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β-carotene is most abundant carotene among all carotenoids in fruits, vegetables and human. "The antioxidant such as N-acetylcysteine, vitamin C, vitamin E and α-lipoic_acid are effective in reducing diabetes complications. βcarotene act as a chelator of singlet oxygen and reacts with different species of free_radicals (e_g, hydrogen peroxide). The literature review shows that there has been no study on the βcarotene on STZ-induced rats to examine their antidiabetic and antihyperlipidemic activities. This study was undertaken to investigate the effect of β-carotene and metformin on antidiabetic and antihyperlipidemic activities in STZ-induced diabetic . . .
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