| Aim The evaluation of the positive and protective effects thymol
as a natural compound on the STZ -induced diabetic rats.
Materials and methods In this study, seven groups of the
streptozotocin induced diabetic and normal rats (overall 42
males) were tested through various biochemical and histopathological
factors such as: serum glucose, insulin, creatinine,
lipids, lipoproteins, liver function-related enzymes, and antioxidant
status in liver and kidney.
Results The obtained results in this work indicated that thymol
had a significant anti-hypoglycemic, anti-hypolipidemic
activities on the STZ-induced diabetic rats. Further, the assessment
different biochemical parameters revealed that the levels
of creatinine, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, very low
density lipoprotein cholesterol, and liver function-related enzymes
such as aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase
were decreased in the treated diabetes rats under
20 and 40 mg/kg thymol compared to the control diabetes
group. Considerably, the anti-oxidant enzymes status that were
achieved from the liver and kidney organs were modulated
after treatment with thymol in the diabetic rats.
Conclusion The results of this research has brough a new
aspect concerning the proteevtive and positive effects of thymol
on the diabetic complications in the animal model. |