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Antioxidants
Mistletoe extracts possess antioxidant activity in diabetic rats
June 13th, 2005
European mistletoe extracts possessed antioxidant activity in diabetic rats. "The acute hypoglycemic effect of water and ethanolic extracts of three Viscum album subspecies, album, austriacum, and abietis, were investigated in normoglycemic and streptozotozocin-induced diabetic rats. Blood glucose level was measured according to glucose oxidase method. The antioxidant activity of these extracts was also studied in the liver, kidney and heart tissues of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats after subacute administration," scientists in Turkey report. "In order to determine antioxidant activity of extracts, tissue MDA and GSH...
Source: Health & Medicine Week (2005-06-13)
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