Altinoz E.Oner Z.Elbe H.Turkoz Y.Cigremis Y.2024-08-042024-08-0420141529-9120https://hdl.handle.net/11616/91704The objective: the reactive oxygen species (ROS) take role in pathogenesis of many diseases like diabetes. Saffron extract, crocin and safranal are remarkable ROS scavenging as antioxidant agents. Methods and results: rats were divided into three groups each containing 10 as follows: control group, Diabetes Mellitus (DM) group, and Diabetes Mellitus+crocin (DM+crocin) group. Tissue samples were processed by routine histological and biochemical procedurs. Liver tissue of control group showed normal histological appearance. Sinusoidal dilatation, sinusoidal congestion, infiltration and vacuolization were observed in hepatocytes of DM group. These findings were reduced in DM+crocin group. The MDA and XO levels in DM group were higher than the other groups (P<0.01), and GSH levels in DM+crocin group were higher than DM group (P<0.01). Blood glucose concentration in DM group increased (p=0.002) compared to control group, but decreased in DM+crocin group (p=0.002) compared to DM group. Serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartat aminotransferase (AST) levels increased remarkably (P?0.01) in DM group compared to control group. When DM+crocin group was compared with DM group, serum ALT levels decreased (p?0.05); however, decrease was lower in serum AST level (p>0.05). Conclusion: we observed in our study that crocin decreased blood glucose level of STZ induced diabetic rats and protected the liver tissue by decreasing the oxidative stress.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessBlood glucoseCrocinDiabetes mellitusLiverOxidative stressSaffronArticle1611601712-s2.0-84920692177N/A