title: Quercetin attenuates thermal hyperalgesia and cold allodynia in STZ-induced diabetic rats.
abstract: Neuropathic pain is one of the important microvascular complications of diabetes. Oxidative stress and superoxide play a critical role in the development of neurovascular complications in diabetes. Aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of quercetin, a bioflavonoid on thermal nociceptive responses in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats assessed by tail-immersion and hot plate methods. After 4-weeks of a single intravenous STZ injection (45 mg/kg body weight), diabetic rats exhibited a significant thermal hyperalgesia and cold allodynia along with increased plasma glucose and decreased body weights as compared with control rats. Chronic treatment with quercetin (10 mg/kg body weight; p.o) for 4-weeks starting from the 4th week of STZ-injection significantly attenuated the cold allodynia as well as hyperalgesia. Results indicate that quercetin, a natural antioxidant, may be helpful in diabetic neuropathy.
authors.affiliation: University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160 014, India.
authors.forename: Muragundla
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Anjaneyulu
authors.forename: Kanwaljit
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chopra
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003080:Cold Temperature; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006930:Hyperalgesia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D017288:Pain Threshold / Q000187:drug effects; D011794:Quercetin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D011794:Quercetin