TY  - JOUR
AU  - Yousef, Mokhtar I. 
AU  - Haroun, Medhat 
AU  - El-Masry, Mohamed H. 
AU  - Ateia, Reham EA. 
PY  - 2006
TI  - Biochemical and Immunological Study on the Effects of Barley and its Components as Hypoglycemic Agents in Diabetic Rats
JF  - American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology
VL  - 2
IS  - 1
DO  - 10.3844/ajbbsp.2006.1.8
UR  - https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajbbsp.2006.1.8
AB  - The present study was carried out to investigate the hypoglycemic effect of barley (Hordeum vulgare L) and some of its components such as amino acids (L-leucine and L-glutamine) and chromium picolinate on some biochemical and immunological parameters of alloxan induced diabetic rats. Alloxan-diabetic rats were treated with barley water (10% w/v) at a dose 10 ml Kg-1 b.wt., chromium picolinate at 15 µg Kg-1 b.wt., L-leucine plus L-glutamine at 4.5 mg & 15 mg Kg-1 b.wt., and/or the combination of barley plus chromium plus L-leucine and L-glutamine at the same previous doses in the same water volume, respectively. Rats received the treatments in their drinking water for four weeks. The levels of glucose, immunoglobulin G (IgG), total lipids (TL), cholesterol, triglycerides (TG), low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) were significantly (P