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ArticleExperimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.)2025

Protective effects of berberine-loaded chitosan/solid lipid nanoparticles in streptozotocin-induced gestational diabetes mellitus rats.

Yu Liu, Shaik Althaf Hussain, Hua Yue

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Article in Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Yu LiuDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, XD Group Hospital, Xi'an, China.
Shaik Althaf HussainDepartment of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Hua YueDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, XD Group Hospital, Xi'an, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Berberine, known as an antioxidant agent, can improve glycemic indices in animal models of diabetes; however, it is clinically limited by poor bioavailability. Nanoparticles show the desirable capacity as delivery platforms for improving the bioavailability of medicinal agents. Here, we aimed to enhance the bioavailability and therapeutic impacts of berberine in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) rats by its encapsulation into the chitosan-coated solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs) formulation. Berberine-loaded chitosan/SLN nanoparticles were formulated by the solvent-injection approach followed by a homogenization operation. The particle size, surface charge, and polydispersity index, as well as encapsulation efficiency percent (EE%),

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BerberineChitosanDiabetes, GestationalDiabetes Mellitus, ExperimentalNanoparticlesAnimalsAntioxidantsBiological AvailabilityBlood GlucoseFemaleLipidsParticle SizePregnancyRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyStreptozocinAntioxidantsBerberineBlood GlucoseChitosanLipidsStreptozocinberberinechitosangestational diabetes mellitusratsolid lipid nanoparticle

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PMID41488874
PMCPMC12757692

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