• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.14-22
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• 2009

본 연구는 고지방 (열량의 37%를 지방으로 대체)을 급여한 마우스의 체중과 체내 지질함량에 미치는 보리순의 영향을 규명하고자 하였다. 4주령의 ICR 마우스 (n = 32)를 1주일간 적응시킨 후 정상식이를 급여한 정상군, 고지방을 급여한 고지방대조군, 고지방-보리순분말군과 고지방-보리순열수추출물군으로 나누어 8주간 사육하였다. 보리순은 사람이 하루에 3잔의 차를 마시는 양을 고려하여 보리순 1%수준이 섭취되도록 분말과 열수추출물을 각각 식이에 첨가 조제하여 8주간 급여하였다. 식이섭취량은 보리순분말군이 고지방대조군에 비하여 유의적으로 낮았으나 보리순열수추출물은 식이섭취량에 영향을 미치지 않았다. 보리순분말과 보리순열수추출물은 고지방식이로 유도된 비만마우스의 체중을 효과적으로 낮추었으며 특히, 내장지방무게의 대표적 지표인 부고환지방조직 무게를 유적으로 낮추었다. 이는 보리순이 식이섭취 억제에 의존적으로 체중감소 효과를 나타내지 않음을 제시한다. 혈장의 총 콜레스테롤 함량은 보리순분말과 열수추출물 급여시 고지방 대조군에 비해 각각 25%와 20%의 감소효과를 보였으며 중성지질 함량은 보리순분말군과 열수추출물군 모두 28%와 43%의 유의적인 감소를 보였다. 또한 보리순분말과 보리순열수추출물은 혈장 중의 총 콜레스테롤에 대한 HDL-콜레스테롤 비(HTR)를 고지방대조군에 비하여 유의적으로 높였다. 간조직과 지방조직의 트리글리세리드 함량은 정상군에 비해 고지방대조군이 각각 1.3배, 1.2배의 증가를 보였으나 보리순분말과 열수추출물 급여시 모두 간조직과 지방조직의 트리글리세리드 함량이 정상군과 유사한 수준으로 개선되었다. 신장에서의 트리글리세리드 함량은 고지방식이로 증가하는 경향을 보였고 심장에서는 1.4배의 유의적인 증가를 나타내었으며, 보리순열수추출군에서만 유의적인 개선효과를 볼 수 있었다. 간조직과 신장의 콜레스테롤 함량은 실험군간에 차이가 없었으나, 심장 중의 콜레스테롤 함량은 고지방대조군이 정상군보다 유의적으로 높았다. 보리순열수추출물의 경우 심장의 콜레스테롤 함량을 유의적으로 낮추었다. 변중의 콜레스테롤 함량은 고지방 대조군이 정상군에 비하여 낮은 반면, 트리글리세리드 함량은 약 6배 높았다. 한편, 보리순말과 열수추출물 급여는 고지방 대조군에 비하여 변으로의 트리글리세리드 배설을 유의적으로 증가시켰으나 콜레스테롤 함량에는 영향을 미치지 않았다. 간조직 중 FAS활성은 정상군에 비해 고지방대조군에서 1.7배 높아진 반면, ${\beta}$-oxidation은 유의적으로 낮았다. 보리순분말과 열수추출물은 지방산 합성효소의 활성을 정상군 수준으로 개선하였으나 지방산 산화에는 영향을 미치지 않았다. 콜레스테롤 합성에 관련하는 HMG-CoA reductase와 ACAT 활성은 각각 정상군보다 고지방대조군에서 각각 2.1배, 1.5배씩 높았으나 보리순분말과 열수추출물 급여시 유의적으로 낮았다. 이와 같이 보리순분말과 열수추출물은 고지방 식이로 비만을 유도한 마우스의 간조직에서 지방산과 콜레스테롤 합성을 저해함으로써 지질개선에 효과적인 것으로 나타났다.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.716-728
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• 2022

