Silva-Alves KS, Ferreira-da-Silva FW, Coelho-de-Souza AN, Leal-Cardoso JH. Essential Oil of
Croton zehntneri Prevents Conduction Alterations Produced by Diabetes Mellitus on Vagus Nerve.
Plants (Basel) 2021;
10:plants10050893. [PMID:
33925228 PMCID:
PMC8146017 DOI:
10.3390/plants10050893]
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Abstract
Autonomic diabetic neuropathy (ADN) is a complication of diabetes mellitus (DM), to which there is no specific treatment. In this study, the efficacy of the essential oil of Croton zehntneri (EOCz) in preventing ADN was evaluated in the rat vagus nerve. For the two fastest conducting myelinated types of axons of the vagus nerve, the conduction velocities and rheobase decreased, whilst the duration of the components of the compound action potential of these fibers increased. EOCz completely prevented these DM-induced alterations of the vagus nerve. Unmyelinated fibers were not affected. In conclusion, this investigation demonstrated that EOCz is a potential therapeutic agent for the treatment of ADN.
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