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ArticleDiabetes & metabolism journal2018

Synthesis of a New Zinc-Mixed Ligand Complex and Evaluation of Its Antidiabetic Properties in High Fat Diet: Low Dose Streptozotocin Induced Diabetic Rats.

Muruganantham Koothappan, Roshana Devi Vellai, Iyyam Pillai Subramanian, Sorimuthu Pillai Subramanian

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Article in Diabetes & metabolism journal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Muruganantham KoothappanDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, India.
Roshana Devi VellaiDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, India.
Iyyam Pillai SubramanianPG and Research Department of Chemistry, Pachaiyappa's College, Chennai, India.
Sorimuthu Pillai SubramanianDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, India. subbus2020@yahoo.co.in.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5137-3956
University of Madras · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Due to the multifactorial and multisystemic nature of diabetes mellitus, it is often treated with a combination of therapeutic agents having different mode of action. Earlier, we have synthesized several organozinc complexes and evaluated their safety and antidiabetic properties in experimental type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). More recently, we have synthesized a metformin-3-hydroxyflavone complex and studied its antidiabetic efficacy in experimental rats. In the present study, a new zinc-mixed ligand (metformin-3-hydroxyflavone) was synthesized, characterized by spectral studies and its antidiabetic properties was evaluated in HFD fed-low dose streptozotocin induced T2DM in rats. The hypoglycemic efficacy of the complex was evaluated through oral glucose tolerance test, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance, quantitative insulin sensitivity check index and by determining the status of important biochemical parameters. Oral administration of the complex at a concentration of 10 mg/kg body weight/rat/day for 30 days significantly improved the glucose homeostasis. The complex possesses significant antidiabetic properties relatively at a less concentration than metformin-3-hydroxyflavone complex in ameliorating hyperglycemia.

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Diabetes mellitus, type 2Hypoglycemic agentsMetforminRatsZinc

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