Research Article

Protective Effects of the Mushroom Lactarius deterrimus Extract on Systemic Oxidative Stress and Pancreatic Islets in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats

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The effect of L. deterrimus administration on AGE in the circulation (a) and presence of CML-modified proteins in pancreatic islets (b). Fluorescent products of AGE in the serum (a). Light photomicrographs of immunohistochemical staining for CML and RAGE of pancreatic sections within the islet (b) (magnification 40x). NDM: control rats; NDM + Ld: control rats treated daily with L. deterrimus extract for four weeks; DM: STZ-induced diabetic rats, DM + Ld: STZ-induced diabetic rats treated with L. deterrimus extract for four weeks. The values are presented as the mean ± S.E.M.; values not sharing a common superscript letter differ significantly at .
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