THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF SUPPLEMENTED POPULAR AND LESS KNOWN HERBS AND THEIR COLLECTION ON DIABETIC RATS

محمود الحسينى خفاجى, مى; سمير عبد الله الدشلوطي, محمد; أمين الشريف, فاطمة الزهراء; صبري رجب, شريف

doi:10.21608/mbse.2013.145958

THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF SUPPLEMENTED POPULAR AND LESS KNOWN HERBS AND THEIR COLLECTION ON DIABETIC RATS

المؤلفون

قسم التغذية وعلوم الأطعمة ، کلية الاقتصاد المنزلي – جامعة المنوفية

10.21608/mbse.2013.145958

المستخلص

Abstract
Work was conducted to study the health and possible therapeutic effects of popular and less famous herbs on serum glucose and side effects of diabetes mellitus in alloxan injected rats. Sixty five mature male albino rats weighing 130-200g each divided into 13 groups (5 rats each) one kept as control (-) group while other 12 groups injected with alloxan. Herbs added at 7.5% to the basal diet given single or with bitter wood , bitter apple , harmala , garden cress , Dr.Mings tea and the mixture of them when unsupplemented or supplemented with wild Zommair and horse chestnut. Serum liver enzymes (ALT, AST, ALP), serum protein fractions(T.P, Alb, Glob & A/G), serum lipids (TC, TG, HDL, LDL, VLDL& atherogenic index''A.I''), serum creatinine, urea, uric acid, serum glucose as well as body weight gain(BWG), feed intake(FI) and feed efficiency ratio(FER)were recorded. The feeding trial continued for 28 days.
The obtained results revealed that all herbs used were of value for amelioration of diabetes mellitus and its side effects provided that the collection of them showed best results.

الموضوعات الرئيسية

الاقتصاد المنزلي

النص الكامل

INTRODUCTION

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease that has been affected human kind Japan, Greece and Rome described the symptoms of the disease and usually included recommendations for nutraceutical treatment.The use of herbs as hypoglycemic is a major avenue in the Indian perspectives ,which revire to be explored more effectively as there are so many literature on this aspect(Mukherjee et al.,2006) Blade et al.,(2006) reported that the use of medicinal plants is already widespread in Africa, particularly in Guinea where oral transmission of practices is part of the social ritnal.This type of treatment should be based on scientific evidence but very few studies have been conducted . The same may be said for Egypt where many herbs are suggested for treat . rent of ailments via oral transmission of practices .

Numerous herbs and supplements are already available for the treatment of diabetes and obesity , but many of these formulation have little evidence based research support to prove the efficacy of them . Numerous fat herbal collections are widely publicized but not grounded in evidence . Some of the herbs are popular as bitter apple at least in traditional medicine , but others as bitter wood & harmala are less known , and deserve much more care by researchers . This Work was conducted to fill a part of this gap dealing with bitter wood , harmala as well as bitter apple , garden cress , Dr.Ming's tea , horse chestnut , wild oat as regards hyperglycemia and it's side effects . herbal formulation of all herbs was also studied to find out the possible synergism between them .

Materials And Methods

The tested main herbs in this study were : Bitter Wood (Picarasma excela L.) , Colocynth (Citrullus colocYnthis L.) , Harmala (Peganum harmala) Garden Cress (Lepidium sativum L.), Dr.Ming'sTea (a commercial herbal formulation), Horse Chestnut (Aesculus lippocastamum L.) for supplementation of above herbs to enhance immunity and resist against side effects of diabetes (Thomas,2000&Mechler,2005). main herbs used singly and in combinations with wild oat plus horse chestnut. Diets contained always the basal diet of Reeves et al., (1993),provided that salt mixture was according to Hegested et al., (1941) and vitamin mixture was that of Campbell(1963).Besides the basal diet used for control (-) and one group of alloxan injected rats, main single herbs added at 7.5% , while for main groups; in case of supplementation with main herb (wild oat&horse chestnut) added at 2.5% level each(all composed 7.5% of basal diet).

Diabetes was induced in normal healthy rats by interaperitoneal injection of alloxan 150 mg/kg body weight, according to method described by (Desai and Bhide,1985),one weak after injection ,fasting serum glucose determined, more than 160 mg/dl of serum glucose indicate diabetes mellitus (NDDG,1994).At the end of feeding trial (28 days) blood samples collected after 12 hourse fasting from the portal vein ; the rats sacrificed unde ether anesthetized.prepared serum red at -20'c for analysis (Malhotra,2003).

