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Article: Lipoic acid and evening primrose oil prevent diabetes-induced changes.
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- Health & Medicine Week
- Article date:
- July 19, 2004
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2004 JUL 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Treatment with alpha-lipoic acid and evening primrose oil prevented diabetes-induced changes in enteric nerves of the rat ileum.
"Treatment with alpha-lipoic acid (LA) or evening primrose oil (EPO), individually, fails to prevent diabetes-induced changes in enteric nerves. Since synergy between these treatments has been reported, the aim was to investigate the effectiveness of combined LA/EPO treatment. LA and EPO were administered in the diet (approximately 80 and 200 mg/kg/day, respectively) to control and diabetic (induced by streptozotocin, 65 mg/kg, i.p.) rats," scientists in England report.
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