Assessment of the Anti-Hyperglycaemic, Anti-Inflammatory and Antioxidant Activities of the Methanol Extract of Moringa Oleifera in Diabetes-Induced Nephrotoxic Male Wistar Rats - PubMed (original) (raw)

Assessment of the Anti-Hyperglycaemic, Anti-Inflammatory and Antioxidant Activities of the Methanol Extract of Moringa Oleifera in Diabetes-Induced Nephrotoxic Male Wistar Rats

Elizabeth I Omodanisi et al. Molecules. 2017.

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is an endocrine disease of multiple aetiologies in insulin secretion. A deficiency in insulin results in hyperglycemia with metabolic disturbances of biomolecules. Moringa oleifera (MO) is endemic in the tropics with a variety of ethnomedicinal importance. The leaf of this plant has been reported to possess antioxidant and medicinal properties that may be helpful in the treatment and management of diabetes and its associated complications. Diabetes was induced intraperitoneally in rats by a single dose of streptozotocin (55 mg/kg) and treated with methanolic extract of Moringa oleifera (250 mg/kg b.wt) for six weeks. Forty-eight (48) adult male Wistar strain rats were randomly divided into four groups: normal control (NC), Moringa oleifera treated control rats (NC + MO), diabetic rats (DM) and Moringa oleifera treated diabetic rats (DM + MO). Estimation of antioxidant capacity, total polyphenols, flavonoids and flavonols content of Moringa oleifera extract was performed and serum biochemical markers were evaluated. Antioxidants such as catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), superoxide dismutase (SOD) activities, glutathione (GSH) and inflammatory biomarkers were determined in the kidney. Results showed high antioxidant capacities of MO extract and improved serum biochemical markers, whilst lipid peroxidation (MDA) levels were reduced in non-diabetic and diabetic rats after MO treatment when compared to normal control. Subsequent administration of MO led to an increased concentration of serum albumin, globulin and total protein with a decrease in the level of MDA, and improvements in CAT, SOD, GSH, GPx, (tumour necrosis factor-alpha)TNF-α and (interleukin-6)IL-6. MO contains potent phytochemical constituents that offer protective action against diabetic-induced renal damage, reactive oxygen species (ROS) and inflammation and could therefore play a role in reducing diabetic complications, particularly in developing countries such as in Africa where the majority cannot afford orthodox medicine.

Keywords: Moringa oleifera; antioxidant; diabetes; flavonoids; hyperglycemia; inflammatory; methanolic extract; nephrotoxicity; phytochemical; streptozotocin.

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Effect of Moringa oleifera on (a) tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) and (b) interleukin-6 (IL-6) in the kidneys. NC (Normal control), NC + MO (_Moringa oleifera_-treated control rats), DM (Diabetic rats) and DM + MO (_Moringa oleifera_-treated diabetic rats). Values are presented as mean (SD). a p < 0.05 values are significant compared with non- diabetic control. b p < 0.05 values are significant compared with diabetic control.

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Effect of Moringa oleifera on the kidney sections (hematoxylin and eosin stained X 400). (A) NC (Normal control) (B) NC + MO (_Moringa oleifera_-treated control rats) (C) DM (Diabetic rats) and (D) DM + MO (_Moringa oleifera_-treated diabetic rats).

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