Effect of Terminalia Arjuna Stem Bark on Antioxidant Status in Liver and Kidney of Alloxan Diabetic Rats.
From: Department of Biochemistry, P.S.G. College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore 641 014. ragavpsg@yahoo.co.in
Indian journal of physiology and pharmacology
- Publish Date:
- ISSN: 0019-5499
- Volume: 50
- Issue: 2
- Pages: 133-42
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Raghavan B, Kumari S Krishna, et al. Effect of Terminalia Arjuna Stem Bark on Antioxidant Status in Liver and Kidney of Alloxan Diabetic Rats.. Indian J. Physiol. Pharmacol. ;50:133-42
Abstract
Free radicals and associated oxidative stress induced by alloxan are implicated in eliciting pathological changes in diabetes mellitus. Terminalia arjuna bark, an indigenous plant used in ayurvedic medicine in India, primarily as a cardiotonic is also used in treating diabetes, anemia, tumors and hypertension. The present study examined the effect of ethanolic extract (250 and 500 mg/kg body weight) of Terminalia arjuna stem bark in alloxan induced diabetic rats and its lipid peroxidation, enzymatic and nonenzymatic activity was investigated in the liver and kidney tissues. The extract produced significant (P<0.05) reduction in lipid peroxidation (LPO). The effect of oral T. arjuna at the dose of 500 mg/kg body weight was more than the 250 mg/kg body weight. The extract also causes a significant (P<0.05) increase in superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione-s-transferase glutathione reductase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, reduced glutathione, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, total sulfhydryl groups (TSH) and non protein sulfhydryl groups (NPSH) in liver and kidney of alloxan induced diabetic rats, which clearly shows, the antioxidant property of T. arjuna bark. The result indicates that the extract exhibit the antioxidant activity through correction of oxidative stress and validates the traditional use of this plant in diabetic animals.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Alloxan, Animals, Antioxidants, Blood Glucose, Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental, Kidney, Lipid Peroxides, Liver, Male, Phytotherapy, Plant Bark, Plant Extracts, Plant Stems, Rats, Rats, Wistar, Superoxide Dismutase, Terminalia
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