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Nutrition and Food Sciences
Potential Effects of Olive and Mango Leaves on Alloxan Induced
Diabetes Complications in Rats
Yousif Elhassaneen, Amal Nasef, and Neama Abdel Rhman
Dept. of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Faculty of Home Economics , Menoufia University, Shibin El
Kom, Egypt.
Abstract:
The present study aimed to investigate the potential effect of different concentrations, 2.5
and 5 % ,of olive and mango leaves powder (OLP & MLP) as well as their mixture on
Alloxan-induced diabetes complications in rats. Forty-eight male albino rats, weighing
150±10 g, were used and divided into two main groups. The first group, 6 rats, was kept
as a negative (-ve) control group fed on the basal diet, while the second one, 42 rats, was
injected by alloxan to induce diabetes and divided into seven equal subgroups. The second
group was still fed on the basal diet and kept as positive (+ve) control group and the rest
six groups were fed on the basal diet containing 2.5 and 5% of olive and mango leaves
powder as well as their mixture. Animals treatment with alloxan caused a significant
increase (p≤0.05) in serum glucose concentration by the ratio of 156.22% compared to
normal controls. Supplementation of the rats’ diet with 2.5. and 5% of the selected plant
parts including OLP, MLP and their mixture (Mix) leads to decrease this value by the rate
of -20.68, -30.13, -37.68, -42.18, -47.21 and - 56.30%, respectively. The same action was
recorded for liver (ALT, AST and ALP) and kidney (urea, uric acid and creatinine) in
diabetic rats have been induced by different rates as a result the supplementation with the
studied plant parts. All of these effects could be principally attributed to the strong
antioxidant activities of these plant parts as the result of their high bioactive compounds
content. These findings provide a basis for the use of OLP and MLP to attenuate the
complications caused by type-2 diabetes.
Key Words: hyperglycemia, body weight, kidney functions, liver functions, hemoglobin.