Electrolyzed reduced water (i.e. structured water) protects against pancreatic cell damage in an animal model of type 1 diabetes - Article 2. - GreenMedInfo Summary
Preservative effect of electrolyzed reduced water on pancreatic beta-cell mass in diabetic db/db mice.
Biol Pharm Bull. 2007 Feb;30(2):234-6. PMID: 17268057
Department of Obesity Management, Graduate School of Obesity Science, Dongduk Women's University, Seoul, South Korea. mijakim@dongduck.ac.jp
Oxidative stress is produced under diabetic conditions and involved in progression of pancreatic beta-cell dysfunction. Both an increase in reactive oxygen free radical species (ROS) and a decrease in the antioxidant defense mechanism lead to the increase in oxidative stress in diabetes. Electrolyzed reduced water (ERW) with ROS scavenging ability may have a potential effect on diabetic animals, a model for high oxidative stress. Therefore, the present study examined the possible anti-diabetic effect of ERW in genetically diabetic mouse strain C57BL/6J-db/db (db/db). ERW with ROS scavenging ability reduced the blood glucose concentration, increased blood insulin level, improved glucose tolerance and preserved beta-cell mass in db/db mice. The present data suggest that ERW may protects beta-cell damage and would be useful for antidiabetic agent.