Effect Of White Cabbage (brassica Oleracea) Aqueous Extract On Oxidative Stress In Pre-diabetes – Induced Male Albino Rats

In recent years, there has been profound interest in the role of oxidative stress in the precipitation of pre- diabetic condition (1) and there are reports of oxidative stress increasing in patients with diabetes mellitus (2). Oxidative stress results when reactive forms of oxygen are produced faster than they can be safely neutralized by the body antioxidant mechanisms (3). Various researches have shown that it affects the level of serum insulin and cause insulin resistance which are pathophysiologic determinants of pre-diabetic condition (1, 4, 5). The prevalence of pre- diabetes and diabete…