Prevention of pancreatic tissue damage by free radicals under conditions of hyperglycemia chronic would be important and vitamin E can act as scavengers of these oxygen radicals in preventing the development of diabetes mellitus. This study aims was to evaluate the effect of vitamin E on the hyperglycemia conditions on the blood glucose, enzyme superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase…
Oxidative stress has been implicated in pathogenesis and progression of many degenerative disorders including naturally occurring and chemically-induced diabetes mellitus. In addition to the increased production of free radicals, antioxidant defense systems are disturbed in diabetes mellitus. As a result, oxidative stress may cause oxidative damage of cellular, including ß-cells of pancreas. T…