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Annamalai University, India
Tetrahydrocurcumin showed antihyperlipidemic and antidiabetic effect in type 2 diabetic rats
October 13th, 2006
Tetrahydrocurcumin showed antihyperlipidaemic effect in addition to antidiabetic effect in type 2 diabetic rats. "Hyperlipidaemia is an associated complication of diabetes mellitus. We recently reported that tetrahydrocurcumin lowered the blood glucose in diabetic rats," scientists in India report. "In the present study," explained P. Murugan and colleagues, Annamalai University, "we have investigated the effect of tetrahydrocurcumin, one of the active metabolites of curcumin on lipid profile and lipid peroxidation in streptozotocin-nicotinamide-induced diabetic rats." The investigators found, "Tetrahydrocurcumin 80 mg/kg body...
Source: Medicine & Law Weekly (2006-10-13)
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