During experiment the body weight gain (B.W.G%),feed intake(FI) and feed efficiency ratio calculated after Chapman etal.,(1959). Internal organs were carefully removed washed in saline solution , dried with filter paper and weighted.

Biochemical analysis of serum included the following methods & references: Total protein(Weichselbaum,1964);albumin (Domas and Biggs,1971);globulin(Total protein-albumin); oxaloacetic transaminase "AST'' activity (Reitman and Frankel,1957); glutamic pyruvic transaminase ''ALT'' activity (Reitman and Frankel, 1957); alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity (Rec,1972) ; creatinine (Henry,1974) ; urea (Patton,1977) ; uric acid(Fossati,1980) ; total cholesterol (TC)(Richmond,1973); triglycerides (TG)(Trinder,1969); high density lipoprotein cholesterol(HDL)(Richmond,1973) ; low density lipoprotein cholesterol(Richmond,1973) ; very low density lipoprotein cholesterol (VLDL) (Friedewald et al.,1972) ; atherogenic index (A.I.=VLDL+LDL/HDL (Kikuchi-Hayakawa et al.,1998); glucose (Trinder,1969).

Statistical analysis carried out using computerized SPSS program by one way ANOVA test using Duncan's multiple range test at p<0.05 to indicate significant difference between groups (Snedecor and Cocran,1967).

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

I- Biological Results

( A )- Liver Function

a- serum protein fractions

Table ( 1 ) illustrate the effect of some herbs supplementation on serum T.P, Alb, Glob and A/G ratio in rats pretreated with Alloxan. The mean value of T.P of control positive was significantly lower ( p< 0.05 ) than control negative, which were 6.30± 0.17 and 9.90± 0.26 mg/dl , respectively. Also , the value of diets A, B, C, D, Dr Ming's Tea and all herbs mixture ( at 7.5% level ) were significantly higher when compared to control positive.

As for Alb, the mean value of control positive was lower than control negative , which were 1.70±0.04 and 7.10±0.15 mg/dl , respectively . Whereas the values of diets A, B, C, D, Dr M|ing's tea and All herbs mixture ( at 7.5 % level ) were higher than control positive. Best group seems to be that of all herbs mixture .

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The same table illustrated that the mean value of Glob of control positive was significantly higher ( p< 0.05 ) when compared to control negative , which were 4.60±0.137 and 2.80±0.026 mg/dl, respectively, Also the values of diets A, B, C, D, Dr Ming's tea and all herbs mixture ( at 7.5% level ) were lower than control positive.Best sample seems that of the supplemented garden cress with oats&chestnut. As for A/G ratio, the mean value of control positive was significantly lower ( p< 0.05 ) than control negative, which were 0.37 ±0.03 and 2.54±0.05 mg/dl respectively, but the values of diets A, B, C, D, Dr ming's tea and all herbs mixture ( at 7.5% level ) were higher than control positive. Malhotra ( 2003 ) , showed that alteration in A/G ratio may occur due to the reduction in albumin and or elevation of globulin . However the ratio may be increased in some cases of biliary cirrhosis . From results of table (1) it could be observed that supplementation of bitter wood (diet A) , bitter apple ( diet B) , harmala ( diet C) and Dr.Mings tea (diet D) with oats (Avena) and horse chestnut improved mostly the levels of T.P, Alb, Glob & A/G ratio . As reported by Thomas (2000), aescin compound in horse chestnut could trout a wide variety of inflammatory conditions , which are side effects of diabetes mellitus . As reported by Duke (1994) bitter wood may of value for diabetes . this was also reported for bitter apple (Davis & Parke,2004), while harmala (Silva& Abraham , 1981) has anti oxidant properties . Garden cress (Habb Alrashad) is recommended for diabetics (Muller&Mechler, 2005). Dr Ming's Chinese herbal tea (Tomoyoshi , 2005) is advised for weight loss . But as found from table (1) it corrected the disorder of serum protein fractions due to diabetes . Data of table (1) indicated A/G garden cress as single plant showed best result for serum protein fractions of diabetic rat , but when combined with oats & chestnut best group was that of all herb mixture. The preference of all herb mixture reveals that certain synergism appeared when using all plants together . It is worthy mentioning that T.P of all herbs mixture was even less than the control (-) rats .

b-serum liver enzymes

Table (2) illustrate the effect of some unsublemented and supplemented diets on serum ALT, AST, ALP, and AST/ALT ratio on diabetic rat groups . As shown the mean value of AST of control positive was significantly higher (p< 0.05) when compared to control negative which were 145.00±4.58 and 42.00±2.05 U/L, respectively. Also the value of diets A, B, C, D, Dr Ming's tea and all herbs mixture ( at 7.5% level ) were significantly lower when compared to control positive. At the same time ALT of control positive group was significantly higher (p< 0.05 ) as compared to control negative rats being 40.00±2.65 and 18.00±0.87 U/L, respectively , Also the value of diets A, B, C, D, Dr Ming's tea and all herbs mixture ( at 7.5% level ) were significantly lower when compared to control positive rats.

