Diabetes mellitus is the most common endocrine disorder, causes many complications such as micro- and macro-vascular diseases. Anti-diabetic, hypolipidemic and anti-oxidative properties of ginger have been noticed in several researches. The present study was conducted to investigate the effects of ginger on fasting blood sugar, Hemoglobin A1c, apolipoprotein B, apolipoprotein A-I, and malondial...

This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of ginger supplementation on plasma gonadotropin and steroid hormones of rats exposed to oxidative stress. In a completely randomized design, 16 newly weaned rats were randomly allocated to four treatments. Treatments were as: control, ginger (500 mg/kg body weight), Cadmium at 2 mg/kg body weight and combination of Cadmium and ginger gavaged for ...

Oxidative stress plays an important contributory role in the pathogenesis of age-related chronic diseases. Increased lipid peroxidation process is caused by an enhanced free radical formation together with a higher supply of substrates and by an insufficient defense by antioxidants as well. Levels of malondialdehyde to content of lipid peroxidation substrates (polyunsaturated fatty acids), prom...

BACKGROUND Hepatic injury after ischemia/reperfusion is attributed to the development of oxygen free radical (OFR)-mediated lipid peroxidation--a process that can be measured through its byproducts, specifically malondialdehyde. The use of free radical scavengers can offer significant protection against OFR-induced liver injury. We hypothesize that a new potent OFR scavenger, polyethylene glyco...

Breast cancer is one of the most commonest cancer after the cervical cancer in Indian women. The balance between oxidant and antioxidant has been suggested as an important factor for initiation and progression of breast cancer. The aim of the study is to determine erythrocyte superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) activities as antioxidant enzymes and malondialdehyde (MDA) levels in women h...

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of fenugreek seeds on aspegic induced gastric mucosal ulcer in rats. Forty-eight male albino rats of Sprague Dawley strain were classified into normal control group and five aspirin induced gastric ulcer groups which divided into non treated control (+ve) and treated groups that were drug, fenugreek seeds extract, fenugreek oil and fenugreek p...

INTRODUCTION Gentamicin sulphate nephrotoxicity seems to be attributed to the generation of reactive oxygen species. Olive leaf extract (OLE) has been demonstrated to have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. The aim of this study was to evaluate the inhibitory effect of OLE on gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity in rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-five Sprague-dawley rats were divided ...