Volume : VI, Issue : X, October - 2017
Bauhinia forficata and glucocorticoidinduced insulin resistance
Beatriz Bertolaccini Mart Nez, Ana Carolina Couto Pereira, J Lio Henrique Muzetti, Fernando De Paiva Telles, Fiorita Gonz Les Lopes Mundim, Manoel Ara Jo Teixeira
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PURPOSE: To evaluate the effects of Bauhinia forficata in model of glucocorticoid–induced insulin resistance.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: Wistar rats were divided into groups according to the treatment they received, for ten consecutive days, dexamethasone (D), n=10; dexamethasone–Bauhinia (DB), n=15; dexamethasone–Metformin (DM), n=15; and dexamethasone–Bauhinia–Metformin (DBM), n=11. Blood samples for laboratory analysis were obtained and liver fragments were taken for analyzing glycogen and fatty. This study has been approved by Universidade Vale do Sapucaí Ethics Committee on Animal Usage.
RESULTS: Insulinemia (mU/l): D=0.2±0.1 vs DB=1.19±0.6 p=0,01; and DM=1.32±0.6; p=0.01); Homeostasis Model Assessment (HOMA)–b: D=0.2±0.1 vs DB=2.52±0.9 p=0,04; and DM=2.51±1.5; p=0.001); HOMA–IR: D=0.2±0.1 vs DB=1.12±0.5 p=0,001and DM=1.11±0.5 p=0,001. Histological examination of the liver showed that 100% of group D and 66% of group DB had moderate fatty (p=0.02).
CONCLUSION: Animals with glucocorticoid–induced insulin resistance and treated with Bauhinia forficata decoction did not present decreased insulinemia and increased peripherical sensitivity to insulin action.
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Beatriz Bertolaccini MartĂnez, Ana Carolina Couto Pereira, JĂşlio Henrique Muzetti, Fernando de Paiva Telles, Fiorita Gonzáles Lopes Mundim, Manoel AraĂşjo Teixeira, Bauhinia forficata and glucocorticoidinduced insulin resistance, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-6 | Issue-10 | October-2017
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Beatriz Bertolaccini MartĂnez, Ana Carolina Couto Pereira, JĂşlio Henrique Muzetti, Fernando de Paiva Telles, Fiorita Gonzáles Lopes Mundim, Manoel AraĂşjo Teixeira, Bauhinia forficata and glucocorticoidinduced insulin resistance, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-6 | Issue-10 | October-2017
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