2280 11 archive 2 disk0/00/00/22/80 2008-07-03 05:54:12 2008-07-03 05:54:12 2008-07-03 05:54:12 article show Guruvayoorappan C. Sudha G. Kongunadu Arts and Science College, India Kongunadu Arts and Science College, India pub Q R none Byesukar; Alloxan; Marker enzymes in liver and kidney; Antioxidant activity Byesukar, a polyherbal formulation intended to use for diabetic patients has been screened for antioxidant activity. For antioxidant studies, byesukar was administered orally for 30 days at a dose of 500 mg/kg body weight to alloxan induced diabetic male wistar rats. All the animals were sacrificed on the 31st day and the levels of LPO, SOD, CAT, GPx, GST and GR in kidney and liver of control and experimental rats were studied. 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