As shown in table (2) the mean value of AST/ALT ratio of control positive was significantly higher (p< 0.05 ) when compared to control negative group which were 3.63±0.092 and 2.33±0.061 respectively . Also the values of diets A, B, C, D, Dr Ming's tea and all herbs mixture (at 7.5% level) were significantly lower as compared to control positive group.

In this concern, Gaw et al., (2004) , reported that raised activities of the amino transfrases (AST and ALT) indicate hepato cellular damage .

From results of present work , it can be observed that AST level of control positive was higher than for all diets and the control negative This was ( Table 2 ) also recorded for ALT. Moreover, all diets ( alone & mixture) had favourable effect on ALT and AST.This result agreed with that of Leung and Foster (1996) ; Hurley et al ., (1998) ; Weiss and Fintelmann (2000) and Singh and Panada (2005) working on traditional herbal medicine.

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As shown in table (2) the mean value of ALP of control positive rats was significantly higher (p< 0.05) when compared to control negative being 312.00 ±6.08 and 132.00±3.21 U/L, respectively . Also , the values of diets A, B, C, D, Dr Ming's tea and all herbs mixture (at 7.5% level) were significantly lower comparing to control positive. Gaw et al., (2004), reported that ALP activity increases in diabetes mellitus and Liver disease (cirrhosis, tumours, infiltrativediseases) . Increased bilirubin concentration and increased ALP activity indicate the presence of cholestasis, ablockage in bile flow . From these results, it could be observed that ALP level of control positive was higher than control negative and than all diets ; all diets had favorable effect on ALP . This result supported with data of ESCOP (1997) ; Blumenthal (2000) and Mueller and Mechler (2005).It should be noted that liver function was improved when using bitter wood (Duke , 1994), and horse chestnut (Thomas , 2000), Other plants used in present study were apparently not tested befor for liver function disorders .

Finally results of table (2) indicated that regardless of supplementation ( and all herbs mixture ) best result obtained with garden cress diet considering AST, ALT& ALP, harmala was the best for AST/ALT. Meanwhile, after supplementation best treatment was that of harmala considering all parameters (AST, ALT, ALP, AST/ALT) showing lowers values even when compared with the control (-) group . In general supplementation improved the action of different used plants , indicating the synergism . synergism action was also obvious , since best treatment of all was that of the all herbs mixture .

( B )- Kidney Function

Table (3) results illustrate the effect of diets and all herbs mixture supplementation for 28 days on serum creatinine, urea and uric acid in diabetic groups .As shown from the data the mean value of creatinine of control positive was higher than control negative , which were 1.20±0.044 and 0.70±0.032 mg/dl , respectively , also, the values of groups A, B, C, D, Dr Ming's tea and all herbs mixture (at 7.5% level) were lower than control positive.Serum Urea of control positive was higher than control negative, which were 162.00±7.21 and 37.00±2.45 mg/dl , respectively. Also the values of diets A, B, C, D, Dr Ming's tea and all herbs mixture groups were lower than control positive. As for Uric acid of serum , the results showed that the mean value of control positive was higher than control negative , which were 3.50±0.22 and 2.00±0.11 mg/dl , respectively, also the values of groups A, B, C, D, Dr Ming's tea and all herbs mixture (at 7.5% level) were lower than control positive.

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C- Lipids Fractions in Serum

Table(4) illustrate the effect of diets and all herbs mixture supplementation for 28 days on serum TC, TG, HDLc, LDLc, VLDLc and A.I.ratio in rats pretreated with Alloxan.

As shown in this table, the mean value of TC of control positive was higher than control negative, which were 191.00±3.61 and 142.00±2.64 mg/dl , respectively, and the value of groups A, B, C, D, Dr Ming's tea and all herbs mixture (at 7.5% level) were significantly lower (p< 0.05) when compared to control positive. TG of control positive was higher than control negative which were 188.00±6.08 and 121.00±3.41 mg/dl , respectively, and the values of groups A, B, C, D, Dr Ming's tea and all herbs mixture (at 7.5% level) were lower than control positive.

As for HDLc, the mean value of control positive was lower than control negative, which were 68.00±1.73 and 110.00±4.35 mg/dl , respectively, as well as the values of groups A, B, C, D, Dr Ming's tea and all herbs mixture (at 7.5% level) were higher than control positive.