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: An imbalanced adipokine profile in obesity increases the susceptibility to obesity-related cardiometabolic alterations, including type 2 diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. The mulberry plant has been reported to have health benefits, such as hypolipidemic and hepatoprotective effects. This study examined the effects of a mulberry (Morus alba L.) fruit ethanol extract (MBEE) on dyslipidemia, liver steatosis, and adipokine imbalance in response to a high-fat diet. MATERIALS/METHODS: Male Sprague-Dawley rats were assigned to one of 4 groups containing 6 rats each and fed either a control diet (CON), a high-fat diet (HFD), or a high-fat diet with MBEE of 150 mg/kg/day (LMB) or 300 mg/kg/day (HMB). The triglyceride (TG), total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) activities were measured spectrophotometrically. The leptin, adiponectin, and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) levels were determined by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. RESULTS: The plasma TG levels were similar in the 4 groups. Plasma cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels and TC/HDL-C ratio increased in the HFD group compared with the CON group, whereas those values decreased in the LMB group (P < 0.05), indicating that MBEE had a plasma lipid-lowering effect. HDL-C decreased in the HFD group, but MBEE did not affect the HDL-C level. The HFD rats significantly increased hepatic TG and cholesterol levels and plasma ALT and AST activities compared to the CON group. The hepatic TG level and ALT and AST activities were reduced markedly by the MBEE treatment. The HFD group showed a higher PAI-1 level, whereas MBEE treatment, especially in the HMB group, significantly reduced leptin level, and leptin/adiponectin and PAI-1/ adiponectin ratios. These findings suggest that MBEE altered the imbalance between the pro-and anti-inflammatory adipokines to a more anti-inflammatory state. CONCLUSIONS: MBEE could protect against abnormal lipid metabolism and hepatic steatosis induced by a high-fat diet, lowering plasma cholesterol, LDL-C and TC/HDL-C, and hepatic TG. These findings are associated with the regulating effect of MBEE on the leptin/adiponectin and PAI-1/adiponectin ratios.

• 대한한의학회지
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• 제28권3호통권71호
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• pp.57-69
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• 2007

Objectives : Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin. Etiological studies of diabetes and its complications have shown that oxidative stress might play a major role. Therefore, many methods have been tried to regulate free oxygen radicals for treating diabetes and its complications. Ojung-hwan, composed of five crude herbs, has been considered effective for treating symptoms of aging. In male ob/ob mouse of severe obesity, hyperinsulinemia and hyperlipidemia, which are features of NIDDM, the hyperglycemic activities and mechanisms of Ojung-hwan were examined. Methods : Mice were grouped and treated for 5 weeks as follows. Both the lean (C57/BL6J black mice) and diabetic (ob/ob mice) control groups received standard chow. The experimental groups were fed a diet of chow supplemented with 30 and 90 mg Ojung-hwan per 1 kg of body weight for 14 days. The effects of Ojung-hwan extract on the ob/ob mice were observed by measuring the serum levels of glucose, insulin, lipid components, and the kidney levels of superoxide anion radical (${\cdot}\;O{_2}{^-}$), MDA+HAE, GSH/GSSG ratio, and also the enzyme activities involved in polyol pathway. Results : Ojung-hwan lowered the levels of serum glucose and insulin in a dose-dependent manner. Total cholesterol, triglyceride and free fatty acid levels decreased, while the HDL-cholesterol level increased, in Ojung-hwan treated groups. Renal aldose reductase and sorbitol dehydrogenase activities increased in the ob/ob mice, whereas they were inhibited in the Ojung-hwan treated groups. Ojung-hwan inhibited the generation of ${\cdot}\;O{_2}{^-}$ in the kidney. Finally, MDA+HAE levels increased and GSH/GSSG ratio decreased in the ob/ob mice, whereas they improved in the Ojung-hwan treated groups. Conclusions : Ojung-hwan showed antidiabetic and antihyperlipidemic activities by regulating theactivities of polyol pathway enzymes, scavenging reactive oxygen species and reducing the MDA+HAE levels in the ob/ob mice.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.184-188
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• 2000

