title: Effect of Coccinia indica leaves on antioxidant status in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.
abstract: The antioxidant effect of an ethanolic extract of Coccinia indica leaves, an indigenous plant used in Ayurvedic medicine in India, was studied in Streptozotocin-diabetic rats. Oral administration of Coccinia indica leaf extract (CLEt) (200 mg/kg body weight) for 45 days resulted in a significant reduction in thiobarbituric acid reactive substances and hydroperoxides. The extract also causes a significant increase in reduced glutathione, superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase and glutathione-S-transferase in liver and kidney of streptozotocin diabetic rats, which clearly shows the antioxidant property of CLEt. The effect of CLEt at 200 mg/kg body weight was more effective than glibenclamide
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar-608 002, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Venkateswaran
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pari
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism*; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D019662:Cucurbitaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism*; D000431:Ethanol; D005978:Glutathione / Q000097:blood; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000097:blood; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000097:blood; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000378:metabolism; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D008054:Lipid Peroxides / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000737:chemistry; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012997:Solvents; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000097:blood; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D008054:Lipid Peroxides; D010936:Plant Extracts; D012997:Solvents; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances; D000431:Ethanol; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D002374:Catalase; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D005978:Glutathione