Potential Use of Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) Leaf Extract to Recover Hepatic and Renal Damage in Alloxan-Induced Diabetic Rats
Potential Use of Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) Leaf Extract to Recover Hepatic and Renal Damage in Alloxan-Induced Diabetic Rats
The antihyperglycemic effect of breadfruit leaf (Artocarpus altilis)
extract has been demonstrated in a preclinical study using an alloxaninduced
diabetic model. This study aimed to examine whether
breadfruit leaf extract also ameliorated liver and kidney injury in
alloxan-induced diabetic rats. Male Wistar rats (n=35) were used
in the study. All other animals except control group (group I, n=5)
were injected with alloxan (155 mg/kg body weight). After 3 days,
the hyperglycemic rats with blood glucose >200 mg/dl were divided
into 4 treatment groups: placebo (alloxan group), Breadfruit Leaf
(BL) extract 100 mg/kg, BL extract 200 mg/kg, and BL extract 400
mg/kg. Treatments were administered daily for 14 days, and blood
samples were drawn at baseline, after alloxan injection, and following
treatments to obtain serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT)
and creatinine levels. Alloxan was found to cause a significant
increase in rat blood glucose, SGPT, and creatinine levels three days
post alloxan injection (P
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