HMG-CoA reductase is th rate-limiting enzyme of cholesterol biosynthesis. As intracellular levels of cholesterol should be regulated elaborately in response to external stimuli an internal needs, the expression of the HMG-CoA reductase gene is regulated intricately at several different levels from transcription to post-translational modification. In this study, we investigated the regulatory mechanism of HMG-CoA reductase gene expression at the post-transcriptional/pre-translational levels in a baby hamster kidney cell line, C100. when 25-hydroxycholesterol was added to cells cultured in medium containing 5% delipidized fetal bovine serum and 25$\mu$M lovastatin, the levels of HMG-CoA reductase mRNA decreased rapidly, which seemed to be due to the increased degradation of reductase mRNA. These suppressive effects of 25-hydroxycholesterol on MG-CoA reductase mRNA levels were blocked by a translation inhibitor, cycloheximide. Similarly, actinomycin D and 5,6-dichloro-1-$\beta$-D-ribofuranosylbenzimidazole, transcription inhibitors, blocked the 25-hydroxycholesterol-mediated degradation of HMG-CoA reductase mRNA. These results indicate that new protein/RNA synthesis is required for the degradation of HMG-CoA reductase mRNA. In addition, data from the transfection experiments shows that cis-acting determinants, regulating the stability of reductase mRNA, were scattered in the sequence corresponding to 1766-4313 based on the sequence of Syrian hamster HMG-CoA reductase cDNA. Our data suggests that sterol-mediated destabilization of reductase mRNA might be one of the important regulatory mechanism of HMG-CoA reductase gene expression.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.370-374
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• 2016

Background: Many menopausal women suffer from health problems including metabolic diseases such as dyslipidemia and osteoporosis. Thus they need natural products and functional foods particularly highly nutritional food products, that can help alleviate these diseases. This study was carried out to determine the effect of Drynariae Rhizoma water extract on the lipid and bone metabolism of ovariectomized Sprague-Dawley rats. Methods and Results: The animals were randomly divided into six dietary groups comprising SHAM-operated rats, OVX rats (normal diet), and OVX-DR rats (Drynariae Rhizoma extract). After 8 weeks, plasma, liver, and fat samples were collected to analyze the lipid metabolism, plasma Ca, alkaline phosphatase (ALP), osteocalcin and C-terminal telopeptide (CTx) concentrations, which are biochemical makers of bone metabolism. The left femurs of rats were also collected for histological analyses. OVX counteracted menopause induced body weight gain, as well as increases in triglycerides, total cholesterol, and free fatty acids. The Drynariae Rhizoma group showed low levels of triglycerides, high HDL-cholesterol, and decreased lipogenesis based on activity of the lipid-regulating enzymes (fatty acid synthase and malic enzyme). Decreased serum levels of ALP and osteocalcin were observed in Drynariae Rhizoma group. Conclusions: The results of this study show that Drynariae Rhizoma extract may effectively regulate hyperlipidemia and improve bone density.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.405-410
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 우리나라 장려 품종인 청일뽕잎을 이용하여 고지방식이(열량의 37%를 지방으로 대체)를 급여한 C57BL/6 마우스의 지질 함량과 지질대사를 측정함으로써 뽕잎분말과 열수추출물의 지질 개선작용을 검증하고자 하였다. 4주령의 C57BL/6마우스(n=32)를 1주일간 적응시킨 후 정상식이를 급여한 정상군, 고지방을 급여한 고지방대조군(HF), 고지방-뽕잎분말군(HF-PML)과 고지방-뽕잎열수 추출물군(HF-WML)으로 나누어 6주간 사육하였다. 뽕잎은 사람의 섭취량을 고려하여 뽕잎 1%수준이 섭취되도록 분말(1g/100g diet)과 열수추출물(0.22g/100g diet)을 식이에 첨가 조제하여 급여하였다. 뽕잎분말과 열수추출물은 고지 방을 급여 한 마우스의 체중과 장기 무게에는 영향을 미치지 않았다. 뽕잎분말만 일일 식이섭취량과 에너지 섭취를 고지방 대조군에 비하여 감소시켰다 실험 6주 후 고지방 대조군의 혈장과 간조직 중의 콜레스테롤과 중성지질 함량이 정상군에 비하여 유의적으로 높았으나 뽕잎분말과 열수추출물 급여시 혈장과 간조직 중의 지질 함량이 유의적으로 개선되었고 총 콜레스테롤 함량에 대한 HDL-콜레스테롤 비는 정상 수준이었다(p<0.05). 뽕잎분말과 열수추출물은 변으로의 콜레스테롤과 중성지질 배설을 증가시켰다. 간조직 중의 fatty acid synthase, fatty acid ${\beta}-oxidation$과 carnitine palmitoyl transferase 활성은 고지방 대조군이 정상군에 비하여 유의적으로 낮았으나 뽕잎분말과 열수추출물은 이들 효소들의 활성을 증가시키는 것으로 나타났다(p<0.05). 이와 같이 고지방을 급여한 마우스에서 뽕잎분말과 열수추출물은 변으로의 지질 배설을 증가시키고 간조직의 지질대사 관련 효소 활성에 영향을 미침으로써 혈장과 간조직의 지질 함량을 개선하는데 효과적인 것으로 검증되었다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.573-580
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• 2005

