Cocarboxylase in Experimental Diabetes

Determination of cocarboxylase in blood.

Thiamine and Cocarboxylase Concentration

In patients with congestive heart failure, thiamine deficiency has been demonstrated by the test-dose method (1, 2), by measurement of the lactate-pyruvate ratio of the blood (3), and by determination of blood cocarboxylase (4). The oxidation of pyruvate to acetate requires thiamine in the form of cocarboxylase (thiamine pyrophosphate). Olson, Pearson, Miller, and Stare have shown that thiamine...

Ensete superbum ameliorates renal dysfunction in experimental diabetes mellitus

Objective(s):Hyperglycemia mediated oxidative stress plays a key role in the pathogenesis of diabetic complications like nephropathy. In the present study, we evaluated the effect of ethanolic extract of Ensete superbum seeds (ESSE) on renal dysfunction and oxidative stress in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Materials and Methods:Glucose, HbA1c, total protein, albumin, renal function mar...

The Carboxylase-Cocarboxylase System of Fusaria.

Renal hypertrophy in experimental diabetes.

The effect of short-term diabetes, 5 days after the administration of streptozotocin, on renal growth and the activity of alternative pathways of glucose metabolism was studied in immature (21-day-old) rats and in adult rats. The kidney weight increased by 28% in the adult diabetic rats, but by only 10% in the immature diabetic rats, relative to their age-matched control groups. The flux of glu...