Antioxidant and Antihyperglycemic Potential of Luffa acutangula Fruit Extract in Streptozotocin-induced Diabetic Rats

Authors

  • Rajarajan Thatchinamoorthi Post Graduate and Research Department of Biotechnology & Microbiology, National College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu620001, India
  • Kumar Ganesan School of Chinese Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Sassoon Road, Hong Kong, China.
  • Moses Rajasekara Department of Zoology, Arignar Anna Government Arts College, Namakkal. Tamilnadu637001, India.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/

Keywords:

Luffaacutangula, Streptozotocin, Antioxidant Enzymes, Antidiabetic Effect

Abstract

Our earlier study demonstrates that the  treatment of acrude extract of Luffaacutangula (L.) Roxb. (Family: Cucurbitaceae), a folkloric  hypoglycaemic plant widely used in the southern  part of India which reduces glucose level in blood  under high glucose load, and in STZ-provoked  diabetes in rats. This study was carried out to  establish the antioxidant effects of crude extracts  of L. acutangula (50 and 100 mg/kg) in STZ provoked diabetic animals. Regular treatment of  the fruit extracts of L. acutangula (50 and 100  mg/kg) for 28 days ensued noteworthy decrease  in the levels of plasma TBARS, hydroperoxide,  and ceruloplasmin and a substantial increase in  plasma GSH, vitamins C and α-tocopherol.Based  on the findings, L. acutangulais potential  antihyperglycemic agents and restored all the  antioxidant factors close to normal range. Thus,  our outcomes open new prospects for advanced  studies, including, a clinically based study to  appraise the antidiabetic potential of the herbs. 

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Antioxidant and Antihyperglycemic Potential of Luffa acutangula Fruit Extract in Streptozotocin-induced Diabetic Rats . (2021). Bulletin of Pure & Applied Sciences- Zoology , 40(1), 116–126. https://doi.org/10.48165/