Objective: Diabetes is an important risk factor for cardiovascular events. The great percent of morbidity in patients with diabetes is due to endothelial dysfunction. The present study investigated the effects of hydroalcholic extract of Nigella sativa (N. sativa)  on contractile and dilatation response of isolated aorta in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rat. Materials and Methods: Rats ...

Significant impairment in endothelial-derived nitric oxide is present in the diabetic corpus cavernosum. RhoA/Rho-kinase may suppress endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS). Here, we tested the hypothesis that RhoA/Rho-kinase contributes to diabetes-related erectile dysfunction and down-regulation of eNOS in the streptozotocin (STZ)-diabetic rat penis. Colocalization of Rho-kinase and eNOS pr...

This study was undertaken to investigate the prokinetic activity of Unani herbomineral formulation (Dolabi) in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats and its in vitro antioxidant activity. Rat model of diabetes was established by intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin (55 mg/kg, i.p). Rats were divided into three groups: Normal control, diabetic control and treatment groups. After two weeks ...

To aid in the study of diabetes and its complications, many diabetic animal models have been reported. Although most diabetic patients suffer type 2 diabetes, studies using type 2 diabetic animal models have been carried out less frequently. Spontaneously Diabetic Torii (SDT) rat, a non-obese type 2 diabetes model, shows neuropathies and severe ocular complications. Decreased nerve conduction v...

Atherosclerosis is arterial wall’s disease initiated by lipid retention, oxidation, and modification, provoking chronic inflmmation ultimately causing stenosis thrombosis. This study investigated the effect of alpha lipoic acid (ALA) on thoracic aorta type 2 diabetic rat. Fifteen adult male rat Rattus novergicus Wistar strain were separated into three groups (n=5), there labelled as control, di...

introduction: diabetes mellitus is associated with nervous system alterations in both human and animal models. this study was done to determine the effect of gestational diabetes on the purkinje and granular cells in the cerebellum of rat offspring.  methods: 10 wistar rats dams were randomly allocated in control and diabetic group. the experimental group received 40 mg/kg/body weight of strept...