title: Effect of the walnut polyphenol fraction on oxidative stress in type 2 diabetes mice.
abstract: We examined the in vivo antioxidative effect of a polyphenol-rich walnut extract on oxidative stress in mice with type 2 diabetes. C57BL/KsJ-db/db mice were used as an accelerated oxidative animal model. The oral administration of the walnut polyphenol fraction at 200 mg/kg body weight for 4 weeks caused a significant decrease in the level of urinary 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosin, which is an in vivo marker of oxidative stress. These results imply that walnut polyphenols have both in vitro and in vivo antioxidant effects.
authors.affiliation: POLA Laboratories, POLA Chemical Industries, Inc., 560 Kashio-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama 244-0812, Japan. t-fukuda@pola.co.jp
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: Hideyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshida
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007564:Japan; D031324:Juglans / Q000737:chemistry*; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects*; D010636:Phenols / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D059808:Polyphenols
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D005419:Flavonoids; D008055:Lipids; D010636:Phenols; D010936:Plant Extracts; D059808:Polyphenols