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ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Year : 2016  |  Volume : 3  |  Issue : 1  |  Page : 32-40

Histological and biochemical evaluation of the antidiabetic potentials of s-allyl-cysteine and mangiferin in type 2 diabetic rat models


1 Department of Human Anatomy, Faculty of Human Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria-Kaduna State, Nigeria
2 Department of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria-Kaduna State, Nigeria
3 Department of Chemical Pathology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria-Kaduna State, Nigeria
4 Department of Histopathology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria-Kaduna State, Nigeria
5 Department of Biochemistry, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria-Kaduna State, Nigeria

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Department of Human Anatomy, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
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DOI: 10.4103/2384-5147.176306

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Biochemical and histological assessments was carried out on the anti-diabetic potentials of s-allyl-cysteine (SAC) and mangiferin (MAN) in Wistar rats models induced with type 2 diabetes mellitus by feeding the rats with a high fat diet for 10 weeks followed by a low dose injection of streptozotocin (40 mg/kg). Therapeutic interventions with 50 mg/kg body weight of (SAC) and 40 mg/kg body weight of (MAN) and a combined therapy (COM) of both SAC and MAN in equal volume ratios (1:1) for 14 days showed that there was a significant improvement in the glucose tolerance ability of the diabetic treated rats (P < 0.05). Consequently, the activities of hepatic pathophysiological enzymes (Alanine aminotransferase, ALT; Aspartate aminotransferase, AST; Alkaline phosphatase, ALP), as well as glycosylated haemoglobin levels were significantly ameliorated in the diabetic treated rat models (P < 0.05). Histomorphometrical examinations of stained pancreatic tissue sections showed a reduction in the total surface area of islets in the diabetic control rats which was however significantly improved in the diabetic treated rats (P < 0.05) except the COM treated group. Subsequent histomorphological evaluation also showed necrosis and vacuolization of islet β-cells to be reasonably reduced in the diabetic treated rats but to a lesser extent in the COM treated group.


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