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<title>Iranian Journal of Diabetes and Obesity</title>
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<short_title>IJDO</short_title>
<subject>Medical Sciences</subject>
<web_url>http://ijdo.ssu.ac.ir</web_url>
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<journal_id_issn_online>2345-2250</journal_id_issn_online>
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<language>en</language>
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	<type>jalali</type>
	<year>1400</year>
	<month>3</month>
	<day>1</day>
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<pubdate>
	<type>gregorian</type>
	<year>2021</year>
	<month>6</month>
	<day>1</day>
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<volume>13</volume>
<number>2</number>
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	<article>


	<language>en</language>
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	<title_fa></title_fa>
	<title>The Comparison of the Protective Effect of L-Carnitine, Chromium and Vitamin D with Metformin on Liver, Antioxidant Enzyme Activity, and Iron Metabolism in Diabetic Rats</title>
	<subject_fa>تخصصي</subject_fa>
	<subject>Special</subject>
	<content_type_fa>پژوهشي</content_type_fa>
	<content_type>Research</content_type>
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	<abstract>&lt;strong&gt;Objective:&lt;/strong&gt; Due to the lack of information about the positive or negative effects of L-carnitine, chromium, vitamin D, and the uptake of a safe dietary supplement to reduce the effects of diabetes, it seems essential to determine the effects of these drugs on diabetes.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Materials and Methods&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Wistar rats were divided into 12 groups, control, diabetic, and intact, each of which was treated with metformin, L-carnitine, vitamin D, and chromium or a combination of L-carnitine, vitamin D, and chromium. The serum levels of liver function parameters, iron, TIBC, Catalase and GPX activities were measured. Data were statistically analyzed by one-way ANOVA using SPSS 18 software. Statistical significance among the groups was determined using LSD test, and &lt;em&gt;P&lt;/em&gt;-value&lt; 0.05 was considered significant in all cases.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Results:&lt;/strong&gt; AST activity in diabetic groups and those receiving chromium and L-carnitine has significantly reduced (&lt;em&gt;P&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;-&lt;/em&gt;value= 0.009). A significant reduction in ALT and ALP activity in the diabetic groups receiving vitamin D and combined and non-diabetic groups receiving metformin were observed, in contrast to a significant increase in ALT activity in diabetic recipients of L-carnitine (&lt;em&gt;P&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;-&lt;/em&gt;value= 0.009).&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Conclusion&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; L-carnitine, chromium, and vitamin D supplements have synergistic effects and a combination of them has the best protective effect on factors that have been studied.</abstract>
	<keyword_fa></keyword_fa>
	<keyword>Diabetes mellitus, L-carnitine, Chromium, Vitamin D, Metformin</keyword>
	<start_page>82</start_page>
	<end_page>87</end_page>
	<web_url>http://ijdo.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-30-308&amp;slc_lang=en&amp;sid=1</web_url>


<author_list>
	<author>
	<first_name>Parisa</first_name>
	<middle_name></middle_name>
	<last_name> Sheikh Samani</last_name>
	<suffix></suffix>
	<first_name_fa></first_name_fa>
	<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
	<last_name_fa></last_name_fa>
	<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
	<email></email>
	<code></code>
	<orcid>0000-0001-8985-1036</orcid>
	<coreauthor>No</coreauthor>
	<affiliation>Department of Biochemistry, Falavarjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.</affiliation>
	<affiliation_fa></affiliation_fa>
	 </author>


	<author>
	<first_name>Kahin </first_name>
	<middle_name></middle_name>
	<last_name>Shahanipour</last_name>
	<suffix></suffix>
	<first_name_fa></first_name_fa>
	<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
	<last_name_fa></last_name_fa>
	<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
	<email></email>
	<code></code>
	<orcid>0000-0002-6627-6873</orcid>
	<coreauthor>Yes
</coreauthor>
	<affiliation>Department of Biochemistry, Falavarjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.</affiliation>
	<affiliation_fa></affiliation_fa>
	 </author>


	<author>
	<first_name>Ali </first_name>
	<middle_name></middle_name>
	<last_name>Noori Diziche</last_name>
	<suffix></suffix>
	<first_name_fa></first_name_fa>
	<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
	<last_name_fa></last_name_fa>
	<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
	<email></email>
	<code></code>
	<orcid>0000-0003-3083-6602</orcid>
	<coreauthor>No</coreauthor>
	<affiliation>Department of Biology, Falavarjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.</affiliation>
	<affiliation_fa></affiliation_fa>
	 </author>


	<author>
	<first_name> Mohammad </first_name>
	<middle_name></middle_name>
	<last_name>Adibnejad</last_name>
	<suffix></suffix>
	<first_name_fa></first_name_fa>
	<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
	<last_name_fa></last_name_fa>
	<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
	<email></email>
	<code></code>
	<orcid>0000-0002-1159-2641</orcid>
	<coreauthor>No</coreauthor>
	<affiliation>Department of Biochemistry, Falavarjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.</affiliation>
	<affiliation_fa></affiliation_fa>
	 </author>


</author_list>


	</article>
</articleset>
</journal>
