Effects of Nigella sativa on oxidative stress and β‐cell damage in streptozotocin‐induced diabetic rats

Kanter, Mehmet; Çoşkun, Ömer; Korkmaz, Ahmet; Öter, Şükrü

doi:10.1002/ar.a.20056

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Effects of Nigella sativa on oxidative stress and β‐cell damage in streptozotocin‐induced diabetic rats

Published in The Anatomical Record Part A Discoveries in Molecular Cellular and Evolutionary Biology • Jun 11, 2004

Authors:

Mehmet Kanter

Ömer Çoşkun

Ahmet Korkmaz

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the possible protective effects of Nigella sativa L. (NS) against beta-cell damage from streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes in rats. STZ was injected intraperitoneally at a single dose of 50 mg/kg to induce diabetes. NS (0.2 ml/kg/day, i.p.) was injecte...

Subject

Oxidative stress

Lipid peroxidation

Streptozotocin

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