320020

Study for Evaluation of the Protective Effects of Urtica Dioica Leaves on Cardiac Function In Alloxan-Induced Diabetic Albino Rat

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Physiology & Animal Nutrition

Abstract

Urtica dioica (UD) is used for a number of therapeutic purposes. Has traditionally been used in the control of cardiovascular disorders, especially hypertension. Also, the leaf extract of UD has been reported to improve glucose homeostasis in vivo. This raises the question of the relationship between UD, diabetes, and heart disorders. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the effect of watery leaf extract UD on the heart parameters associated with diabetes mellitus (DM) in Wistar rats. Animals were divided into 4 groups (N = 25). The untreated normal control rats only received distilled water (n = 8).), diabetic control rats group received alloxan 120 mg/Kg body weight (n = 7), the diabetic rat group treated with UD at 250 mg/kg body weight (n = 5), and the diabetic rats that received UD extract at 500 mg/Kg body weight (n = 5) orally twice daily for 5-6 days. Data showed that in the diabetic group heart rate decreased and induce bradyarrhythmia. After treating diabetic rats with 250 mg/kg enhancement in heart rate was recorded. Additionally, increasing the UD concentration to 500mg/kg further increases the heart rate to the normal value. The current study indicates widen in QRS, which seems to be disturbances of intraventricular conduction that can be seen in right and left bundle branch blocks, heart failure, and myocardial ischemia. Conclusively, these data show that UD appears to have antidiabetic and noncytotoxic properties, it is associated with reducing the effect of diabetics on the heart.

DOI

10.21608/ejvs.2023.223310.1543

Keywords

Antihypertension, Anti-arrhythmia, Anti-diabetes, glucose, Urtica dioica

Authors

First Name

Thamer

Last Name

Bashir

MiddleName

Mohammed

Affiliation

Dept. of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zakho, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

Email

thamer.bashir@uoz.edu.krd

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Orcid

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First Name

Chinar

Last Name

Mohammed

MiddleName

Mustafa

Affiliation

Biology department, faculty of science, university of Zakho, Duhok, Iraq

Email

chinar.mohammad@uoz.edu.krd

City

Duhok

Orcid

0000-0001-9901-416X

First Name

Abdulsatar

Last Name

Haji

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Dept. of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zakho, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

Email

abdulsatar.haji@staff.uoz.edu.krd

City

-

Orcid

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First Name

Ihsan

Last Name

Mohammed

MiddleName

Husain

Affiliation

Dept. of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

Email

ihsan.husain@uod.ac

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-

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-

Volume

55

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

43781

Issue Date

2024-03-01

Receive Date

2023-07-16

Publish Date

2024-03-01

Page Start

313

Page End

323

Print ISSN

1110-0222

Online ISSN

2357-089X

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https://ejvs.journals.ekb.eg/article_320020.html

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320,020

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140

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Veterinary Sciences

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https://ejvs.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Study for Evaluation of the Protective Effects of Urtica Dioica Leaves on Cardiac Function In Alloxan-Induced Diabetic Albino Rat

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Created At

23 Dec 2024