Antioxidative Effects of Allium Cepa Essential Oil in Streptozotocin Induced Diabetic Rats

Abstract

Material and Methods. Diabetes mellitus was induced in 20 out of 30 adult male albino rats, using subcutaneous injection of 60 mg/kg b.w. streptozotocin. Diabetic rats were divided into two groups, one was taken onion essential oil orally (100 mg/kg b.w.) for 21 days (treated group). The other group received no onion oil. The remaining non-diabetic rats (negative control group) received neither streptozotocin nor the onion essential oil.