Preventive effects of betulinic acid on streptozotocinnicotinamide induced diabetic nephropathy in male mouse

Affiliations

¹ Health Research Institute, Diabetes Research Center, Department of Physiology, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
² Department of Physiology, Student Research Committee of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Science, Ahvaz, Iran.
³ Cell and Molecular Research Center, Department of Anatomical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
⁴ 4Department of Physiology, Student Research Committee of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Science, Ahvaz, Iran.

Akram Ahangarpour et al. J Nephropathol. 2016 Oct.

. 2016 Oct;5(4):128-133.

doi: 10.15171/jnp.2016.24. Epub 2016 Aug 3.

¹ Health Research Institute, Diabetes Research Center, Department of Physiology, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
² Department of Physiology, Student Research Committee of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Science, Ahvaz, Iran.
³ Cell and Molecular Research Center, Department of Anatomical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
⁴ 4Department of Physiology, Student Research Committee of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Science, Ahvaz, Iran.

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Keywords: Betulinic acid; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetic nephropathy; Metformin.

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