Chronic treatment with hydroalcoholic extract of Plathymenia reticulata promotes islet hyperplasia and improves glycemic control in diabetic rats

ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate the anti-hyperglycemic effects of Plathymenia reticulata hydroalcoholic extract and related changes in body weight, lipid profile and the pancreas. Methods: Diabetes was induced in 75 adult male Wistar rats via oral gavage of 65mg/Kg of streptozotocin. Rats were...

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Main Authors: Fernanda Oliveira Magalhães, Elizabeth Uber-Bucek, Patricia Ibler Bernardo Ceron, Thiago Fellipe Name, Humberto Eustáquio Coelho, Claudio Henrique Gonçalves Barbosa, Tatiane Carvalho, Milton Groppo
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Language:English
Published: Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein
Series:Einstein (São Paulo)
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-45082019000300213&lng=en&tlng=en

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