The same table illustrated that LDL of control positive was higher than control negative, which were 85.40±2.51 and 7.80±0.26 mg/dl , respectively. Whereas the values of groups A, B, C, D, Dr Ming's tea and all herbs mixture (at7.5% level) were lower than control positive.

As for VLDLc , the results showed that mean value of control positive was higher than control negative , which were 37.60±2.42 and 24.20±0.72 mg/dl , respectively . Also the values of groups A, B, C, D, Dr Ming's tea and all herbs mixture (at 7.5% level) were lower than control positive. The same table illustrated that A.I.ratio of control positive was higher than control negative , which were 1.81±0.025 and 0.29±0.017 respectively . whereas the values of groups A, B, C, D, Dr Ming's tea and all herbs mixture (at 7.5% level) were lower than control positive.

Rombeau and Rolandelli (2001), reported that diabetes mellitius disease lead to increased serum lipids, impaired lipoprotein synthesis, and fat maldigestion and malabsorption .From the results of present work , it can be observed that certain plant diets had favourable effect on serum lipids . Such results supported by Tomoyoshi (2005) ; Leung and Foster (1996) ; Blumenthal (2000) ; Singh and Panda (2005). In particular Duke (1994) reported the value of bitter wood for diabetic patients ,leading also to treatment of hypertention , which is related to atherosclerosis (high A.I). Also, Hey (1996) stated that harmala was beneficial for diabetes and hypertension patients. Muller& Mechler (2005) indicated that oats is cholesterol and LDL lowering . Tomoyoshi (2005) reported that Dr Ming's Tea helps to get rid of wanted for in the body .

The results of table(4)show the lipids fractions of diabetic rats and effect of herbal formulations.

Data presented in table(4) revealed that diabetes mellitus resulted in the increase of TC&TG,while HDL reduced .Due to treatments the reverse was found.

D- Serum glucose

Table (5) illustrate the effect of diets and all herbs mixture supplementation for 28 days on serum glucose in rats pretreated with alloxan injection .As shown in this table , the mean value of serum glucose of control positive was higher than control negative, which were 169.00±3.46 and 75.00±1.80 mg/dl , respectively , and the value of groups A, B, C, D, Dr Ming's tea and all herbs mixture (at 7.5% level) were significantly lower (P<0.05) when compared to control positive.

All treatments lowered serum glucose even to a less level than that of the healthy control(-) rats. Supplementation with uncultivated oats and horse chestnut increased the lowering effect of the diet , indicating a synergistic effect . This was also ready seen ( Synergism ) when knowing that all herbs mixture reduced the serum glucose compared to any other single plant , provided that similar results obtained for both all herbs mixture and bitter apple groups .

According to Duke (1994) bitter wood have a curing effect for diabetes mellitus. This was also reported by Davis and Parke (2004) for bitter apple. Garden cress ( Hurley et al., 1998 ) was also beneficial for diabetes mellitus . According to Srinivan et al., (2005) horse chestnut is a hypoglycemic agent. It is evident (Table 1-5) that the tested plants not only ameliorated or prevented the increase of serum glucose, but also was healing for liver, renal and lipid profile disorders ; i.e. the side effects of diabetes mellitus disease .

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П. Biological Parameters

a- Body weight gain (BWG), Feed intake (FI) and Feed efficiency ratio (FER).

Table (6) results show the effect of diets and all herbs mixture supplementation for 28 days on BWG, FI and FER in rats pretreated with alloxan . As shown the mean value of BWG of control positive was lower than control negative, which were -0.36±0.0026 and 0.076±0.0017 , respectively .but the value of groups A, B, C, D, Dr Ming's tea and all herbs mixture (at 7.5% level) were higher significantly ( p< 0.05 ) when compared to control positive.

The mean value of FI of control positive was lower than control negative, which were 6.50±0.050 and 6.90±0.010 g , respectively .whereas the values of groups A, B, C, D and Dr Ming's tea (at 7.5% level) were higher than control positive. But the value of all herbs mixture was higher than control positive by mean 17.77±0.039 g , respectively.

FER of control positive was lower significantly (p<0.05) when compared to control negative, which were -0.06±0.0007 and 0.011±0.005 , respectively .but, the values of groups A, B, C, D, Dr Ming's tea and all herbs mixture (at 7.5% level) were higher than control positive.

B- Internal organs weight

Table (7) shows the effect of feeding with herbs and supplementation with oat and chestnut for 28 days on lungs weight , mean value of lungs weight of control positive was higher than control negative , which were 1.22±0.039 and 0.49±0.024 g , respectively. Also, all values of groups A, B, C, D, Dr Ming's tea and all herbs mixture (at 7.5% level) were lower than control positive.

