Lavender (Lavandula stoechas L.) essential oils attenuate hyperglycemia and protect against oxidative stress in alloxan-induced diabetic rats

Table 3 Subacute effect of Lavandula stoechas essential oils on acute aloxan-induced changes in liver and kidney functions

	Glucose	ALT	AST	ALP	LDH	Albumin	Urea	Uric acid	Creatinin
	(mM)	(UI/L)	(UI/L)	(UI/L)	(U/L)	(g/dl)	(mmol/L)	(mmol/L)	(μmol/L)
Healthy control	6.65 ± 0.66	23 ± 1.59	39 ± 2.82	129 ± 7.1	938 ± 16	4.72 ± 0.93	7.64 ± 0.38	0.28 ± 0.01	114 ± 6.7
Diabetic control	15.29 ± 1.1^a	63 ± 1.38^a	68 ± 2.13^a	179 ± 6.5^a	1246 ± 24^a	3.15 ± 0.96^a	10.8 ± 0.40^a	0.13 ± 0.02^a	163 ± 5.9^a
Healthy + essential oils	5.17 ± 0.6^b	21 ± 1.75^b	37 ± 3.63^b	148 ± 6.8^b	916 ± 13^b	5.34 ± 0.30^b	7.14 ± 0.35^b	0.28 ± 0.01^b	126 ± 6.3^b
Diabetic + essential oils	7.81 ± 0.71^b	32 ± 1.37^b	43 ± 2.51^b	155 ± 9.6	1095 ± 38^b	4.13 ± 0.35^b	7.21 ± 0.89	0.29 ± 0.01^b	119 ± 8.4^b

Animals were treated during 15 days with Lavandula stoechas essential oils (50 mg/kg b.w., i.p.) or vehicle (NaCl 0.9%) seven days after diabetic induction with alloxan at 220 mg/kg b.w.. Assays were carried out in triplicate.
^ap < 0.05 compared to “Healthy Control” group and ^bp < 0.05 compared to “Diabetic Control” group.

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