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General Physiology and Biophysics Vol.28, No.3, p.233–241, 2009

Title: D-pinitol attenuates the impaired activities of hepatic key enzymes in carbohydrate metabolism of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats
Author: Selvaraj Sivakumar and Sorimuthu P. Subramanian
Abstract: During diabetes mellitus, endogenous hepatic glucose production is increasede as a result of impaired activities of the key enzymes of carbohydrate metabolism, which leads to the condition known as hyperglycemia. D-pinitol, a bioactive constituent isolated from soybeans, has been shown to reduce hyperglycemia in experimental diabetes. We therefore designed this study to investigate the effect of oral administration of D-pinitol (50 mg/kg b.w. for 30 days) on the activities of key enzymes in carbohydrate and glycogen metabolism in the liver tissues of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. The efficacy was compared with glyclazide, a standard hypoglycemic drug. Oral administration of D-pinitol to diabetic group of rats showed a marked decrease in the levels of blood glucose, glycosylated hemoglobin and an increase in plasma insulin and body weight. The activities of the hepatic enzymes such as hexokinase, pyruvate kinase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, glycogen synthase and hepatic glycogen content were significantly (p 
Keywords: D-pinitol — Diabetes mellitus — Insulin — Liver — Streptozotocin
Year: 2009, Volume: 28, Issue: 3 Page From: 233, Page To: 241
doi:10.4149/gpb_2009_03_233


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