As for spleen weight the results showed that mean value of control positive was higher than control negative, which were 0.84±0.020 and 0.28±0.010 g , respectively .Also, the values of groups A, B, C, D, Dr Ming's tea and all herbs mixture (at 7.5% level) were lower than control positive.

The mean value of heart weight of control positive was higher than control negative, which were 0.61±0.019 and 0.20±0.012 g , respectively ,whereas the values of herbs groups A, B, C, D, Dr Ming's tea and all herbs mixture (at 7.5% level) were lower than control positive.

As for kidney weight the results showed that mean value of control positive was higher than control negative, which were 1.42±0.019 and 0.52±0.015 g , respectively .Also, the values of herbs groups A, B, C, D, Dr Ming's tea and all herbs mixture (at 7.5% level) were lower than control positive.

This indicated that diets of present work ameliorated the inflammation in internal organs as side effect of diabetes mellitus. Such improvement was evident since ;most cases the all herbal mixture showed BWG, FI, FER and internal organs weights, being equal and sometimes better than that recorded for healthy control(-) rats. It is worth mentioning that biochemical changes ( Tables 1-5 ) also supported such openion.

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Table (1): Mean ± SD Values Of Serum Protein Fractions For Control Positive , Control Negative And

Different Diabetic Groups Fed On Herbs and Their Mixture

All

herbs

mixture

( F )

Dr Ming's tea

(Diet E )

Garden cress

( Diet D )

Harmala

( Diet C )

Bitter apple

( Diet B )

Bitter wood

( Diet A )

Control

+ Ve

Control

- Ve

Group

Parameters

Oat +

Chestnut

Alone

Oat +

Chestnut

Alone

Oat +

Chestnut

Alone

Oat +

Chestnut

Alone

Oat +

Chestnut

Alone

9.60±

0.24

7.50 ±

0.18

7.70 ±

0.33

7.50 ±

0.43

7.10 ±

0.37

9.00 ±

0.32

8.40 ±

0.19

8.20 ±

0.45

7.30 ±

0.85

7.60 ±

0.32

7.00 ±

0.19

6.30 ±

0.17

9.90±

0.26

Total Protein (g/dl)

( T.P )

Mean±SD

8.00

0.19

6.00 ±

0.24

5.80 ±

0.27

6.20 ±

0.17

5.60 ±

0.26

6.90 ±

0.14

6.40 ±

0.12

5.00 ±

0.24

3.90 ±

0.23

4.00 ±

0.15

3.50 ±

0.17

1.70 ±

0.04

7.10 ±

0.15

Albumin (g/dl)

( Alb )

Mean±SD

1.60

0.132

1.50 ±

0.105

1.90 ±

0.017

1.30 ±

0.101

1.50 ±

0.100

2.10 ±

0.125

2.00 ±

0.127

3.20 ±

0.139

3.40 ±

0.135

3.80 ±

0.120

3.50 ±

0.123

4.60 ±

0.137

2.80 ±

0.026

Globulin (g/dl)

( Glob )

Mean±S

5.00±

o.08

4.00 ±

0.08

3.05 ±

0.05

4.77 ±

0.06

3.73 ±

0.06

3.29 ±

0.04

3.20 ±

0.07

1.56 ±

0.05

1.15 ±

0.04

1.05 ±

0.05

1.00±

0.01

0.37 ±

0.03

2.54 ±

0.05

Albumin/globulin (A / G)

Ratio

Mean±SD

Control-ve: Rats fed on basal diet.

Control+ve: Diabetic Rats fed on basal diet.

Differences are significant at 5% (p<0.05).

Table (2): Mean ± SD Values of Liver Function Parameters For Control Positive , Control Negative And Different Diabetic Groups Fed On Herbs And Their Mixture

All

herbs

Mixture

Dr Ming's tea

(Diet E )

Garden cress

( Diet D )

Harmala

( Diet C )

Bitter apple

( Diet B )

Bitter wood

( Diet A )

Control

+ Ve

Control

- Ve

Group

Parameters

Oat +

Chestnut

Alone

Oat +

Chestnut

Alone

Oat +

Chestnut

Alone

Oat +

Chestnut

Alone

Oat +

Chestnut

Alone

30.00±

2.45

41.50±

1.51

66.00±

1.32

42.00±

2.57

54.00±

1.35

32.00±

1.37

55.80±

1.58

40.00±

2.64

55.00±

1.73

50.00±

1.00

60.70±

1.54

145.00±

4.58

42.00±

2.05

AST (U/L)