수용성 식이섬유의 섭취는 혈청 콜레스테롤 저하효과가 있으며 , 그 작용기 작으로는 수용성 식이섬유의 점성으로 인한 콜레스테롤과 담즙산 흡수저해, 대장내 미생물 발효로 생성 된 단쇄지방산에 의한 콜레스테롤 합성률 변경 및 담즙산 합성증가 등으로 설명되어진다. 그러나 명확한 작용기전은 규명 되지 않았다. 본 연구에서는 간세포 핵내의 CYP7A1의 발현에 호르몬과 식이섬유의 발효로 생성된 단쇄지방산이 미치는 영향을 알아보았다. 사람의 간세포(HepG2 세포)의 배양배지에 insulin, dexamethasone 및 triiodothyronine을 각각 $1\;{\mu}M$ 투여하고 24시간 배양하였다. Semi-quantitative RT-PCR기법에 의해 CYP7A1 mRNA발현을 측정한 결과, dexamethasone에서 가장 높아 $173\%$의 증가를 나타내었고, 그 다음으로 insulin에서 $150\%$, triiodothyronine 에서 $141\%$의 증가를 나타내었다. 이처럼 transient transfection을 하지 않은 HepG2 세포에서 생리적 조절자로 알려진 insulin, dexamethasone 및 triiodothyronine이 CYP7A1의 발현을 모두 증가시킨다는 결과는 본 연구에서 처음으로 규명하며, rat gene and/or human gene 발현이 다르게 조절됨을 제안한다. 단쇄지방산에 의한 HepG2 세포에서의 CYP7A1 유전자의 발현 정도를 측정하기 위해서 actetate, propionate 및 butyrate를 각각 1 M농도로 24시간 동안 배양한 결과, 모든 단쇄지방산이 CYP7A1의 발현을 증가시켰다. Acetate와 propionate는 유사한 효과를 나타내어 대조군에 비하여 1.8배의 증가를 나타내었으며 , butyrate는 1.5배의 증가를 보였다. 이상의 결과는 수용성 식이섬유 섭취시 나타나는 콜레스테롤 저하 효과는 수용성 식이섬유의 대장 발효가 대장을 자극함으로써 내인성 호르몬의 변화를 통해서 나타나거나 대장내 발효산물인 actetate, propionate 및 butyrate 등이 흡수되어 간에서의 CYP7A1의 up-regulation에 의한 담즙산 배설증가에 따른 결과로 설명할 수 있을 것이다. 단쇄지방산의 CYP7A1 발현에 미치는 작용은 acetate와 propionate가 butyrate보다 큼을 알 수 있었다.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.1163-1169
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• 2007

Effects of Sotosaja hwan on Blood Glucose, Hyperlipidemia, Polyol Pathway and Antioxidative Mechanism in ob/ob Mouse Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin. Etiological studies of diabetes and its complications showed that oxidative stress might play a major role. Therefore, many efforts have been tried to regulate free oxygen radicals for treating diabetes and its complications. Sotosaja-hwan has been known to be effective for the antiaging and composed of four crude herbs. In male ob/ob mouse in severe obesity, hyperinsulinemia and hyperlipidemia, which are features of NIDDM, the hyperglycemic activites and mechanisms of Sotosaja-hwan were examined. Mice were grouped and treated for 5 weeks as follows. Both the lean (C57/BL6J black mice) and diabetic (ob/ob mice) control groups received standard chow. The experimental groups were fed with a diet of chow supplemented with 30 and 90 mg Sotosaja-hwan per 1 kg of body weight for 14 days. The effects of Sotosaja-hwan extract on the ob/ob mice were observed by measuring the serum levels of glucose, insulin, lipid components, and the kidney levels of superoxide anion radical $({\cdot}O_2)$, MDA+HAE, GSH/GSSG ratio, and also the enzyme activities involved in polyol pathway. Sotosaja-hwan lowered the levels of serum glucose and insulin in a dose dependent manner. Total cholesterol, triglyceride and free fatty acid levels were decreased, while the HDL-cholesterol level was increased, in Sotosaja-hwan treated groups. Renal aldose reductase and sorbitol dehydrogenase activities were increased in the ob/ob mice, whereas those were inhibited in the Sotosaja-hwan-administered groups. Sotosaja-hwan inhibited the generation of ${\cdot}O_2$ in the kidney. Finally, MDA+HAE levels was increased and GSH/GSSG ratio was decreased in the ob/ob mice, whereas those were improved in the Sotosaja-hwan-administered groups. Sotosaja-hwan showed the antidiabetic and anti hyperlipidemic activities by regulating the activities of polyol pathway enzymes, scavenging reactive oxygen species and reducing the MDA+HAE levels in the ob/ob mice.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.351-359
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• 2009

