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| Medeiros,Tessio David de; Pereira,Annyelly Tavares; Silva,Flavio Santos da; Bortolin,Raul Hernandes; Taveira,Karinna Veríssimo Meira; Abreu,Bento João da Graça Azevedo; Rezende,Adriana Augusto de; Farias,Naisandra Bezerra da Silva; Barbosa Filho,José Maria; Medeiros,Karina Carla de Paula. |
| Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a metabolic syndrome characterized by hyperglycemia. Chronic complications affect a number of organs, including the lungs. Cissampelos sympodialis Eichl (Menispermaceae) is a plant used to treat respiratory diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of Cissampelos sympodialis extract (CSE) in lungs of diabetic rats. We used 30 Wistar rats divided into three groups: control group (CG), diabetic group (DG) and diabetic Cissampelos sympodialis treatment group (DTG). Diabetes was induced by streptozotocin (40 mg/kg i.v.). The CSE (400 mg/kg, po) was administered daily, during four weeks, beginning one week after the onset of DM. The treatment with CSE was not able to reduce blood glucose levels after streptozotocin... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Cissampelos sympodialis; Diabetes; Lung; Pancreatic islets; Lipid profile. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502020000100505 |
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