Effects of Some Plant Oils on Physiological Responses

The present study was aimed to compare the efficacy of neem, sesame, sunflower, evening primrose, neem plus sesame, neem plus evening primrose, neem plus sunflower, sesame plus evening primrose, sesame plus sunflower and evening primrose plus sunflower oils supplementation in streptozotocin (STZ)-diabetic and non-diabetic male Wistar rats. In comparison with control, highly significant increases in the values of blood glucose (318.7%), triglycerides (62.3%), cholesterol (99.2%), low density lipoprotein LDL-cholesterol (170%), total protein (25.5), creatinine (82.3%), urea (142.8%), uric acid (191.1%), alanine aminotransferase (118.9%) and aspartate aminotransferase (35.3%) were observed in STZ-diabetic rats, while the value of high density lipoprotein HDL-cholesterol was markedly decline (66.3%).