Mean±SD

14.80±

0.75

14.80±

0.72

22.50±

1.50

15.30±

0.68

17.50±

0.46

15.20±

0.73

22.20±

0.81

15.80±

0.72

21.00±

1.32

15.00±

0.61

17.60±

0.53

40.00±

2.65

18.00±

0.87

ALT (U/L)

Mean±SD

2.03±

0.058

def

2.80±

0.045

2.93±

0.061

2.75±

0.029

3.08±

0.072

2.11±

0.036

2.51±

0.048

2.53±

0.026

2.62±

0.036

3.33±

0.057

3.45±

0.027

3.63±

0.092

2.33±

0.061

AST/ALT Ratio

Mean±SD

105.20±

2.03

129.50±

2.18

149.80±

4.16

125.60±

3.08

145.70±

3.23

107.50±

2.43

145.70±

3.24

107.50±

2.50

155.20±

2.55

131.50±

3.04

150.60±

5.11

312.00±

6.08

132.00±

3.21

ALP (U/L)

Mean±SD

Control –Ve : Rats fed on basal diet.

Control +Ve : Diabetic Rats fed on basal diet.

Differences are significant at 5% (P < 0.05) .

Table (3): Mean ± SD Values of Kidney Function parameters For Control Positive, Control Negative And Different Diabetic Groups Fed On Herbs And Their Mixture

All

herbs

Mixture

Dr Ming's tea

(Diet E )

Garden cress

( Diet D )

Harmala

( Diet C )

Bitter apple

( Diet B )

Bitter wood

( Diet A )

Control

+ Ve

Control

- Ve

Group

Parameters

Oat +

Chestnut

Alone

Oat +

Chestnut

Alone

Oat +

Chestnut

Alone

Oat +

Chestnut

Alone

Oat +

Chestnut

Alone

0.63±

0.019

0.80±

0.021

0.90±

0.026

0.65±

0.036

0.68±

0.073

0.78±

0.0236

0.80±

0.045

0.63±

0.026

0.70±

0.023

0.78±

0.019

0.90±

0.017

1.20±

0.044

0.70±

0.032

Creatinine

(mg/dl)

Mean±SD

94.00±

1.73

119.00±

5.29

130.00±

4.36

107.00±

3.00

123.00±

2.53

107.00±

2.75

120.00±

2.54

86.00±

3.61

108.00±

2.51

82.00±

2.64

148.00±

7.15

162.00±

7.21

37.00±

2.45

Urea

(Mg/dl)

Mean±SD

1.01±

0.03

1.45±

0.08

2.60±

0.07

1.60±

0.03

1.86±

0.05

1.33±

0.04

1.93±

0.03

1.06±

0.05

2.60±

0.13

1.70±

0.09

2.40±

0.06

3.50±

0.22

2.00±

0.11

Uric Acid

(Mg/dl)

Mean±SD

Control-ve: Rats fed on basal diet.

Control+ve: Diabetic Rats fed on basal diet.

Differences are significant at 5%(p<0.05).

Table (4): Mean ± SD Values Of Lipid Profile Parameters For Control Positive, Control Negative And Different

Diabetic Groups Fed On Unsupplemeted And Supplemeted Herbs And Their Mixture

All

herbs

Mixture

Dr Ming's tea

(Diet E )

Garden cress

( Diet D )

Harmala

( Diet C )

Bitter apple

( Diet B )

Bitter wood

( Diet A )

Control

+ Ve

Control

- Ve

Group

Parameters

Oat +

Chestnut

Alone

Oat +

Chestnut

Alone

Oat +

Chestnut

Alone

Oat +

Chestnut

Alone

Oat +

Chestnut

Alone

130.00±

4.88

131.00±

3.61

160.00±

2.65

132.00±

3.41

160.00±

2.57

130.00±

4.38

142.00±

3.44

136.00±

3.61

172.00±

7.21

137.00±

3.46

176.00±

4.36

191.00±

3.61

142.oo±

2.64

TC(mg/dl)

Mean±SD

119.00±

3.46

159.00±

3.60

174.00±

5.29

134.00±

3.16

141.00±

3.41

150.00±

4.78

161.00±

4.49

150.00±

4.35

163.00±

6.27

120.00±

4.36

137.00±

2.64

188.00±

6.08

121.00±

3.41

TG(mg/dl)

