance of the oxidative status. The purpose of this study is to observe possible protective effects of vitamin-D and melatonin on glucose profile, antioxidant-oxidant status, lipid peroxidation, and histopathological protection of the liver in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.

methodsEighty three male albino rats were divided into nine groups as follows:

resultsAs compared to normal rats, our results demonstrate that glucose, fructosamine and HbA1c levels is increased in diabetic groups and declined to lesser levels in treated groups. TAC level of diabetic rats is not significantly changed. Vitamin D administration significantly increased TAC while it is not changed with melatonin either in treated or non-treated groups. The liver of diabetic rats shows only mild focal microvesicular fatty degeneration. The liver of diabetic rats treated with insulin shows degeneration of cell edema in the stroma. The liver of diabetic rats treated with melatonin with or without insulin, exhibited marked improvement. The liver of diabetic rats treated with vitamin D with or without insulin, shows degeneration of cells and edema in the stroma.

conclusionOur results demonstrated the beneficial antioxidant effect of vitamin D administration to normal and diabetic rats as compared to melatonin. Nevertheless, melatonin still shows more therapeutic effect on liver cell injury induced by induction of diabetes.

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DiabetesLiverMelatoninOxidative stressVitamin D

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