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Background and Aim: Diabetes mellitus is accompanied with higher incidence of cardiovascular disorders. Due to antioxidant activity of the flavonoid myricetin, this study was conducted to evaluate its effect on contractile and relaxation response of thoracic aorta in diabetic rats and to determine the role of oxidative stress.
Materials and Methods: In this experimental study, male Wistar rats were divided into 4 groups, i.e. control, myricetin-treated control (1 mg/kg), diabetic, and myricetin-treated diabetic groups (1 mg/kg). Myricetin was daily administered (i.p.) ten days after streptozotocin injection for 3 weeks. At the end of study, contractile reactivity of thoracic aortic rings to KCl and phenylephrine and relaxation response to acetylcholine was determined using isolated tissue setup. In addition, malondialdehyde (MDA) and nitrite were assessed in aortic tissue.
Results: Myricetin -treated diabetic group showed a non-significantly lower maximum contraction to KCl and a significantly lower maximum contraction to phenylephrine (p
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