date:Nov 26, 2012
as a herbal medicine it hasbeen used to treat pertension or high blood pressure, high cholesterol or high blood fat, and diabetesmelitus. T he current study was intended to examine how hydroalcoholic extracts of Urtica dioica wouldaffect fructose-induced insulin resistance in male rats.
For the study, 50 male Wistar rats were randomly divided into five groups including control groupreceiving a placebo, fructose group and three extract groups received 10% fructose for eight weeks. 10%of total e