Does ascorbic acid promote neuroprotection in diabetic rats?
The disease diabetes mellitus is characterized by abnormally high plasma glucose concentrations. Chronic hyperglycemia and the associated metabolic abnormalities are responsible for many disease complications, including damage to the blood vessels, eyes, kidneys and nervous system. A research team led by Professor Zanoni from the State University of Maringa in Brasil investigate he effect of ascorbic acid (AA) dietary supplementation on myenteric neurons and epithelial cell proliferation of the jejunum of adult rats with chronic diabetes mellitus. This will be published on November 14, 2008 in the World Journal of Gastroenterology. In their experiment, 30 rats at 90 day…