Mean±SD

102.00±

2.65

efg

93.30±

1.54

90.70±

3.76

bcd

98.80±

3.36

fgh

92.80±

2.43

def

95.30±

1.13

fgh

92.60±

1.51

100.60±

2.12

cde

97.20±

1.06

def

95.30±

1.13

89.00±

3.46

68.00±

1.73

110.00±

4.35

HDL (mg/dl)

Mean±SD

4.20±

0.26

6.10±

0.55

34.50±

2.18

6.40±

0.36

39.00±

2.00

4.70±

0.45

17.40±

0.53

5.40±

0.17

42.20±

1.59

17.70±

0.61

59.60±

2.25

85.40±

2.51

7.80±

0.26

LDL (mg/dl)

Mean±SD

23.80±

0.55

31.60±

1.44

34.80±

1.59

26.80±

0.75

28.20±

1.93

30.00±

1.00

32.00±

1.73

30.00±

1.00

32.60±

1.96

24.00±

1.73

27.40±

1.51

37.60±

2.42

24.20±

0.72

VLDL (mg/dl)

Mean±SD

0.27±

0.015

0.40±

0.017

0.76±

0.026

0.34±

0.016

0.72±

0.057

0.36±

0.045

0.53±

0.026

0.35±

0.036

0.77±

0.015

0.44±

0.025

0.98±

0.032

1.81±

0.025

0.29 ±

0.017

Atherogenic index(A.I.)Ratio

Mean±SD

Differences are significant at 5% (P < 0.05) .

Control –Ve : Rats fed on basal diet.

Control +Ve : Diabetic Rats fed on basal diet.

Table (5): Mean ± SD Values Of Serum Glucose For Control Positive, Control Negative And Different Diabetic Groups Fed On Herbs And Their Mixture

All

herbs

Mixture

Dr Ming's tea

(Diet E )

Garden cress

( Diet D )

Harmala

( Diet C )

Bitter apple

( Diet B )

Bitter wood

( Diet A )

Control

+ Ve

Control

- Ve

Group

Parameters

Oat +

Chestnut

Alone

Oat +

Chestnut

Alone

Oat +

Chestnut

Alone

Oat +

Chestnut

Alone

Oat +

Chestnut

Alone

33.00±

1.23

59.00±

1.87

60.20±

2.03

45.70±

1.57

50.50±

1.50

53.00±

1.82

57.20±

1.61

33.00±

1.73

35.00±

1.56

37.00±

1.32

51.00±

1.27

169.00±

3.46

75.00±

1.80

Glucose(mg/dl)

Mean±SD

Differences are significant at 5% (P < 0.05) .

Control –Ve : Rats fed on basal diet.

Control +Ve : Diabetic Rats fed on basal diet.

Table (6): Mean ± SD Values Of BWG, FI And FER For Control Positive, Control Negative And Different Diabetic Groups Fed On Herbs And Their Mixture

All

herbs

Mixture

Dr Ming's tea

(Diet E )

Garden cress

( Diet D )

Harmala

( Diet C )

Bitter apple

( Diet B )

Bitter wood

( Diet A )

Control

+ Ve

Control

- Ve

Group

Parameters

Oat +

Chestnut

Alone

Oat +

Chestnut

Alone

Oat +

Chestnut

Alone

Oat +

Chestnut

Alone

Oat +

Chestnut

Alone

1.99±

0.010

1.36±

0.051

1.32±

0.072

1.93±

0.045

1.61±

0.011

1.68±

0.023

1.44±

0.029

1.86±

0.053

1.21±

0.010

1.95±

0.064

1.71±

0.010

-0.36±

0.0026

0.076±

0.0017

BWG(g)

Mean±SD

17.77±

0.039

28.00±

0.007

27.90±

0.008

21.00±

0.009

20.00±

0.017

19.50±

0.005

13.20±

0.009

23.80±

0.007

14.20±

0.007

23.30±

0.029

21.90±

0.010

6.50±

0.050

6.90±

0.010

FI(g)

Mean±SD

0.112±

0.0018

0.049±

0.0123

0.047±

0.0019

0.011±

0.0035

0.081±

0.0132

0.086±

0.0386

0.109±

0.0173

0.078±

0.007

0.085±

0.002

0.084±

0.002

0.078±

0.001

-0.06±

0.0007

0.011±

0.005

FER

Mean±SD

Differences are significant at 5% (P < 0.05) .

Control –Ve : Rats fed on basal diet. Control +Ve : Diabetic Rats fed on basal diet.

