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ArticleJournal of inflammation research2021

Therapeutic Potentials of

Manik Chandra Shill, Asim Kumar Bepari, Mahi Khan, Zarin Tasneem, Tania Ahmed, Md Asif Hasan, Md Jahir Alam, Murad Hossain, Md Ashrafur Rahman, Shazid Md Sharker and 3 more

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Article in Journal of inflammation research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Manik Chandra ShillDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka, 1229, Bangladesh.ORCID 0000-0002-0946-3816
Asim Kumar BepariDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka, 1229, Bangladesh.ORCID 0000-0001-5656-1833
Mahi KhanDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka, 1229, Bangladesh.
Zarin TasneemDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka, 1229, Bangladesh.
Tania AhmedDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka, 1229, Bangladesh.
Md Asif HasanDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka, 1229, Bangladesh.ORCID 0000-0002-3067-0959
Md Jahir AlamDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka, 1229, Bangladesh.
Murad HossainDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka, 1229, Bangladesh.
Md Ashrafur RahmanDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka, 1229, Bangladesh.ORCID 0000-0003-0146-5312
Shazid Md SharkerDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka, 1229, Bangladesh.ORCID 0000-0001-9122-3602
Masum ShahriarDepartment of Pharmacy, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Bangladesh.
Ghazi Muhammad Sayedur RahmanDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka, 1229, Bangladesh.
Hasan Mahmud RezaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka, 1229, Bangladesh.
North South University · BDJahangirnagar University · BD

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionHypoglycemia in diabetes mellitus (DM) correlates with hepatic impairment, nephropathy, lipid abnormalities, and oxidative stress and subsequently complicates the disease pathogenesis. Medicinal plants have been used for the management of diabetes since ancient times. In this study, we explored the potentials of

methodsWe induced diabetes in rats using a single intraperitoneal dose (65 mg/kg) of streptozotocin (STZ). We next treated the rats with an ethanolic extract of leaves of CA to reveal its antidiabetic and organ-protective potentials. Biomarkers of diabetes, inflammation, and oxidative stress were measured using biochemical and histopathological analysis. We also performed molecular docking for three major phytochemicals (kaempferol, myricetin, and rosmarinic acid) of CA.

resultsOral administration of the CA leaves extract at 250 mg/kg and 500 mg/kg doses decreased blood glucose level significantly (p<0.05) in STZ-induced diabetic rats. The extract also considerably attenuated plasma HbA1c levels and normalized blood lipids, glycogen, alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and aspartate aminotransferase (AST). Additionally, treatment with the extract improved kidney complications by decreasing serum creatinine and blood urea nitrogen (BUN) levels. Furthermore, CA leaves extract normalized nitric oxide (NO) and advance oxidative protein products (AOPP) in diabetic rats. The extract also showed significant improvement of the antioxidant enzymes glutathione dismutase (GSH) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) at a dose of 500 mg/kg. Besides, histological investigation demonstrated attenuation of inflammation of the vital organs, including the liver and the kidney. In silico studies revealed that three major phytochemicals (kaempferol, myricetin, and rosmarinic acid) of the ethanolic extract of leaves of CA can inhibit several molecular targets of diabetes and inflammation.

conclusionCollectively, our results demonstrated the therapeutic potentials of CA for the mitigation of diabetes and diabetic complications.

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antidiabetic potentialsColocasia affinisdiabetes mellitusoxidative stress markersvital organs protection

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