Allium ampeloprasum (AA) is a medicinal plant which is used in
Iranian traditional medicine to treat or prevent different diseases. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of AA extract on oxidative stress and
dyslipidemia in diabetic rats induced by
alloxan. In this experimental study, 60 male Wistar rats weighing 200-250gr were randomly divided to five groups of 12 each including healthy control (group I), diabetic control (group II),
metformin-treated diabetic positive control (group III) and two groups treated with doses 400 (group IV) and 800 (groupV) mg/kg/BW of AA extracts.
Diabetes mellitus was experimentally induced by injection of two doses of alloxan-120 and 65mg/kg-within two consecutive days.
Alloxan-induced diabetes caused significant increase in serum
glucose,
triglyceride (TG), total
cholesterol (TC),
low density lipoprotein (
LDL),
very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) and
high density lipoprotein (HDL) levels in group II (p<0.05). Furthermore, serum
malondialdehyde (MDA) levels increased significantly and liver
catalase activity decreased significantly in the 2nd group compared to 1st control; respectively p=0.0001 and p=0.009. In the group IV has seen a significant decrease in serum TG (p=0.01), TC (p=0.0001), VLDL (p=0.01), and MDA (p=0.0001) levels and significant increase in the liver and kidney
catalase activities of the rats compared to the group II; respectively p=0.0001 and p=0.0001. In Conclusion our results highlight potentially relevant health beneficial effects of AA extract which exerts
hypoglycemic, hypolipidemic, and anti-oxidative stress effects in rats with
alloxan-induced diabetes. Therefore, it may be considered as useful dietary supplements in diabetic patients.