Broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica) leaves exhibit significant antidiabetic potential in alloxan-induced diabetic rats: the putative role of ABC vacuolar transporter for accumulation of Quercetin and Kaempferol
Sara Latif, Muhammad Sameeullah, Hiffza Qadeer Abbasi, Zainab Masood, Tijen Demiral Sert, Noreen Aslam, Turgay Pekdemir, Mustafa Imren, Vahdettin Çiftçi, Kiran Saba, Muhammad Suleman Malik, Fatima Ijaz, Neelam Batool, Bushra Mirza, Mohammad Tahir Waheed · 2024
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Broccoli leaves, often thrown away, carry plant compounds that fight diabetes in lab tests, and Sara Latif and co-authors put them to a fuller test in a 2024 study. Extracts from two broccoli types were first checked for slowing sugar-breaking enzymes, then fed to diabetic rats. The team also grew leaves in light and dark to see how the helpful compounds build up.
In the rats, the extracts lifted the body's own defense enzymes across organs and cut signs of cell damage. At the high dose, tissue samples showed clear protection of key organs. Leaves grown in the dark held more of two key compounds than green leaves. A pump protein that stocks those compounds in leaf storage rose in the dark leaves too, which may explain the build-up.
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| CREATOR | Sara Latif, Muhammad Sameeullah, Hiffza Qadeer Abbasi, Zainab Masood, Tijen Demiral Sert, Noreen Aslam, Turgay Pekdemir, Mustafa Imren, Vahdettin Çiftçi, Kiran Saba, Muhammad Suleman Malik, Fatima Ijaz, Neelam Batool, Bushra Mirza, Mohammad Tahir Waheed |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 53 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |