title: Antihyperglycemic and antilipidperoxidative effects of dry matter of culture broth of Inonotus obliquus in submerged culture on normal and alloxan-diabetes mice.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The antihyperglycemic and antilipidperoxidative effects of the dry matter of culture broth (DMCB) of Inonotus obliquus were investigated.
  
  
  METHODS
  The normal, glucose-induced hyperglycemic and alloxan-induced diabetic mice were used to evaluate the antihyperglycemic and antilipidperoxidative effects of the DMCB of Inonotus obliquus.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Treatment with the DMCB (500 and 1000 mg/kg body weight) exhibited a mild hypoglycemic effect in normal mice, and failed to reduce the peak glucose levels after glucose administration. However, euglycemia was achieved in the DMCB of Inonotus obliquus (1000 mg/kg) and glibenclamide-treated mice after 120 min of glucose loading. In alloxan-induced diabetic mice, the DMCB (500 and 1000 mg/kg body weight for 21 days) showed a significant decrease in blood glucose level, the percentages reduction on the 7th day were 11.90 and 15.79%, respectively. However, feeding of this drug for 3 weeks produced reduction was 30.07 and 31.30%. Furthermore, the DMCB treatment significantly decreased serum contents of free fatty acid (FFA), total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG) and low density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C), whereas effectively increased high density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C), insulin level and hepatic glycogen contents in liver on diabetic mice. Besides, the DMCB treatment significantly increased catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activities except for decreasing maleic dialdehyde (MDA) level in diabetic mice. Histological morphology examination showed that the DMCB restored the damage of pancreas tissues in mice with diabetes mellitus.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results showed that the DMCB of Inonotus obliquus possesses significant antihyperglycemic, antilipidperoxidative and antioxidant effects in alloxan-induced diabetic mice.
authors.affiliation: Lab of Pharmaceutical Engineering, School of Medicine and Pharmaceutics, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, PR China.
authors.forename: Jun-En
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Zong-Hua
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Ao
authors.forename: Zhen-Ming
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Hong-Yu
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Xiao-Mei
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Wen-Fang
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Dou
authors.forename: Zheng-Hong
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000496:Alloxan; D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000737:chemistry*; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000187:drug effects; D003470:Culture Media; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005905:Glyburide / Q000494:pharmacology; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D010179:Pancreas / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D001786:Blood Glucose; D003470:Culture Media; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D008055:Lipids; D000496:Alloxan; D005905:Glyburide