Etiological studies of diabetes and its complications showed that oxidative stress might play a major role, Therefore, many efforts have been tried to regulate free oxygen radicals for treating diabetes and its complications. Mori Fructus extract has been known to be effective for the antidiabetic, antihyperlipidemic and antiobesitic prescription, and composed of four crude herbs, The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of Mori Fructus extract in male ob/ob mouse with severe obesity, hyperinsulinemia, hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia. Mice were grouped and treated for 5 weeks as follows. Both the lean (C57BL/6J black mice) and diabetic (ob/ob mice) control groups received standard chow. The experimental groups were fed with a diet of chow supplemented with 7.5, 15 and 30 mg Mori Fructus extract per 1 kg of body weight for 14 days. The effects of Mori Fructus extract on the ob/ob mice were observed by measuring the serum levels of glucose, insulin, lipid components, and the kidney levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS), MDA+HAE, GSH and also the enzyme activities involved in polyol pathway. Western blotting was performed using anti-AGE, anti-RAGE respectively. Mori Fructus extract lowered the levels of serum glucose and insulin in a dose dependent manner. Total cholesterol, triglyceride and free fatty acid levels were decreased, while the HDL-cholesterol level was increased, in Mori Fructus extract treated groups. Renal aldose reductase and sorbitol dehydrogenase activities were increased in the ob/ob mice, whereas those were inhibited in the Mori Fructus extract-administered groups. Mori Fructus extract inhibited the generation of ROS in the kidney. MDA+HAE level was increased and the GSH level was decreased in the ob/ob mice, whereas those were improved in the Mori Fructus extract-administered groups. Mori Fructus extract inhibited the expression of AGE, RAGE in the ob/ob mice. The results suggested that Mori Fructus exerted the antidiabetic and antihyperlipidemic activities by regulating the activities of polyol pathway enzymes, scavenging the ROS, decreasing the MDA+HAE level, increasing the GSH level and inhibiting the expression of AGE, RAGE in the ob/ob mice.

• 대한한의학회지
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• 제28권1호통권69호
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• pp.237-248
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• 2007

Objectives : Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin. Etiological studies of diabetes and its complications showed that oxidative stress might play a major role. Therefore, many efforts have been tried to regulate free oxygen radicals for treating diabetes and its complications. Iksujisundan has been known to be effective for the treatment of diabetes. The present study was carried out to investigate the effect of Iksujisundan on renal function, peroxynitrite(ONOO-) scavenging activity and polyol pathway in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Methods : The crushed Iksujisundan was extracted 3 times, each time with 3 volumes of methyl alcohol at 60$^{\circ}C$ for 24 h. The extract was filtered and evaporated under a reduced pressure using a rotary evaporator to yield 87.8g. Iksujisundan extract was orally administreted at 100 mg per 1 kg of body weight for 20 days to the diabetic rats induced by streptozotocin(60mg/kg). The effects of Iksujisundan extract on the streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats were observed by measuring the serum level of glucose, insulin, lipid components, creatinine and BUN, and also the kidney levels of superoxide anion radical(${\cdot}$O2-), nitric oxide(NO) and ONOO-, and also the enzyme activities involved in the polyol pathway. Results : The effects of Iksujisundan on the streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats with regards to body weight, blood glucose and indulin levels, creatinine and BUN levels, total cholesterol and triglyceride lavels, and HDL-cholesterol levels were all shown to be good enough to prevent and cure the diabetes and its complications. Iksujisundan inhibited the generation of ${\cdot}$O2-,NO and ONOO- in the kidney of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Renal aldose reductase and sorbitol dehydrogenase activities were increased in the streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats were reversed toward natural activities. Conclusions : Iksujisundan might inhibit the development of diabetes and its complications by scavenging reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, thereby by reducing oxidative stresses and also by regulating the activities of polyol pathway enzymes, all of which could help to recover kidney function.