Table (7): Mean ± SD Weight Values Of Lungs, Spleen, Heart,Kidney And Liver For Control

Positive,Control Negative And Different Diabetic Groups Fed On Herbs And Their Mixture

All

herbs

Mixture

Dr Ming's tea

(Diet E )

Garden cress

( Diet D )

Harmala

( Diet C )

Bitter apple

( Diet B )

Bitter wood

( Diet A )

Control

+ Ve

Control

- Ve

Group

Parameters

Oat +

Chestnut

Alone

Oat +

Chestnut

Alone

Oat +

Chestnut

Alone

Oat +

Chestnut

Alone

Oat +

Chestnut

Alone

0.54±

0.011

0.53±

0.025

0.59±

0.016

0.61±

0.015

0.64±

0.022

0.66±

0.010

0.68±

0.020

0.69±

0.026

0.70±

0.013

0.70±

0.017

1.00±

0.010

1.22±

0.039

0.49±

0.024

Lungs(g)

Mean±SD

0.28±

0.012

0.29±

0.013

0.32±

0.020

0.37±

0.015

0.46±

0.021

0.55±

0.019

0.59±

0.017

0.56±

0.011

0.69±

0.017

0.55±

0.017

0.60±

0.026

0.84±

0.020

0.28±

0.010

Spleen(g)

Mean±SD

0.20±

0.016

0.22±

0.011

0.24±

0.021

0.28±

0.016

0.34±

0.023

0.30±

0.015

0.33±

0.010

0.41±

0.017

0.46±

0.010

0.55±

0.013

0.58±

0.020

0.61±

0.019

0.20±

0.012

Heart(g)

Mean±SD

0.52±

0.017

0.60±

0.027

0.62±

0.021

0.60±

0.029

0.69±

0.026

0.84±

0.011

0.92±

0.020

0.69±

0.013

0.78±

0.020

0.73±

0.011

0.79±

0.010

1.42±

0.019

0.52±

0.015

Kidney(g)

Mean±SD

3.82±

0.016

3.80±

0.026

3.80±

0.023

3.82±

0.031

3.84±

0.020

4.38±

0.032

5.30±

0.043

4.18±

0.017

4.40±

0.052

4.18±

0.016

4.52±

0.013

5.73±

0.026

3.82±

0.017

Liver(g)

Mean±SD

Differences are significant at 5% (P < 0.05) .

Control –Ve : Rats fed on basal diet.

Control +Ve : Diabetic Rats fed on basal diet.

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التأثيرات العلاجية والمناعية لبعض الأعشاب عند استخدامها

في تغذية الفئران البيضاء المصابة بمرض البول السکري

أ.د/ محمد سمير عبد الله الدشلوطي * أ.د/فاطمة الزهراء أمين الشريف *

أ.د/ شريف صبري رجب * م.م/ مى محمود الحسينى خفاجى*

الملخص العربي :

تم إجراء الدراسة الحالية لمعرفة التأثيرات العلاجية والمناعية لبعض الأعشاب علي الفئران المصابة بمرض البول السکري . تم استخدام 65 فأر ابيض بالغ يتراوح وزن کل منها 130-200 جرام وتم تقسيمهم إلى ثلاثة عشرمجموعة متساوية وترکت إحداها کمجموعة ضابطة سالبة, أما المجموعات الإثنى عشرالأخرى فتم إصابتها بالداء السکري عن طريق الحقن بواسطة الألوکسان 150 ملجم /کجم من وزن الجسم داخل الغشاء البريتوني . وأضيفت الأعشاب المستخدمة بنسبة 7.5% من الوجبة في شکل فردي وتوليفات من خشب المروالحنظل والحرمل وحب الرشاد وشاي د.مينجز والزمير وأبوفروة. وتم قياس إنزيمات الکبد((ALT,AST,ALP، البروتين الکلى، ، الکولسترول الکلى، الجلسريدات الثلاثية HDL-C, LDLC, VLDLC))، نسبة الصفائح الدموية، الخلايا الحمراء، والبيضاء، معدل الألبيومين / الجلوبيولين في السيرم. وقد أظهرت نتائج هذه الدراسة أن تناول تلک الأعشاب قد نتج عنه تحسن في وظائف الکلي والکبد وکذلک تحسن المناعة لدى الفئران البيضاء المصابة بمرض البول السکري. وعلي ذلک فإنه يمکن استخدام خشب المروالحنظل والحرمل وحب الرشاد وشاي د.مينجز والزمير وأبوفروة. لتحسين جلوکوز الدم وتقوية المناعة.

الکلمات المفتاحية: مرض البول السکري،المناعة، خشب المر،الحنظل،الحرمل،حب الرشاد، شاي د.مينجز، الزمير،أبوفروة.

* قسم التغذية وعلوم الأطعمة ، کلية الاقتصاد المنزلي – جامعة المنوفية